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NHL PicksMatt Coronato recorded three assists in three meetings with Vancouver last season and gets another appealing matchup against a Canucks team that surrendered nine goals last time out. He was heavily involved in Calgary’s 5-on-5 offense last season, and his playmaking role gives him a realistic path to another helper tonight.
Play up to 42%. Brock Boeser has scored 16 goals in 39 career meetings with Calgary and averaged three SOG per game against the Flames last season. His early underlying numbers are encouraging as well, with five scoring chances and 0.54 expected goals at 5-on-5 through two games. Calgary’s shaky defense creates another favorable scoring opportunity.
Play up to 55%. Vancouver’s defense was ugly against Edmonton, but the Canucks still showed plenty of offensive firepower with 11 different players recording a point. Calgary was just blown out 6-1 by Seattle and struggled badly in its own end. With home ice and the deeper-looking attack, I’ll back Vancouver to respond with a win.
Both teams looked vulnerable defensively in their openers, combining to allow 15 goals, and three of the last four meetings have cleared 6.5. Vancouver has already shown it can score in bunches, while Marco Rossi enters red-hot with three goals through two games and has consistently generated dangerous opportunities around the net.