Calgary Flames vs. Vancouver Canucks Prediction, NHL Odds

Nik Kowalski | Updated Nov 12, 2024

NHL: Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks

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The Calgary Flames head back to BC for their second meeting with the Vancouver Canucks of this young NHL season.

Calgary
23-16-6-1
AT
November 12, 2024, 10:00 PM ET
Rogers Arena
Vancouver
20-17-9-1
Puckline +1.5 -135
Moneyline +180
Over / Under o +6
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Puckline -1.5 +115
Moneyline -225
Over / Under u +6
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Calgary and Vancouver opened up their 2024–25 campaigns against one another and gave the fans a barnburner with a 6-5 comeback Flames OT win.

Tuesday’s a back-to-back spot for the Flames, who beat L.A. 3-1 on Monday. The win bumped Calgary ahead of the 7-3-3 Canucks, with the former sitting third in the Pacific Division and the latter sitting fourth.

The Canucks are looking to get back into the win column after a 7-3 defeat versus Edmonton Saturday night. The 6-5 and 7-3 losses when hosting Calgary and Edmonton has Canucks fans begging for the return of Thatcher Demko. While he won’t be back in the crease just yet, Demko did take some shots at practice Monday — so help is coming!

Puck drop at Rogers Arena goes at 10 p.m. EST with the Canucks -225 on the moneyline and the total at 6.0 on the NHL odds.

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Something’s got to change at home for the Canucks, who are now 1-6 outright in their last seven home contests. Home ice was an area Vancouver had tons of success last season as they lost a league-low nine regulation games all of last season at home. And if Vancouver’s going to snap out of this funk, they’ll need to take advantage of the Flames’ weaknesses.

Calgary’s 3-8-5 first period record is near the bottom of the NHL, yet it continues not to bite them. On a back-to-back, look for this to come into play again for the Flames. The Canucks power play has yet to hit its stride this season (19.5 per cent, 15th in the NHL), but they now face Calgary’s 27th ranked penalty kill (72.9 per cent) and the flood gates may open.

Calgary Flames

The Flames’ underlying numbers aren’t sustainable. The first period record and penalty kill percentage are already listed above, but even after yesterday’s win to get Calgary to 8-5-3 on the season… they still have a minus-2 goal differential on the year. The “just win” moniker has clearly been adopted in Calgary, something that will definitely get put to the test in this back-to-back spot in Vancouver on Tuesday.

Since Dustin Wolf got the start in net on Monday, it should be Dan Vladar in net in Vancouver. What’s funny is, this season that doesn’t matter, as both Wolf and Vladar have identical .906 save percentages, although Vladar’s 2.6 goals against average is considerably better than Wolf’s 3.1 average.

Vancouver Canucks

By no means is Vancouver doomed a month into their season, but the absence of Demko is starting to show. As is the new absence of Brock Boeser. Without Demko, Kevin Lankinen and Arturs Silovs have split the Canucks net. Lankinen’s got the majority of work as the veteran, and frankly better goalie, but is coming off a night in which he got yanked after letting in seven goals on 27 shots. Silovs’ 2024 playoff magic has worn off; in four appearances Silovs is winless with an .808 save percentage.

Saturday’s loss was Vancouver’s first outing this season without Boeser. The Canucks’ leading scorer is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury. The injury has opened the door for 2023 first-round pick Jonathan Lekkerimaki to make his NHL debut, and play along the Canucks top line with Pius Suter and J.T. Miller.

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  • +180 -225
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