Calgary Flames VS Montreal Canadiens ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
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PREVIEW & TIPS Calgary Flames VS Montreal Canadiens
A traditional Canadian duel awaits us on Thursday in Calgary when the Flames receive the Canadiens. While this duel has been rare in recent years due to different divisions, the two will meet for the third time this year.
Both teams were able to win once each and a typical 50:50 duel awaits us on Thursday. The Flames in particular are already under pressure, as their change of coach has not yet had the desired effect.
Calgary Flames News
The Flames are FC Schalke 04 of the NHL this season. Not because they are at the bottom of the table (luckily it has not yet reached that point), but because they act very chaotically, do not use their potential and things do not get better even after a change of coach. Why do we still believe in a victory on Thursday? Because they recently showed that there is still life in the team and because they now meet a Canadiens team that has recently also been very weak.
Both teams have only won three of their last ten games, which has cost both of them some places in the North Division. The Flames are even only in sixth and penultimate place. Even the Canucks have now passed them by. Should they lose on Thursday, they would be six points behind fourth place in two more games played – this is difficult to make up for in a shortened season by NHL standards. So you are really under pressure.
Montreal Canadiens News
The Canadiens could not confirm their strong start to the season and are now even threatening to slip out of the playoff ranks. Their narrow 1: 2 defeat against Vancouver after a penalty shootout didn’t exactly help. But what is the problem with Montréal and why can they no longer decide games for themselves? There are several reasons for this. One of them can certainly be seen in their ailing special teams.
With a 22.7% success rate in power play, the Canadiens are only the 15th best outnumbered game – and the trend is falling. When it comes to penalty killing, things look a little more threatening with 77.5% and 19th place. This was still one of her strengths at the start of the season. We only remember the first duel of the season, which the Canadiens won 4-2 and where they were able to use two of three power play situations. Those days are now over, which certainly contributed to their mini-crisis.
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