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Arizona Coyotes vs Calgary Flames: Both teams have a lot to learn from this season
The Calgary Flames are hosting the Arizona Coyotes at Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday.
The Coyotes have won the last two games
The Arizona Coyotes are 13th in the Western Conference with a 35-40-5 record. The Coyotes have won the last two games and are coming off a 3-2 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers. The Coyotes are 20th in the league, scoring 3.05 goals per game, and are ranked 25th, allowing 3.33. Clayton Keller leads the team with 73 points so far in the season, followed by Nick Schmaltz with 61.
The Flames are at 50% at home
The Calgary Flames are 12th in the Eastern Conference with a 36-38-5 record. They have lost 4 of the last 6 games and are coming off a 6-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks. The Flames are 18th in the league averaging 3.05 goals per game and are ranked five spots lower allowing 3.25. Nazem Kadri is the best player on the team with 71 points so far in the season.
Betting Trends
These two teams have gone over the total goal lines in 4 of their last 6 matchups. The Flames have gone over in 4 of the last 5 games against teams from the Central Division. The Coyotes have done so in 6 of their last 9 games overall, 14 of the last 20 games played in April and 10 of the last 11 games played on Sunday.
Prediction and Conclusion
Both teams are having disappointing seasons, and there is nothing they can do by the end of the schedule to make things look better. No one really believed that the Coyotes could reach the playoffs, but the Flames were seen as a real candidate to do so. They both struggled defensively for the entire season, and as nothing much was on the line in this match, this will be another high-scoring game that will go over 6 goals in total.
