A Western Conference battle is set for Thursday night when the Calgary Flames (47 points) visit the St. Louis Blues (45 points). Both teams enter this game in fourth place in the respective divisions, but they are both right in the thick of the Wild Card race. Below is my NHL betting pick for Calgary vs St. Louis.
Flames vs Blues Betting Pick
ℹ️ The Pick: | Blues Moneyline (+135) |
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This game will be played at Enterprise Center at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 12, 2023.
Why Bet the Blues:
✅ St. Louis is 4-1 in their last five games played.
✅ The Blues are 5-1 in their last six games at home against the Flames.
✅ Calgary is 4-10 in their last 14 road games.
NHL
Calgary Flames
St. Louis Blues
Team Records
CGY | Team Records | STL |
---|---|---|
33-33-5 | Overall | 38-30-4 |
0-4 | Shootout | 4-1 |
5-1 | Overtime | 6-3 |
18-17-1 | Home | 21-12-2 |
15-16-4 | Road | 17-18-2 |
14-15-3 | EAS | 16-14-1 |
19-18-2 | WES | 22-16-3 |
9-6-1 | ATL | 9-6-1 |
5-9-2 | MET | 7-8-0 |
10-10-1 | CEN | 10-12-1 |
9-8-1 | PAC | 12-4-2 |
11-8-5 | ≤1 | 15-3-4 |
14-14-0 | ≥3 | 13-18-0 |
2-6-1 | Oct | 3-3-1 |
8-4-2 | Nov | 9-6-0 |
5-6-2 | Dec | 6-8-0 |
7-6-0 | Jan | 8-4-1 |
7-3-0 | Feb | 4-5-1 |
4-8-0 | Mar | 8-4-1 |
0-0-0 | Apr | 0-0-0 |
Team Stats
CGY | Team Stats | STL |
---|---|---|
217 | Goals For | 204 |
227 | Goals Agst | 216 |
3.07 | PP For GM | 3.03 |
.45 | PP Goals GM | .53 |
14.68 | PP% | 17.43 |
2.96 | PP Agst GM | 2.58 |
.51 | PP Agst Goals GM | .54 |
82.86 | PK% | 79.03 |
9.1 | PIM GM | 7.1 |
9.1 | oPIM GM | 8.2 |
Goalies
D. Vladar | T. Greiss | |
---|---|---|
26 | GP | 21 |
23 | GS | 16 |
13-6-5 | W-L-T/O | 7-10-0 |
69 | Goals Allowed | 65 |
2.87 | GAA | 3.58 |
654 | Shots Against | 626 |
.894 | SV% | .896 |
0 | SO | 1 |
10 | Quality Starts | 6 |
.435 | QS% | .375 |
4 | Bad Starts | 4 |
110 | Goals All.% | 108 |
-6.25 | Goals Sv Above Avg | -5.06 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/29/22 WPG | Hellebuyck ML N/A | L1-3 TOTAL N/A | 2 | 42 | 40 | .952 |
4/26/22 NAS | Rittich ML N/A | W5-4 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 23 | 19 | .826 |
4/23/22 VAN | Demko ML N/A | W6-3 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 31 | 28 | .903 |
4/19/22 NAS | Saros ML N/A | L2-3 TOTAL N/A | 2 | 27 | 25 | .926 |
4/14/22 VEG | Thompson ML N/A | L1-6 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 17 | 13 | .765 |
Date | Opp | W/L | GA | SA | SV | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/23/22 PIT | DeSmith ML N/A | L2-7 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 23 | 18 | .783 |
4/19/22 TB | Vasilevskiy ML N/A | W4-3 TOTAL N/A | 3 | 41 | 38 | .927 |
4/16/22 NYR | Shesterkin ML N/A | L0-4 TOTAL N/A | 4 | 37 | 33 | .892 |
4/12/22 OTT | Forsberg ML N/A | L1-4 TOTAL N/A | 2 | 30 | 28 | .933 |
4/6/22 WPG | Hellebuyck ML N/A | W3-1 TOTAL N/A | 1 | 33 | 32 | .970 |
Betting Trends
CGY | Betting Trends | STL |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
1-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
3.33 | Avg Score | 3.67 |
3 | Avg Opp Score | 2.67 |
AWAY | HOME | |
0-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
0-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
2.67 | Avg Score | 3 |
3.67 | Avg Opp Score | 3 |
CGY | Betting Trends | STL |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
2-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 4-1-0 |
1-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-1-0 |
3 | Avg Score | 4.4 |
2.8 | Avg Opp Score | 3.2 |
AWAY | HOME | |
2-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
0-5-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-1-0 |
2.8 | Avg Score | 2.8 |
3 | Avg Opp Score | 2.8 |
CGY | Betting Trends | STL |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
5-5-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 5-5-0 |
2-8-0 | ATS W/L/P | 7-3-0 |
3.2 | Avg Score | 3.7 |
2.7 | Avg Opp Score | 3.7 |
AWAY | HOME | |
4-6-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 4-6-0 |
3-7-0 | ATS W/L/P | 6-4-0 |
3.4 | Avg Score | 2.6 |
3.1 | Avg Opp Score | 3.3 |
Head to Head
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Calgary Flames
Last time out, Calgary was also in St. Louis as they fell 4-3 in overtime. The Blues jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, but the Flames scored three unanswered goals and led after both the first and second period. St. Louis scored two early third period goals, separated by 28 seconds, to send the game to overtime. Just 28 seconds into overtime the Blues scored to complete the comeback win.
Milan Lucic, Mikael Backlund, and Andrew Mangiapane all scored for Calgary. Six Flames recorded at least one assist in the defeat.
Elias Lindholm is having a nice season as he leads the Flames with 24 assists and 37 points. Nazem Kadri has a team high 16 goals in his first season with the team. Calgary is scoring 3.02 goals per game and allow 2.95.
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis won the first game of this back-to-back 4-3 in overtime, as discussed above. In the win, Pavel Buchnevich, Nikita Alexandrov, Jordan Kyrou, and Robert Thomas all scored. Six Blues recorded an assist on the night.
Jordyn Kyrou has been important for the Blues as he leads the team with 20 goals and 41 points. Robert Thomas has a team high 28 assists. St. Louis is scoring 3.17 goals per game and allow 3.57.
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