St Louis Blues vs Calgary Flames Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/02/2022

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Saturday, April 2, 2022

Venue:  Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB

Where to Watch:  CBC

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Blues +210, Flames -250; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Blues +210, Flames -250; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Blues +190, Flames -250; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

 

St Louis Blues:  37-20-9 (3rd place, Division)

Calgary Flames:  40-18-9 (1st place, Pacific Division)

 

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St Louis Blues:  5-3-2 last 10

Calgary Flames:  5-3-2 last 10

 

 

 

The Blues are coming into this game with 83 points, a 37-20-9 record overall, and they are 16-11-5 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are coming into this game on a 2 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Carolina Hurricanes while their 2 wins since then have come against the Vancouver Canucks in their last 2 games. They won their last game on the road 4-3. They still have a game against the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night that needs to be played first so this will be the 2nd leg of a back-to-back for them on Saturday night. In their game against the Canucks, Ryan O'Reilly, Nick Leddy, Robert Thomas, and Nathan Walker each scored 1 goal in that game. Justin Faulk, Robert Thomas, and Vladimir Tarasenko all led the team in shots on goal in that one with 3 each. Ville Husso was the starting goaltender in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 25 shots with 22 saves and a .880 save percentage. Their offense has scored 234 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 191 goals against them allowing 2.9 goals per game. 

 

 

The Flames are coming into this game with 89 points, a 40-18-9 record overall, and they are 21-7-7 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are coming into this game on a 2 game losing streak. Their last win was against the Edmonton Oilers while their 2 losses since then have come against the Colorado Avalanche and the Los Angeles Kings in their last game. They lost that game at home in a shootout 3-2. Johnny Gaudreau and Erik Gudbranson each scored 1 goal in that game. Tyler Toffoli led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Jacob Markström was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 2 goals on 32 shots with 30 saves and a .938 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 234 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 165 goals against them allowing 2.5 goals per game. 

 

 

The Blues have not been playing well coming into this game. They have won their last 2 games but both of those wins came against the canucks while they have lost 5 of their last 8 games and have been losing more often than not recently and struggling to score goals in those games as well. They are also coming into this game on a back-to-back where they had to play in Edmonton the night before and they are going up against a Flames team that will be hungry to bounce back here after losing 2 straight games themselves. Both of their losses came by 1 goal at home and they even lost their last game in a shootout, coming very close to winning that one. Their defense has still been great in those losses as they have not been allowing many goals in those games and they have been winning a lot recently as they are currently the number 1 team in the Western Conference. The Flames will be determined to win here after losing 2 straight games at home and they have been playing much better than the Blues have been recently. The Flames will win this game by 2 or more goals and get their bounce back win here at home. 

 

Blues Flames Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Saturday, April 2, 2022 (10:00 pm ET start time) is Flames 5 Blues 2.

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St Louis Blues: 70-73 (+17.3u) on the moneyline in a road game where where the total is 6 or more. 18-14 OVER second half of the season. 33-16 OVER on Saturday games.

Calgary Flames: 107-96 (-20.2u) on the moneyline in all games. 33-26 (-11.9u) on the moneyline in a home game where the total is 6 or more. 20-14 OVER second half of the season.

 

 

St Louis Blues:  J. Kyrou (C) Ques Fri - Illness. T. Bozak (C) Mid April - Lower Body injury. T. Krug (D) Out indefinitely - Upper Body injury. S. Perunovich (D) Early May - Wrist injury.

Calgary Flames:  None.

 

 

 

“It’s a great accomplishment. He’s been a very good player for quite a while. He’s continuing to be a good player. He’s actually a more well-rounded player than when I first got here, seeing him now. He was very good tonight. He’s a leader of this team; he’s won here.” - Craig Berube on his team’s win against the Canucks on Tuesday night.

 

 

"We weren’t very good tonight, I don’t think. They’re a desperate team trying to catch us in the standings, so we’ve got to be ready for a little pushback there in the third.” - Johnny Gaudreau on their loss against the Kings on Thursday night.

 

 

 

LW Saad, Brandon

C O'Reilly, Ryan

RW Perron, David

LD Leddy, Nick

RD Parayko, Colton

G Husso, Ville

 

LW Gaudreau, Johnny

C Lindholm, Elias

RW Tkachuk, Matthew

LD Hanifin, Noah

RD Andersson, Rasmus

G Markström, Jacob

 

 

Points: J. Kyrou (62)

Goals: D. Perron (23)

Assists: J. Kyrou (40)

GAA: V. Husso (2.40)

 

Points: J. Gaudreau (91)

Goals: E. Lindholm (34)

Assists: J. Gaudreau (60)

GAA: J. Markstrom (2.15)

 

Coaches:

St Louis Blues: Craig Berube (4th season)

Calgary Flames: Darryl Sutter (2nd season)