Calgary Flames (55-25-11) vs. Edmonton Oilers (54-30-7)
May 22, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Edmonton Oilers +115 / Calgary Flames -143; Over/Under: -6.5
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The Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers meet in game three of their best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final series in NHL action from Rogers Place on Sunday.
The Calgary Flames will try to bounce back from a 5-3 loss in game two that evened up the series at one win apiece. Johnny Gaudreau leads the Flames in scoring with 13 points including a team-high 11 assists while Matthew Tkachuk has 10 points with 4 goals and 6 assists and Elias Lindholm has 8 points with 4 goals and 4 assists. Jacob Markstrom has gone 5-4 with a .915 save percentage and a 2.41 GAA this postseason.
The Edmonton Oilers will try to maintain home ice after stealing home ice advantage from the Flames with their road win in game two. Connor McDavid leads the Oilers in scoring with 20 points including 6 goals and a team-high 14 assists while Leon Draisaitl has 15 points split between 7 goals and 8 assists. Evander Kane has 10 points with 7 goals of his own while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 8 points with 6 assists. Zach Hyman’s got 7 points with 5 goals and Evan Bouchard also has 7 points with 5 assists this postseason. Mike Smith’s gone 5-3 so far in the postseason, with a .929 save percentage and a 2.72 GAA this postseason.
Calgary is 4-1 in their last 5 playoff games as a favorite and 7-2 in their last 9 games against a division opponent while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record. Edmonton is 20-7 in their last 27 home games and 26-9 in their last 35 games against a division opponent while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 conference semifinal games.
I get the case that could be made across the board here and truthfully it’s now up to Calgary to make the necessary adjustments to try to take back home ice while Edmonton has to defend it and play like they did in the later stages of game two. That being said, I like the over here in the first period as the opening frame has seen 7 goals already in two games so far and I think we’re going to get off to another firecracker start here.
