Canucks vs. Oilers Game 4 Prediction: Stanley Cup Playoff Odds
Edmonton and Vancouver are ramping up the physical intensity following the Canucks’ 4-3 victory in Game 3 on Sunday night. Can the Canucks push Edmonton to the brink of elimination in Game 4, or will the Oilers tie the series up on home ice?
Edmonton is a -210 favourite to win on the NHL odds, with the total set at 6.5.
Canucks vs. Oilers NHL Betting Odds
This second round series between the last two Canadian teams standing has given fans everything they expected, with the Over hitting in all three games. High scoring outcomes are par for the course between Edmonton and Vancouver this season as they have combined to score seven or more goals in six of seven regular season and playoff matchups.
Heading into Game 4, oddsmakers have the series line as an exact pick’em which makes sense given each game has been decided by a single goal. The favoured exact series result is an Oilers win in seven games at +275, while the biggest long shot is a Canucks victory in five games at +450.
Both Canadian teams rank outside of the top three remaining Stanley Cup contenders on the NHL futures board, with Edmonton sitting at +600 and Vancouver at +1200.
Vancouver Canucks
Brock Boeser and Elias Lindholm led the way for Vancouver in Game 3, with each player scoring twice. Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller each had two helpers and Arturs Silovs made 42 saves in net. One player held pointless was Elias Pettersson, who has just two goals in his last 20 games. Pettersson broke out of his slump with a power play goal in Game 2, but he’s only managed to produce four points (1G, 3A) in nine postseason games. That’s simply not good enough for a player who averaged over a point per game during the regular season.
Remaining disciplined continues to be key for the Canucks as Edmonton’s power play is clicking at nearly a 50 per cent success rate in the playoffs. Discipline wasn’t on display at the end of Game 3, however, as defencemen Nikita Zadorov and Carson Soucy were mixed up in a scrum with Oilers captain Connor McDavid. Zadorov was fined $5,000 for the incident and Soucy will have a hearing with the NHL, which likely means a suspension. Zadorov avoiding suspension is a good break for Vancouver. The hulking Russian has four goals in the playoffs, including two this series, and he’s been able to physically dominate one-on-one battles.
Edmonton Oilers
The Oilers did everything they could to battle back on Sunday, peppering Vancouver with 22 shots in the third period, but below average goaltending once again sunk the team. Stuart Skinner was pulled after allowing four goals on 15 shots. Calvin Pickard started the third period, stopping the only three shots he faced in his NHL playoff debut. Skinner, who also fell apart in the playoffs last year, has allowed three or more goals in four straight starts and he has a brutal .783 save percentage in this series. Head coach Kris Knoblauch was non-committal about starting Skinner for Game 4, so everything is on the table, including possibly even going with Jack Campbell.
Mattias Ekholm, Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard had the goals for Edmonton in Game 3. Draisaitl has a point in all eight of Edmonton’s playoff games this year and he leads the postseason with 18 points (7G, 11A). McDavid, who is second in the playoffs with 17 points (2G, 15), was held off the scoresheet for the first time this postseason in Game 3.
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