Dallas Stars vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/18/2022

Game Time: 10:30 pm ET, Monday, April 18, 2022

Venue:  Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC

Where to Watch:  Sportsnet

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Stars -125, Canucks +105; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Stars -115, Canucks -105; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Stars -115, Canucks -105; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Dallas Stars:  43-27-5 (5th place, Central Division)

Vancouver Canucks:  37-28-10 (5th place, Pacific Division)

 

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Dallas Stars:  6-2-2 last 10

Vancouver Canucks:  6-2-2 last 10

 

 

 

The Stars are coming into this game with 91 points, a 43-27-5 record overall, and they are 19-17-2 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 3 of their last 4 games and are coming into this one off of a win in their last game. Their last loss was against the Minnesota Wild while their 3 wins in that span came against the Chicago Blackhawks, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the San Jose Sharks in their last game. They won that game at home 2-1. Michael Raffl and Tyler Seguin each scored 1 goal in that one. Luke Glendening led the team in shots on net in that game with 6. Jake Oettinger was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 24 shots with 23 saves and a .958 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 219 goals this season averaging 2.9 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 221 goals against them allowing 2.9 goals per game. 

 

 

The Canucks are coming into this game with 84 points, a 37-28-10 record overall, and they are 17-14-6 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are coming into this game on a 5 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Vegas Golden Knights while their 5 wins since then have come against the Golden Knights, the Arizona Coyotes, the San Jose Sharks, the Golden Knights again, and the Coyotes again in their last game. They won that game at home 7-1. Vasily Podkolzin and Alex Chiasson both scored 2 goals in that game while Sheldon Dries, Conor Garland, and Elias Pettersson each scored 1 goal in that one. Alex Chiasson and Sheldon Dries led the team in shots on net in that game with 4 each. Thatcher Demko was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 22 shots with 21 saves and a .955 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 224 goals this season averaging 3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 211 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game. 

 

 

The Canucks are coming into this game playing very well in their recent games. They have won 5 straight games and 4 of those games were wins by 2 or more goals as well. Their last 3 straight have all been wins at home and they have been scoring a lot of goals in their games as well but 3 of their last 5 games were also against teams at the bottom of the Western Conference. They have still been heating up though and have been playing very well at home. They are going up against a Stars team that has also been playing well recently with 3 wins in their last 4 games but 2 of their wins came against some of the bottom teams in the NHL and they even struggled to win those games as they were very close. The Canucks have been playing much better than the Stars recently and the Stars have not been great on the road this season. The best bet in this game is on the Canucks to win here.

 

Stars Canucks Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Monday, April 18, 2022 (10:30 pm ET start time) is Canucks 3 Stars 2.

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Dallas Stars: 118-108 (-6.4u) ML in all games. 32-42 (-13.4u) ML in a road game where where the total is 5.5. 28-15 UNDER after 3 or more consecutive unders.

Vancouver Canucks: 106-111 (+5.6u) ML in all games. 34-16 (+19.5u) ML after a huge blowout win by 5 goals or more. 13-7 UNDER after scoring 6 goals or more in their previous game.

 

 

Dallas Stars:  V. Namestnikov (C) Early May - Lower Body injury. B. Holtby (G) Out indefinitely - Lower Body injury.

Vancouver Canucks:  B. Horvat (C) Early May - Lower Body injury. B. Boeser (RW) Ques Mon - Arm injury. M. Highmore (C) Prob Mon - Upper Body injury. T. Poolman (D) Out indefinitely - Head injury. T. Pearson (LW) Late April - Upper Body injury. N. Hoglander (LW) Out indefinitely - Groin injury. B. Keeper (D) Out indefinitely - Leg injury. B. Sutter (C) out for season - Illness. M. Ferland (LW) Out indefinitely - Concussion.

 

 

 

“He made some great saves. He's a Stanley Cup champion, a Vezina Trophy winner, a Hall of Famer. Their defense helped him. They stopped two shots when they dove into shots that were going into a wide-open net.” - Rick Bowness on his team’s loss against the Wild on Thursday night.

 

 

“I try to feel like I’m never satisfied. I’ve got an amazing opportunity since I’ve been here, I’ve got to play in every situation, which is something I’ve worked for my whole career.” - J.T. Miller after their win against the Coyotes on Thursday night.

 

 

 

LW Robertson, Jason

C Hintz, Roope

RW Pavelski, Joe

LD Suter, Ryan

RD Heiskanen, Miro

G Oettinger, Jake

 

LW Podkolzin, Vasily

C Miller, J.T.

RW Chiasson, Alex

LD Ekman-Larsson, Oliver

RD Myers, Tyler

G Demko, Thatcher

 

 

Points: J. Pavelski (74)

Goals: J. Robertson (36)

Assists: J. Pavelski (47)

GAA: J. Oettinger (2.49)

 

Points: J. Miller (91)

Goals: B. Horvat (31)

Assists: J. Miller (62)

GAA: T. Demko (2.64)

 

Coaches:

Dallas Stars: Rick Bowness (3rd season)

Vancouver Canucks: Bruce Boudreau (1st season)