Flames vs. Stars Prediction, Betting Tips & Picks 4/21/2022
by A Aljic | Apr 21, 2022
The Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars — both coming off losses in their last game — will play on Thursday at 9:00 PM ET, at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The Stars are underdogs away from home, at +179, and the Flames are -219. Find more below on the Flames vs. Stars betting line, injury report, head-to-head stats, best bets and more.
Flames vs. Stars Spread and Betting Line
Flames vs Stars Betting Information
| Favorite |
Moneyline |
Underdog |
Moneyline |
| Flames |
-219 |
Stars |
+179 |
Flames vs. Stars Game Info
- Game Day: Thursday, April 21, 2022
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
- Location: Calgary, Alberta
- Arena: Scotiabank Saddledome
Computer Predictions for Flames vs. Stars
Computer picks for Flames vs Stars
| ATS |
Over/Under |
Score Prediction |
|
Flames (-1.5)
|
Over (5.5)
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Flames 4 Stars 2
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Flames vs. Stars Betting Trends
Through 61 games as the moneyline favorite this season, Calgary has been victorious 39 times.
In 21 games with shorter than -219 moneyline odds this season, the Flames have won 14.
Calgary has a 68.7% chance of winning this game, based on the moneyline odds.
Calgary Flames Leaders
Johnny Gaudreau is currently one of Calgary’s leading contributors (108 total points), having put up 38 goals and 70 assists.
Matthew Tkachuk has 99 points (1.3 per game), scoring 39 goals and adding 60 assists.
Elias Lindholm has scored 39 goals and added 39 assists through 77 games for Calgary.
Jacob Markstrom has a record of 36-15-8. He has allowed 132 goals (2.22 goals against average) and racked up 1574 saves.
Calgary Flames Season Stats
The Flames’ 273 goals this season make them the sixth-best scoring team in the league.
The Flames have given up the third-fewest goals in NHL play this season, 191 (just 2.5 per game).
The squad has the league’s third-best goal differential at +82 this season.
The Flames’ 51 power-play goals they’ve recorded this season (on 220 power-play chances) are the ninth-most in the NHL.
The Flames’ 23.2% power-play conversion rate ranks ninth-best in the NHL this season.
The Flames have scored a total of seven shorthanded goals this season.
The Flames’ penalty-kill percentage (84.0%) is the NHL’s fifth-best.
The Flames win the ninth-highest percentage of faceoffs in the NHL at 51.3%.
The Flames shoot 10.0% as a team, ranked 12th-best in the league.
The Flames have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 22.3 hits and 11.8 blocked shots per game.
Stars vs. Flames Betting Trends
This season the Stars have 14 wins in the 30 games in which they’ve been an underdog.
Dallas is 2-1 when bookmakers have listed them as underdogs of +179 or longer on the moneyline.
The win probability for the Stars, implied from the moneyline, is 35.8%.
Dallas Stars Leaders
Joe Pavelski has totaled 27 goals (0.4 per game) and dished out 47 assists (0.6 per game), averaging 2.6 shots per game and shooting 13.4%. That makes him among the leaders for Dallas with 74 total points (1.0 per game).
Dallas’ Jason Robertson has racked up 70 total points (1.0 per game), with 36 goals and 34 assists.
Roope Hintz has scored 34 goals and contributed 32 assists for Dallas, giving him a point total of 66.
Jake Oettinger has a 27-14-1 record this season, with a .913 save percentage (15th in the league). In 44 games, he has 1102 saves, and has given up 105 goals (2.6 goals against average).
Dallas Stars Season Stats
The Stars have scored 217 goals this season (2.9 per game) to rank 21st in the league.
The Stars’ 225 total goals given up (3.0 per game) rank 14th in the league.
They have a -8 goal differential, which ranks 19th in the league.
The Stars have recorded 50 power-play goals this season, which are 10th-best in the NHL (on 224 power-play chances).
The Stars have a 22.3% power-play conversion rate, the NHL’s No. 11 percentage.
The Stars have scored seven shorthanded goals this season (10th in the league).
The 79.3% penalty-kill percentage the Stars have amassed is the league’s 17th-ranked rate.
The Stars have the NHL’s second-best faceoff win rate (54.5%).
The Stars are shooting 9.4% (17th in the league).
The Stars have not had a shutout victory yet this season.
Flames and Stars Injury Report
Flames: Sean Monahan: Out For Season (Hip), Tyler Parsons: Out For Season (Undisclosed)
Stars: Braden Holtby: Out (Lower Body), Vladislav Namestnikov: Out (Lower-body)
After taking a look at all of the key statistics and trends for this matchup, our best bet is Flames on the moneyline at -219 and against the spread (-1.5). Our computer picks see the scoring going over the total of 5.5 goals.
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