Islanders vs Flames Betting Odds, Trends, & Free Pick [3/5/17]

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Jay Cooper
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NY Islanders (30-22-11) at Calgary (35-26-4)
When: Sunday, March 5th 2017
Where: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
Time: 4:05 ET | TV: MSG Plus, Sportsnet West

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The red-hot Calgary Flames will host the New York Islanders on Sunday afternoon in hopes of keeping their momentum for a playoff run. The Flames will look for their seventh straight victory, but first in six meetings with the Islanders. Calgary’s recent run has surged them seven points in front of ninth place St. Louis in the Western Conference and just two points out of second place in the Pacific Division. The Flames won Friday for the the NHL-best 17th time when giving up the first goal and improved to a league-best 25-0-1 when leading after two periods. Mikael Backlund (club-most 46 points) and Sean Monahan (41) share the team lead in goals with 20 while Monahan recorded his 100th career assist and 200th point. Goalie Brian Elliott is 9-1-1 with a .925 save percentage in starting 11 of the last 14 games after beginning the season 8-12-2. Kris Versteeg (11 goals) scored for the first time in 11 games Friday while rookie Matthew Tkachuk (12) also lit the lamp on Friday and has two goals and six assists in his last eight games. The Flames are doing all this winning without any success on the power play recently, going 2-for-28 with the man advantage over the last 10 games. Calgary will get three days rest before hosting Montreal on Thursday.

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The Islanders are coming off a 2-1 shootout loss in Chicago on Friday, allowing the tying goal with 1:14 left in regulation, but hold the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference after winning four of their last six contests. New York prevailed 2-1 in overtime on November 28th in the first of two meetings this season on defenseman Thomas Hickey’s goal, marking their fourth 2-1 victory over Calgary during the winning streak. New York is 3-1-1 on its season-high nine-game road trip with captain John Tavares (team-high 53 points) registering two goals and two assists during the trip. Tavares shares the club lead with 23 goals alongside Anders Lee, who has scored once in the last seven games after recording five in the previous seven. Josh Bailey (12 goals, 44 points) has a goal and four assists in the last five games while Brock Nelson scored once and assisted on three others during that stretch. The Islanders will visit Edmonton, Vancouver, and St. Louis to end the road swing.

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The Flames are playing too well to go against right now and the Islanders are in the middle of grueling road trip. Calgary snaps their losing streak against the Islanders at home today.

Pick: Flames -135

W/L TRENDS

NY Islanders
  • Islanders are 6-0 in their last 6 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
  • Islanders are 5-1 in their last 6 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
  • Islanders are 4-1 in their last 5 vs. Western Conference.
  • Islanders are 10-4 in their last 14 games playing on 1 days rest.
  • Islanders are 36-16 in their last 52 in the third game of a 3-in-4 situation.
  • Islanders are 10-21 in their last 31 road games.
  • Islanders are 6-13 in their last 19 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
  • Islanders are 1-5 in their last 6 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Calgary
  • Flames are 5-0 in their last 5 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
  • Flames are 5-0 in their last 5 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
  • Flames are 5-0 in their last 5 games following a win.
  • Flames are 6-0 in their last 6 overall.
  • Flames are 5-0 in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
  • Flames are 6-0 in their last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.
  • Flames are 4-1 in their last 5 vs. Metropolitan.
  • Flames are 4-1 in their last 5 home games.
  • Flames are 20-8 in their last 28 vs. a team with a losing record.
  • Flames are 9-4 in their last 13 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of less than .400.
  • Flames are 5-11 in their last 16 Sunday games.
  • Flames are 1-6 in their last 7 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.

OU TRENDS

NY Islanders
  • Over is 6-1 in Islanders last 7 Sunday games.
  • Over is 5-1 in Islanders last 6 in the third game of a 3-in-4 days situation.
  • Over is 12-3-2 in Islanders last 17 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
  • Over is 13-5-1 in Islanders last 19 games playing on 1 days rest.
  • Under is 5-2 in Islanders last 7 vs. a team with a winning record.
Calgary
  • Under is 5-0 in Flames last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
  • Under is 4-0-1 in Flames last 5 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
  • Under is 3-0-1 in Flames last 4 home games.
  • Under is 5-1-1 in Flames last 7 games following a win.
  • Under is 4-1 in Flames last 5 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of less than .400.
  • Under is 4-1-1 in Flames last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.
  • Under is 7-2-1 in Flames last 10 overall.
  • Under is 6-2-1 in Flames last 9 vs. a team with a losing record.
  • Over is 3-1-1 in Flames last 5 Sunday games.
  • Under is 9-3 in Flames last 12 vs. Metropolitan.

HEAD TO HEAD

  • Under is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings.
  • Islanders are 5-0 in the last 5 meetings.
  • Islanders are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Calgary.

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