The Anaheim Ducks and Arizona Coyotes meet Saturday in NHL action at the Mullett Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Anaheim Ducks Betting Preview 

The Anaheim Ducks look for their first road win to improve to 2-2-0 on the season. The Ducks haven’t won a road game since March 10. The Anaheim Ducks are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 0 percent of their power play opportunities. Frank Vatrano leads Anaheim with 3 goals, Ryan Strome has 3 assists and Brett Leason has 9 shots on goal. Defensively, the Anaheim Ducks are allowing 3.33 goals per game and are killing 64.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. John Gibson has given up 6 goals on 61 shots faced, while Lukas Dostal has allowed 3 goals on 35 shots.

Anaheim Ducks Team Facts

• The Ducks have lost each of their last nine games following a home loss.
• The Ducks have covered the puck line in eight of their last nine games against the Coyotes following a loss.
• The Ducks have lost the second period in six of their last seven day games following a home loss.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1′ market has hit in each of the Ducks’ last 11 Saturday day games.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Preview

The Arizona Coyotes look to get above a .500 record with their first home game. The Coyotes have lost 6 of their last 7 home games. The Arizona Coyotes are averaging 2.5 goals per game and are scoring on 31.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Nick Schmaltz leads Arizona with 2 goals, Logan Cooley has 4 assists and Clayton Keller has 12 shots on goal. Defensively, the Arizona Coyotes are allowing 2 goals per game and are killing 69.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Karel Vejmelka has given up 4 goals on 70 shots faced, and Connor Ingram has allowed 4 goals on 54 shots.

Arizona Coyotes Team Facts

• The Coyotes have lost each of their last four games as home favorites following a road win.
• The Coyotes have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last eight games as favorites following a road win.
• The favorites have won the second period in seven of the Coyotes’ last eight games at Mullett Arena.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1′ market has hit in six of the Coyotes’ last seven home games against Pacific Division opponents.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Arizona Coyotes ranks 4th in the league in power play percentage this season (31.58%).
• The Arizona Coyotes ranks T5th in the league for goals against per game this season (2.00).
• The Anaheim Ducks ranks T30th in the league in power play percentage this season (0.00%).
• The Anaheim Ducks ranks 29th in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (64.71%).

Randy’s Pick

The Anaheim Ducks still have some showing and proving to do, especially on the road, and they haven’t looked great on either end of the power play through 3 games. The Arizona Coyotes held their own through 4 straight road games, and they finally get a home game where the crowd should be out in full force after having to wait so long. The Coyotes defense is off to a strong start. I’ll lay the reasonable juice with the home team in the Coyotes.