Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames Feb 4 NHL Betting Picks | Deadspin.com – Imperial Wire

It’s the penultimate night time of the NHL till February fifth!

Sure, we are going to nonetheless have hockey — maybe an extremely thrilling model because the Olympics start. But it surely’s in the course of the day, there’s a bunch of groups in it with no shot and… yada yada yada. Wake me up on the elimination rounds.

However hey, there’s a fairly full schedule tonight, so let’s go. I’m centered on the Battle of Alberta for my NHL picks.

Document: 23–30
Models: –7.22

Oilers at Flames

Oilers ML (-130 DraftKings)
Beneath 6.5 (-110 DraftKings)

It’s already subsequent 12 months in Calgary as they sit at 22-27-6 after dropping six of their final seven video games. The selloff started after they traded star defenseman Rasmus Andersson to San Jose. Nazem Kadri remains to be right here, however he may be the subsequent to go.

They snapped a five-game skid with a 3-2 win over the Sharks, however then gave it proper again by shedding 4-2 to Toronto on Monday. Blake Coleman stays out with an upper-body harm, leaving them even thinner up entrance.

Dustin Wolf will possible get the beginning in internet, however he’s been simply league common this 12 months (89.8% save proportion, -0.84 GSAA) after a superb rookie marketing campaign.

Edmonton stays among the finest groups within the league, even when they don’t present it each night time. They dropped one at dwelling to Toronto on Tuesday. Shocker right here: Connor McDavid leads the NHL in scoring with 95 factors. Leon Draisaitl ranks fifth with 78. Zach Hyman is wholesome and on hearth with eight targets in his final 11 video games.

And right here’s one other shocker — they nonetheless can’t resolve their goaltending points. They traded for Tristan Jarry, nevertheless it’s been the identical previous story. In seven video games since getting back from harm on January 13, he has an 86.8% save proportion and a -4.23 GSAA.

There are a pair issues working in opposition to Edmonton tonight. They’re coming off a back-to-back, and so they’ve misplaced each conferences in opposition to the Flames this 12 months — by one purpose on December 27 and in a shootout all the way in which again on Opening Night time.

However there’s additionally rather a lot of their favor. Specifically, they’re the significantly better staff and so they make use of Connor McDavid. And for what it’s value, Edmonton received 12 of the final 14 conferences between these two heading into this season.

As for the Beneath, sure, we’re risking shaky goaltending — however Calgary has the worst offense within the league with simply 136 targets (2.47 per sport).