By Chewy and Lewy
St. Louis Blues @ Nashville Predators (@12:30PM ET)
PICK: Nashville Moneyline
Goalies: Husso v Saros
Previous Matchups:
NASH 4 @ STL 3 (11/11)
NASH 3 @ STL 5 (1/17)
THINGS TO CONSIDER
STL Game 1 of B2B (away-home)
NASH Game 1 of B2B (home-away)
STL with another early game
The Blues are 13-15 on the road this season. They’re 1-2 in B2B Away Game 1’s. They’ll most likely be dogs on the road and their record is 6-7. My only concern about fading STL is that they are 6-3 against the Central on the road (they also have a winning record at home 5-4). STL has more unders this season and they’re 11O/15U on the road.
STL is averaging 0.85 goals in the 1st period and they tend to give up as many as they score in the 1st. They do however pick it up in the 2nd period and are the leading team in goals in the middle stanza. They also shutdown opposing teams in the 2nd and tend to “win” the period. STL continues to pour it on in the 3rd and are tied for 3rd best in goals for but they also tend to give up at least a goal on D.
The Predators are 15-10 at home this year. They’re 2-0 in B2B Home Game 1’s. As a home favorite they’re 12-7. They dominate the Central at home going 6-1. NASH have crushed the Overs this season 32O/23U but mostly on the road, they’re a surprising 11O/14U at Bridgestone Arena.
𝑺 𝑴 𝑨 𝑺 𝑯 V I L L E pic.twitter.com/IYM3Oo3br2
— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) March 9, 2022
NASH is slightly better at getting out of the gate than STL and average about a goal in the 1st but the item to key on is they are third-best at keeping the puck out of the net in the 1st. 2nd period is more of the same for NASH, more than a goal scored and less than a goal allowed. 3rd period is consistent scoring wise however they get a little leaky defensively and give up 1.11 on average.
Detroit Red Wings @ Calgary Flames (@7:00PM ET)
PICK: Calgary Moneyline
Goalies: Nedeljkovic v Markstrom
Previous Matchups:
CGY 3 @ DET 0 (10/21)
THINGS TO CONSIDER
CGY Game 1 of B2B (home-away)
The Red Wings are 8-18 on the road in the 2021-2022 season. They have a weak 7-17 record as a road dog. They’re 0-4 against the Pacific away from home. And they’re a team that likes overs going 30O/24U for the season and 15O/11U on the road.
DET is the 2nd worst 1st period scoring team in the league scoring a minuscule 0.64 goals in the 1st period. And to add to that DET is in the bottom 3rd in 1st Period goals allowed and are averaging 1.00 goals given up. DET gets better in the scoring department in the 2nd but they continue to bleed goals defensively. The 3rd is still positive scoring wise but they are the worst 3rd period defensive team in the league giving up 1.44 goals in that period.
The Flames are a respectable 16-9 at home this year. This is their first B2B Game 1 at home but they’re 5-2 in Game 1’s this season. They’ll most likely be home favorites this Saturday which they’re 14-9. There’s no significant lean on O/U for the season or at home. They’re a mediocre 3-2 against the Atlantic at home.
12-0-1 in our last 13 home games 😎
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) March 8, 2022
CGY is a first period team getting up against opposing teams early and average 1.21 goals in the 1st period. CGY is equally solid on the defensive side of 1st periods with only 35 1st period goals allowed. 2nd period is much of the same and they own the 2nd best defensive goals allowed. 3rd is similar to the 2nd with a respectable 1.15 goals for and they continue to shut the door on opponents with 4th best 0.81 goals allowed.
Anaheim Ducks @ New Jersey Devils (@7:00PM ET)
PICK: New Jersey Moneyline
Goalies: Gibson v Gillies
Previous Matchup:
NJ 0 @ ANA 4 (11/2)
THINGS TO CONSIDER
ANA Game 1 of B2B (away-away)
The Ducks are 11-16 on the road this season. However, they are a horrible 2-5 in Game 1’s on the road. Most likely a dog on the road their record is 7-15. They’re 1-2 vs the Metro on the road and they have a losing record overall with this Division. They have a slight trend to the Overs on the road 15O/11U but are even for the year.
Final from Chicago. #FlyTogether pic.twitter.com/kt262lAIO4
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) March 9, 2022
ANA has has some electric goals by their young guns this year and they’re just above the mean offensively for the 1st period they are net positive in the goal differential with a respectable 0.75 goals against. The 2nd period is a bit of a fall-off on both sides of the red line for ANA as they score less but give up more. Their struggles continue in the 3rd offensively but they at least improve on the back end.
The Devils are 12-16 at home this year and have yet to win 3 in a row in their barn this season. They are 7-6 as a home favorite and they should get the edge this Saturday. They’re 3-4 against the Pacific when making teams travel to the East. And they’re 30O/22U this season but 13O/13U at home.
NJ is a first period team as a top ten scoring 1st period goals unfortunately they also are a top five goals allowed in that same period. NJ cools off quickly going from top 10 best to top 10 worst scores in the 2nd and they keep leaking oil defensively moving to 2nd worst goals against. They bounce back in the 3rd offensively as an average team and they decided to play a little defense too.
See our overall record here.
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