Flames vs. Sharks Prediction: Betting Preview, Tips And Picks – April 18, 2024

Written By PlayPicks Staff on April 17, 2024

The Calgary Flames and San Jose Sharks — both coming off losses — will play on Thursday at 9:00 PM ET, at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The Sharks are heavy underdogs on the road, at +222, and the Flames are -278.

The betting trends in the article below use the latest odds as of April 18, 2024 at 3:12 PM ET. See below the latest odds for this contest and click here to get the best DraftKings Sportsbook deposit bonus!

Flames vs. Sharks Betting Odds

  • Moneyline: CGY: (-278) | SJ: (+222)
  • Puck line: CGY: -1.5 (-108) | SJ: +1.5 (-114)
  • Total: 6.5 — Over: (-108) | Under: (-114)

Injury Report as of April 18

Flames: Dillon Dube: Personal (Out), Joel Hanley: Undisclosed (Questionable), Blake Coleman: Upper Body (Probable), Daniel Vladar: Hip (Out)

Sharks: Vitek Vanecek: Illness/Lower Body (Out), Logan Couture: Groin (Out), Alexander Barabanov: Foot (Out), Ty Emberson: Lower Body (Out), Jan Rutta: Undisclosed (Out), Mackenzie Blackwood: Undisclosed (Out), Filip Zadina: Lower Body (Questionable), Jacob MacDonald: Undisclosed (Out), Matt Benning: Lower Body (Out)

Flames vs. Sharks Predictions & Computer Picks

Moneyline Pick Flames
Total Pick Under (6.5)
Spread Pick Flames (-1.5)

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Flames vs. Sharks Team Stats

Flames Avg. (Rank) Sharks Avg. (Rank)
3.06 (19th) Goals Scored 2.21 (31st)
3.28 (23rd) Goals Allowed 3.96 (32nd)
31.2 (13th) Shots 25.3 (32nd)
29.9 (16th) Shots Allowed 35.1 (32nd)

Flames Key Players

Name GP GOALS ASST PTS SHOTS PP GOALS PLUS/MINUS
Nazem Kadri 81 29 46 75 270 10 -1
Yegor Sharangovich 81 31 28 59 176 6 -29
Jonathan Huberdeau 80 12 40 52 142 4 -29
Blake Coleman 77 29 23 52 188 3 +16
MacKenzie Weegar 81 19 32 51 205 3 0

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Sharks Key Players

Name GP GOALS ASST PTS SHOTS PP GOALS PLUS/MINUS
Mikael Granlund 68 12 47 59 133 1 -21
William Eklund 79 16 29 45 128 8 -42
Fabian Zetterlund 81 23 20 43 200 5 -31
Filip Zadina 72 13 10 23 137 3 -44
Mike Hoffman 66 10 13 23 71 3 -21

Betting Trends

  • The Flames have won 18 of their 36 games when favored on the moneyline this season (50.0%).
  • Based on this game’s moneyline, the Flames’ implied win probability is 73.5%.
  • This season the Sharks have been an underdog 81 times, and won 19, or 23.5%, of those games.
  • The moneyline set for this outing implies a 31.1% chance of victory for the Sharks.
  • Calgary and its opponent have gone over 6.5 combined goals in 42 of 81 games this season.
  • San Jose has combined with its opponent to score more than 6.5 goals in 35 of 81 games this season.

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