Arizona Coyotes (7-11-4) vs. Calgary Flames (11-10-3)
December 5, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Calgary Flames -323 / Arizona Coyotes +245; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Arizona Coyotes and the Calgary Flames meet in NHL action from the Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday night.
The Arizona Coyotes will try to snap a four-game losing skid after their 3-2 OT loss to Vancouver last time out. Clayton Keller leads the Coyotes with 21 points including 7 goals and a team-high 14 assists while Shayne Gostisbehere has 15 points with 4 goals and 11 assists. JJ Moser has 13 points with 10 assists while Matias Maccelli has 16 points with 14 assists and Lawson Crouse has a team-high 10 goals on the year. Karel Vejmelka has gone 6-6-2 with a 3.02 GAA and a .913 save percentage while Connor Ingram has gone 1-5-1 with a 4.02 GAA and an .882 save percentage between the pipes for Arizona this season.
The Calgary Flames will be out to build on a 5-2 win over Washington in their last outing. Elias Lindholm leads the Flames in scoring with 18 points including 8 goals and 10 assists while Tyler Toffoli has 17 points with 8 goals and 9 assists and Rasmus Andersson has 17 points with a team-high 14 assists. Nazem Kadri has 16 points split between 8 goals and 8 assists this season. Jacob Markstrom’s gone 8-6-2 with a 2.97 GAA and an .889 save percentage while Dan Vladar is 3-4-1 with a 2.61 GAA and a .915 save percentage between the pipes for Calgary this season.
Arizona is 0-4 in their last 4 road games and 0-5 in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 12-3-1 in their last 16 games against the Western Conference. Calgary is 10-1 in their last 11 Monday games and 7-1 in their last 8 games against a team with a winning percentage below .400 while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 Monday games.
I get the case to be made for the Coyotes as a decent-sized underdog but the problem is that Arizona is back to looking like the Coyotes of old more often than not, and the Flames have dominated this matchup in recent meetings, winning four of the last five by at least two goals and holding a 25-9 edge across their five game win streak in this head-to-head matchup. It’s Flames -1.5 here or nothing for me.
