Something has to give on Tuesday night, as one of the best road teams, the Calgary Flames, meet one of the top home teams, the Boston Bruins. The Flames are in the midst of a long six-game road trip, while the Bruins are playing this one home contest before heading out on a five-game road trip. The Bruins have won 7 of the last 10 meetings in this series in Boston, but Calgary did win 2-1 at TD Garden last season.
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Odds Analysis
The Bruins will be listed as home favorites in this contest with the total at 5.5. Both teams played on Sunday and had Monday off so there is no advantage in terms of rest. The Flames have 15 road wins this season, 3rd most in the Western Conference and they would have even more, but they have suffered five losses in overtime or a shootout on the road. Calgary has become known as a team that blows leads, as they blew a third-period lead for the third time in six games against the Rangers on Friday and lost 4-3. Head coach Glen Gulutzan said his team is simply making too many mistakes and taking too many penalties “We took five (penalties). If you’re short-handed five times on a back-to-back, you’re probably not coming out of there in a good place” Gulutzan said after the Rangers loss. “We got what we deserved. We weren’t ready to play.”
Calgary was 15-11 in their first 26 road games, with 11 going over and 15 going under the total. They are scoring 2.8 goals per game and giving up 2.8 per contest.
The Bruins have played well at home for most of this season, as they are 18-11 at TD Garden this season. They did lose 4-2 at home to Buffalo on Saturday as more than a 3-1 betting favorite. It was a shocking loss, but sometimes good teams overlook bad teams and that is what happened to the Bruins on Saturday. The Bruins have gone over the total 12 times at home and under 17 times. They are scoring 3.2 goals per game and giving up just about 2.4 goals per contest. That goals against number of 2.4 per contest is the best in the NHL.
Special Teams
The Flames continue to struggle on special teams, as they are 25th on the power play at just over 16% and 20th in penalty killing at 79%. The Bruins are 10th on the power play at just over 21% and 4th in penalty killing at about 83%.
Key Stat
Boston has won six of the last ten meetings in this series, with five games going over and five going under. The Bruins have won 7 of the last 10 at home in this series, but they have lost two of the last three including last year’s meeting in Boston, with three of the last four going under the total.
Free NHL Picks
This is an interesting matchup between a good road team and a good home team. Both teams played on Sunday and there is no advantage in terms of rest or travel, as both teams are coming from the New York area. I think this game is a toss-up, so the value is on the Flames, but I prefer to consider the total. The Flames have been a good team to bet under the total on the road and the Bruins have been a good team to bet under the total at home. I will take this game on Tuesday night under the total.
NHL Odds: Flames 3, Bruins 2
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