The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers are both 2-4 on the moneyline over their last six games. The two Pacific Division rivals will try to snap out of their slumps with a win in Edmonton this Friday night.
- Date/Time: December 27, 9 p.m. ET
- Stadium: Rogers Place
- TV Coverage: ESPN+
- Sportsbook Odds: Calgary -115 | O/U 6
- Flames vs Oilers Matchup Report
Sportsbook Odds Analysis
This game opened as a pick’em with both sides going off at the same price, but bettors have shown a preference for the Flames, moving the line to Calgary -115 and Edmonton +105. The total opened at 5.5 goals with the chalk on the OVER, but has since shifted to six goals with the chalk on the UNDER at -115.
Calgary News & Notes
Calgary opened the season with a 10-7-2 run before hitting an 0-5-1 skid in November. The Flames bounced out of that slump with a nine-game point streak going 8-0-1 with seven straight wins to surge up to 18-12-4. But since then, the Flames have lost four of their last five games and have scored one goal or fewer in three of those losses.
Before being shut out by Devan Dubnyk and the Minnesota Wild on Monday night, the Flames had won each of their previous four games on the road. Calgary is 5-1-1 in its last seven games away from home.
Edmonton News & Notes
If there isn’t a late line shift before puck drop, this will be the seventh straight game that the Oilers are going off as an underdog in. The 2019-20 season opened with so much promise as Edmonton jumped out to a 7-1-0 record, but the Oilers are just 13-15-4 since then with a 2-6-1 record over their last nine games after a 4-2 road loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.
Connor McDavid (21 goals, 41 assists) and Leon Draisaitl (22 goals, 39 assists) are the two league-leaders in points, but they are also the only two players on the team producing consistent offense. Edmonton ranks 20th in the NHL in offensive production with 2.88 goals per game despite its dynamic duo and 17th in goals against allowing 3.08 goals per game. The Oilers are 9-4 on the moneyline in their last 13 games against the Flames.
Betting Pick: UNDER 6
The Oilers and Flames have both been struggling on offense during their current slumps, and it’s hard to see both finding their offensive rhythm in the same game. The UNDER is 5-1-1 in the last seven games in this head-to-head series, and that trend should continue.
- Calgary is 4-2 in its last 6 games against Pacific Division opponents.
- Edmonton is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Edmonton's last 6 games played on a Friday.
