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Canucks vs. Flames Player Props | Mikael Backlund | Thursday

The Calgary Flames host the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, 9:00 PM ET at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Vancouver Canucks are the underdog in the matchup, with a consensus moneyline of +124.

As favorite, the moneyline for the Calgary Flames is -150. The Flames are a -1.5 favorite. The over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

The Flames and the Canucks have not met this season.

Mikael’s Most Popular Prop Bet

Mikael Backlund (CGY) has stayed under his shots-on-goal prop in 4 of his last 5 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 5.87% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 2.5 (+110) are at DraftKings.

Mikael’s stats vs. Vancouver Canucks

G SOG Ast Pts
0 3 1 1

Mikael’s Season Stats

G SOG Ast Pts
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Mikael’s Team’s Standings

Avg Rank Vs Avg
G / Gm 3.21 10 0.1
GAgst / Gm 2.90 9 -0.2
Winning Margin 2.45 2 0.2
Losing Margin -2.02 2 0.2
Avg Spread -0.63 7 -0.6
Avg Total 6.00 17 0.0
Cover % 46.36 27 -3.6
Over % 47.57 19 -0.3

Mikael’s Notable Teammates

  1. Connor Zary (CGY) has gone over his points prop in 6 of his last 7 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 88.57% edge on the Over. Current best odds: O 0.5 (+120) are at DraftKings
  2. Elias Lindholm (CGY) has gone over his shots-on-goal prop in 5 of his last 6 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 6.75% edge on the Over. Current best odds: O 2.5 (-120) are at DraftKings
  3. Rasmus Andersson (CGY) has stayed under his assists prop in 19 of his last 24 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 5.20% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 0.5 (-200) are at DraftKings
  4. Noah Hanifin (CGY) has stayed under his points prop in 10 of his last 11 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 5.95% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 0.5 (-179) are at DraftKings
  5. Blake Coleman (CGY) has stayed under his shots-on-goal prop in 6 of his last 7 games. BestOdds is projecting about a 7.03% edge on the Under. Current best odds: U 2.5 (-145) are at DraftKings

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