Calgary Flames vs St. Louis Blues Betting Picks & Predictions
Calgary is on the road playing St. Louis at the Enterprise Center stadium on Thursday, 1/12/2023 @ 8:00pm EST. Calgary -160 was the opening favorite and current line is
Game outlook
Calgary is on the road playing St. Louis at the Enterprise Center stadium on Thursday, 1/12/2023 @ 8:00pm EST. Calgary -160 was the opening favorite and current line is Calgary -165.
The Calgary Flames (19-14 -9, 47 points, 4th Pacific) play the St Louis Blues (21-18-3, 45 points, 4th Central) on Thursday. In the first of two games over a three-day period with St Louis, Calgary lost 4-3 in overtime to the Blues on Tuesday. In the last two games, Calgary has lost both, and in the last four games, it has lost three. During the extra period, St Louis scored the winning goal through Robert Thomas. Four of the last five games have been won by the Blues. Neither Oliver Kylington nor Brett Ritchie will play for Calgary. The Cardinals will be without Robert Bortuzzo, Logan Brown, Torey Krug, Ryan O'Reilly, Scott Perunovich, and Vladimir Tarasenko.
There is a need for more production on offense in Calgary
It is only 21st in the NHL that the Calgary Flames score 3.02 goals per game. Calgary takes 34.8 shots per game, which is fourth overall, but its power play is 24th, scoring just 19.7% of the time. With 16 goals, Nazem Kadri leads Calgary, followed by Tyler Toffoli with 15 goals. With 24 assists, Elias Lindholm tops the team, followed by Rasmus Andersson with 22. Lindholm leads the way with 37 points, while Toffoli comes in second with 34 points. In 42 games, Calgary has scored 26 goals on the power play.