The Calgary Flames and Vegas Golden Knights have very different expectations for the season, but both are still searching for their first regulation-time wins after three games.
Vegas, the 2023 Stanley Cup champions, sit second in the Pacific Division after a shootout loss, an overtime win and an OT defeat, but those aren’t the results the Western Conference giants would have been expecting from their opening games.
Calgary find themselves propping up the conference, but the two points they have to show for their first three games came from an overtime victory over Stanley Cup finalists Edmonton Oilers in their opening match.
Best Bet – Calgary Flames or draw double chance @ 5/7
Alternative Bet – Pavel Dorofeyev anytime goalscorer @ 2/1
Bet Builder – Calgary Flames +1.5 goals, Matt Coronato 2+ shots on goal, Pavel Dorofeyev 1+ points & Over 4.5 goals @ 21/5
Best Bet: Calgary Flames or draw double chance @ 5/7
It seems inevitable that the Golden Knights will find their mojo sooner or later and explode for an impressive win, but it might not come on this trip to the Saddledome.
All three of Vegas’s NHL matches this season have gone to overtime at least, and the same is true of the last two meetings between these teams, which came at the back end of last season, in April.
Calgary have let the last couple of games get away from them, having been competitive for the first two periods. That at least gives them something to focus on.
The Golden Knights have been held to 60-minute draws by Seattle and San Jose in their last two games. Those are two of the bottom three teams in the betting to win the Stanley Cup and while Calgary are rated 7/2 chances to make the play-offs, they are a considerably stronger outfit than those two teams.
Alternative Bet: Pavel Dorofeyev anytime goalscorer @ 2/1
Russian forward Pavel Dorofeyev is entering his fifth year with the Golden Knights, and if he continues on his career progression path then he will be one of the top offensive performers in the league.
His early performances have certainly backed up that impression, as he leads the league with five goals.
Four of those have come on the powerplay, contributing to Vegas’s 30.8 per cent powerplay percentage.
Calgary’s penalty-kill percentage of 75 is good for only 22nd in the league, so Dorofeyev should get chances to score on the man advantage, even if he does not manage to find the net five on five.
Calgary Flames +1.5 goals
Matt Coronato 2+ shots on goal
Pavel Dorofeyev 1+ points
Over 4.5 goals
Pays 21/5
The Flames have every chance of keeping this close, while Dorofeyev should get chances to add to his scoring tally.
Calgary’s chief scoring threat could come from Matt Coronato. The New York native registered a shot on goal in each of his first two games this season, but came alive in their home opener against St Louis, scoring both his team’s goals among four shots on target.
That should give hm confidence to test the Vegas goaltender at least twice.
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All three of Vegas’s opening games have gone beyond 60 minutes.
The last two meetings between these teams required an extra stanza.
Vegas’s Pavel Dorofeyev leads the NHL with five goals.
The Flames have won three of their last four home meetings with Vegas.
Vegas sit second in the Pacific Division, Calgary are eighth and last.
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Calgary will be without forwards Jonathan Huberdeau and Martin Pospisil. Huberdeau suffered an injury in a pre-season game collision with Vancouver goaltender Kevin Lankinen and has not suited up yet, although he has resumed skating and will join the team’s road trip later this week.
Pospisil has an undisclosed injury and remains on injured reserve.
Veteran defenceman Alex Pietrangelo is out long term for Vegas. Fellow defenceman Noah Hanifin suffered an undisclosed injury in their first game of the season against the LA Kings and remains out.
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