| NHL Picks: Calgary Flames vs Chicago Blackhawks |
|
|
|
| Written by Scott Burgess | |||||||
|
Thursday, 07 February 2008
|
|||||||
|
Bookmaker.com has the Calgary Flames as -205 favorites when they play host to the Chicago Blackhawks at Pengrowth Saddledome tonight, for some hard hitting NHL action. Get your NHL Picks in now! The Chicago Blackhawks are hurting big time losing five in a row and winning four of their last ten. They are currently on a four game road trip where they haven’t won a game yet. They’ve scored eight goals to their opponents seventeen. G Nikolai Khabibulin has NOT won a game in his last ten starts. Backup Patrick Lalime is 8-7-1 with a 2.54 GAA with a .904 SVPCT. The Blackhawks offense is averaging 2.7 GAG, they average 28 shots on net and they have one of the worst power plays, partly due to the fact that Jonathan Toews is injured. They give up 2.9 GAA and they have a 20th and they have a 20th ranked penalty kill. The go to guy for the Blackhawks is Patrick Kane with 45pts and he also leads with the most shots on net. The Blackhawks sit in last place in the Central Standings and they’re 10-12-4 on the road. They are 29-24 ATS, 24-24-5 over/under and 10-13-3 on the road. Get your NHL Picks in now ! The Calgary Flames have five wins in their last ten games after their last, 4-3(S0) home win over the Phoenix Coyotes. They got goals from Doin Phaneuf(2) and Jerome Iginla, finally, all in the third period to force a shootout. Jerome Iginla was the only one to score on the shootout. The Flames offense is averaging 2.0 GAG, but surprisingly they have a 21st ranked power play and they don’t need a one man advantage to score. They need to work on defense and their penalty kill. They’re ranked in the high twenties. G Miika Kiprusoff is 27-16-8 with a 2.77 GAA and a .899 SVPCT. The top producer for the Flames is Jerome Iginla with 67pts, +19 rating and he also leads with the most shots on net. The Flames currently sit in 3rd place in the Northwest Standings and they’re 14-9-5-2 at home. They are 21-33 ATS, 22-22-10 over/under and 12-14-4 over/under at home. Get your NHL Pick in now! Bottom Line: The Blackhawks are struggling to score goals while the Flames, G Miika Kiprusoff, can stop pucks. Expect to see G Patrick Lalime in net, if he’s not its all CALGARY! Get your NHL Picks in now! Chicago (23-25-3-2) at Calgary (27-19-5-3) Face Off: Thurs, Feb 7, 2008 9:00 PM ET Line: Bookmaker.com NHL Picks: Calgary -205
                       |
|||||||
| Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 February 2008 ) | |||||||
The Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-2, as 110-moneyline road dogs last time out with the over/under set at 5. The Flames got goals from Owen Nolan, Cory Sarich and Daymond Langkow. Goalie Miika Kiprusoff stopped 35 of 37.