Ducks vs Canucks Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 4/11/23

The Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Honda Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 3.4 goals per game and are scoring on 22.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Elias Pettersson leads Vancouver with 38 goals, Quinn Hughes has 66 assists and JT Miller has 215 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 3.7 goals per game and are killing 70.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Thatcher Demko has given up 97 goals on 970 shots faced, and Spencer Martin has allowed 107 goals on 830 shots.

The Anaheim Ducks are averaging 2.5 goals per game and are scoring on 15.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Trevor Zegras leads Anaheim with 22 goals, Troy Terry has 36 assists and Frank Vatrano has 225 shots on goal. Defensively, the Anaheim Ducks are allowing 4.1 goals per game and are killing 72.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. John Gibson has given up 196 goals on 1,948 shots faced, and Anthony Stolarz has allowed 51 goals on 494 shots.

The Canucks are 4-1 in their last 5 road games and 20-47 in their last 67 games playing on 0 days rest. The Ducks are 14-37 in their last 51 home games and 27-77 in their last 104 overall. The over is 33-15-5 in Canucks last 53 road games. The under is 5-2 in Ducks last 7 home games. The Canucks are 2-6 in the last 8 meetings in Anaheim and 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. The favorite is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

I don’t want to get behind the Anaheim Ducks as much as the next guy, but the bottom line is neither of these teams have anything to play for and laying juice with the Canucks on the road and on the end of a back to back seems crazy. The Anaheim Ducks are at least at home where they play their best and have beaten the Canucks in 6 of the last 8 tries. If forced to pick, give me the home dog.