Stars vs Canucks Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 3/25/23

The Vancouver Canucks and Dallas Stars meet Saturday in NHL action at the American Airlines Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 22.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Andrei Kuzmenko leads Vancouver with 35 goals, Quinn Hughes has 63 assists and Elias Pettersson has 224 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 3.7 goals per game and are killing 69.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Thatcher Demko has given up 80 goals on 772 shots faced, and Spencer Martin has allowed 107 goals on 830 shots.

The Dallas Stars are averaging 3.4 goals per game and are scoring on 23.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Jason Robertson leads Dallas with 41 goals, Miro Heiskanen has 51 assists and Jamie Benn has 174 shots on goal. Defensively, the Dallas Stars are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 83.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jake Oettinger has allowed 135 goal on 1,627 shots faced, and Scott Wedgewood has given up 48 goals on 551 shots.

The Canucks are 4-1 in their last 5 road games and 8-2 in their last 10 overall. The Stars are 4-0 in their last 4 Saturday games and 3-7 in their last 10 home games. The over is 32-15-4 in Canucks last 51 road games. The over is 10-2-1 in Stars last 13 overall. The Canucks are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings in Dallas and 5-0 in the last 5 meetings. The underdog is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

The Dallas Stars should be favored at home for obvious reasons, but they’ve been in a funk lately, especially at home, for whatever reason. The Vancouver Canucks don’t have anything to play for, but they’re piling up the wins lately and playing their best hockey by a wide margin. We’re getting over 1.5 times our money with the hotter team over the last two weeks. I’ll take a shot with the Canucks.