NHL Betting Preview: Oilers vs Flames

The Edmonton Oilers square off against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome, with face-off scheduled for 22:00 on Saturday, December 27.

Side With Oilers on the Moneyline

We’re heading to the Moneyline and our prediction is for the Oilers to triumph. The visitors have a strong chance of beating the Flames and the -128 makes lots of appeal.

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7 Wins for Oilers in Previous 10 H2H Clashes

When Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames went head-to-head on Tuesday night, the Oilers managed a 5-1 victory at Rogers Place.

The Oilers had 39 shots on goal, with Connor McDavid totaling 5 points, all of them were assists. Goalie Connor Ingram made 18 saves (.947). MacKenzie Weegar scored the goal from just 19 Flames shots.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Oilers have triumphed in seven of the previous 10 clashes between these teams.

Starting Goalies

Calvin Pickard (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-5-2	4	.861	0
23/24	12-7-1	2.45	.909	1

Dustin Wolf (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	11-14-2	3	.895	2
23/24	7-7-1	3.16	.893	0

Edmonton Oilers – Last 10 Games

7 wins, 2 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 4.0 goals from 28.9 shots on goal, with a 28.9% powerplay efficiency. The Oilers have given up 2.8 goals from 27.5 shots, averaging 4.1 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 78.1%.

Connor McDavid is the top points scorer with 27 points, 9 goals and 18 assists, with Leon Draisaitl racking up 20 points, 4 goals and 16 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie Stuart Skinner have a 2.34 goal against average with a .909 save percentage.

Calgary Flames – Last 10 Games

The Flames have 6 wins and 4 losses, averaging 3.3 goals from 30.6 shots on goal, with a 8.5% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 3.1 goals from 28.7 shots, averaging 4.9 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.7%.

The top points scorer is Nazem Kadri with 10 points, 3 goals and 7 assists, while Mikael Backlund is next best after having 8 points, 5 goals and 3 assists. Goalie Dustin Wolf have a 2.60 GAA with a .907 SV%, including one shutout.

Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames Prediction & Picks

Discover our expert Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames betting tips, featuring a key match prediction, correct score suggestion, top player prop picks and bet builder advice. Scroll down for full analysis.

Game Prediction

It’s time to side with Edmonton Oilers to record a victory in this NHL clash. The road team should have the upper hand and the -128 for our pick on the Moneyline looks a generous price.

We keep a close eye on the NHL team news and our handicappers stay sharp by tracking the latest form and lineups. You’ll also find a full set of stats that offer valuable insight and help shape smarter hockey predictions ahead of the action.

Key Oilers vs Flames stats:

Oilers have won 4 of their last 5 games.
Oilers have won 7 of their last 10 games.
Oilers have won 2 consecutive games.
Flames have lost 7 of their last 10 games against Oilers.

Oilers Moneyline Probability

If you go by the top NHL betting sites, our pick has a 56.2% chance of delivering a return. After careful examination, our experts calculate this probability to be somewhere between 60-65%. It is therefore regarded as a value wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Leon Draisaitl Over 2.5 Shots -185

Leon Draisaitl (Oilers) has had Over 2.5 shots on goal in 7 straight games. There is odds of -185 available when it comes to this Shots on Goal wager and we think he’ll cover the line.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Moneyline Oilers

To Score Connor McDavid

Shots on Goal Leon Draisaitl Over 2.5

We’ve compiled a same game parlay that includes the Oilers on the moneyline along with Connor McDavid (Oilers) to find the net and Leon Draisaitl (Oilers) having Over 2.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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We’ve found an attractive bet at odds of +2000 and it involves the Oilers winning 3-1. We like a wager on correct score as there’s the chance to bank a bigger return.

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Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Tight Clash on the Cards According to the Books

With the sportsbooks giving them a 56% probability of winning this game, Edmonton Oilers might be a popular parlay pick. That is reflected in their -128 Moneyline betting odds. Calgary Flames are the underdogs at +106 and they’re regarded as least likely to win.

There is a puck line of 1.5 and total goals has a line of 6.5. Hockey fans love the chance to get an alternative angle by going for a Totals wager. The Over 6.5 selection is available to back at -122.

Whether you're placing bets before the puck drops or during the live action, the top betting sites offer hundreds of game lines and team props to explore. The sheer variety means there's no shortage of options to match your strategy.

Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Leon Draisaitl Favorite to Light the Lamp First

Leon Draisaitl is priced at +950 when it comes to First Goalscorer. He’s the favorite and also available at odds of +120 to light the lamp at anytime.

Player Goals

Leon Draisaitl (Oilers)

Connor McDavid (Oilers)

Nazem Kadri (Flames)

Zach Hyman (Oilers)

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Player Assists

Leon Draisaitl (Oilers)

Evan Bouchard (Oilers)

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Oilers)

Nazem Kadri (Flames)

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Player Shots

Connor McDavid (Oilers)

Leon Draisaitl (Oilers)

Nazem Kadri (Flames)

Zach Hyman (Oilers)

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Micro Betting

There are lots of exciting NHL micro betting lines that are created and they are available in-game. Among them are next goalscorer, next team to find the net and whether a goal will be scored within the next 10 minutes.

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Last 5 Games

Oilers

NHL: 24/12 Flames1 Oilers 5
NHL: 22/12 Golden Knights3 Oilers 4
NHL: 20/12 Oilers2 Wild 5
NHL: 19/12 Oilers3 Bruins 1
NHL: 17/12 Oilers6 Penguins 4

Flames

NHL: 24/12 Flames1 Oilers 5
NHL: 21/12 Golden Knights3 Flames 6
NHL: 19/12 Kraken2 Flames 4
NHL: 17/12 Flames3 Sharks 6
NHL: 14/12 Flames2 Kings 1

Head to Head

Edmonton vs Calgary

NHL: 24/12 2025 Flames 1 Oilers 5
NHL: 09/10 2025 Flames 4 Oilers 3
NHL: 30/03 2025 Flames 2 Oilers 3
NHL: 04/11 2024 Oilers 4 Flames 2
NHL: 14/10 2024 Flames 4 Oilers 1
NHL: 07/04 2024 Oilers 4 Flames 2
NHL: 25/02 2024 Flames 6 Oilers 3
NHL: 21/01 2024 Oilers 3 Flames 1
NHL: 30/10 2023 Flames 2 Oilers 5
NHL: 28/12 2022 Oilers 2 Flames 1

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Edmonton Oilers Stats

Calgary Flames Stats

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games
7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 9 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.80 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.80 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 4.00 goals and allowed 2.80 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.40 pts and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.40 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.80 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.30 goals and allowed 3.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 2.40 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.3
Shots: 28.9
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 12.7
Blocks: 12
Faceoff Wins : 27.4
Hits: 17.3
Giveaways: 15.5
Takeaways: 3.6

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.9
Shots: 28.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 12
Blocks: 15
Faceoff Wins : 28.7
Hits: 17.2
Giveaways: 14.6
Takeaways: 4

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 30.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0.3
Penalties: 4.9
Empty Net Goals: 0.6
Penalty Minutes: 17.4
Blocks: 16.2
Faceoff Wins : 31.9
Hits: 19.7
Giveaways: 15.7
Takeaways: 5

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 32.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0.7
Penalty Minutes: 10.8
Blocks: 15.7
Faceoff Wins : 31.2
Hits: 19.3
Giveaways: 14
Takeaways: 5

Team News

Edmonton Oilers Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
97	Connor McDavid	38	22.61	23	44	67	1
29	Leon Draisaitl	38	21.92	20	35	55	9
2	Evan Bouchard	38	24.08	6	29	35	2

93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	29	19	11	20	31	-7
18	Zach Hyman	19	19.84	10	9	19	3
28	Jack Roslovic	25	17.14	10	8	18	0
14	Mattias Ekholm	38	20.56	3	14	17	4
92	Vasili Podkolzin	38	15.41	9	7	16	12
25	Darnell Nurse	38	20.75	6	8	14	-5
22	Matthew Savoie	38	14.36	7	5	12	1
88	Andrew Mangiapane	38	13.6	5	6	11	-16
96	Jake Walman	17	20.12	3	7	10	-3
19	Adam Henrique	38	14.29	2	7	9	-9
24	Spencer Stastney	37	15.31	1	8	9	-1
49	Ty Emberson	33	15.82	1	6	7	4
13	Mattias Janmark-Nylen	22	12.67	1	5	6	-4
86	David Tomasek	22	10.76	3	2	5	-6
75	Alec Regula	22	15.36	0	3	3	-9
10	Trent Frederic	37	11.34	2	1	3	-9
53	Isaac Howard	17	9.5	2	1	3	-2
48	Noah Philp	15	10.04	2	1	3	-7
20	Curtis Lazar	19	9.32	2	0	2	-3
42	Kasperi Kapanen	6	12.28	0	2	2	-2
28	Quinn Hutson	3	7.57	1	0	1	0
64	Connor Clattenburg	5	7.2	1	0	1	1
46	Max Jones	5	7.52	0	1	1	1
61	Riley Stillman	2	11.65	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
30	Calvin Pickard	13	3.93	0.861
39	Connor Ingram	2	2	0.92
35	Tristan Jarry	17	2.73	0.906

Calgary Flames Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
91	Nazem Kadri	37	19.71	8	23	31	-9
4	Rasmus Andersson	37	24.11	7	18	25	3
11	Mikael Backlund	37	17.18	9	13	22	14

27	Matt Coronato	36	16.66	11	9	20	-18
10	Jonathan Huberdeau	32	18.71	7	12	19	-1
16	Morgan Frost	37	15.95	8	11	19	-7
86	Joel Farabee	37	17.12	9	9	18	-4
20	Blake Coleman	37	16.96	10	7	17	11
52	MacKenzie Weegar	37	23.41	3	9	12	-18
17	Yegor Sharangovich	33	15.31	6	5	11	-8
47	Connor Zary	35	14.18	4	6	10	-3
43	Adam Klapka	36	10.03	3	4	7	-6
37	Yan Kuznetsov	23	20.35	2	4	6	-1
7	Kevin Bahl	36	21.19	3	3	6	11
44	Joel Hanley	34	15.2	0	5	5	-1
29	Samuel Honzek	18	12.34	2	2	4	1
94	Brayden Pachal	21	13.4	0	3	3	0
70	Ryan Lomberg	33	8.76	2	1	3	1
	John Beecher	22	10.01	1	2	3	-6
24	Jake Bean	16	15.96	1	1	2	-7
89	Zayne Parekh	11	14.76	0	1	1	0
58	Justin Kirkland	9	9.57	0	1	1	-1
51	Matvei Gridin	4	14.73	1	0	1	-3
48	Hunter Brzustewicz	6	14.57	0	0	0	1
45	Sam Morton	3	9.33	0	0	0	-1
15	Dryden Hunt	2	10.6	0	0	0	-2
62	Daniil Miromanov	1	17.8	0	0	0	0
86	Rory Kerins	2	15.85	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
1	Devin Cooley	13	2.4	0.914
32	Dustin Wolf	28	3	0.895

Injuries & Suspensions

Edmonton Oilers Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Noah Philp

Injured

Connor Clattenburg

Injured

Jake Walman

Injured

Kasperi Kapanen

Injured

Tristan Jarry

Injured

Calgary Flames Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Samuel Honzek

Injured

Martin Pospisil

Injured

Jake Bean

Injured

Zayne Parekh

Unavailable

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Edmonton Oilers Lineups

23 Dec NHL

Flames 1-5 Oilers

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	36	22	11	3	47	0.653	14	18	121	106	15	11-6-1	11-5-2	4-2	6-4	3L
2 Philadelphia	36	19	10	7	45	0.625	12	14	111	102	9	11-5-4	8-5-3	5-3	4-6	2W
3 NY Islanders	37	20	13	4	44	0.595	14	17	107	104	3	11-7-2	9-6-2	3-4	6-4	1W
4 Washington	37	19	13	5	43	0.581	18	19	117	103	14	11-7-2	8-6-3	0-4	3-7	3L
5 NY Rangers	39	19	16	4	42	0.538	12	17	104	105	-1	5-10-3	14-6-1	2-0	4-6	1W
6 New Jersey	37	20	16	1	41	0.554	13	17	103	110	-7	10-7-1	10-9-0	3-0	4-6	2L
7 Pittsburgh	36	15	12	9	39	0.542	13	14	110	119	-9	7-6-5	8-6-4	1-5	1-9	1L
8 Columbus	36	15	15	6	36	0.5	8	11	108	125	-17	7-6-3	8-9-3	4-1	3-7	1W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	38	22	13	3	47	0.618	16	20	120	122	-2	12-7-1	10-6-2	2-2	8-2	3W
2 Montreal	37	20	12	5	45	0.608	13	18	123	124	-1	10-9-1	10-3-4	2-3	5-5	1W
3 Tampa Bay	36	20	13	3	43	0.597	17	20	117	95	22	10-9-0	10-4-3	0-1	4-6	2W
4 Florida	36	20	14	2	42	0.583	17	18	117	114	3	12-7-2	8-7-0	2-1	8-2	1W
5 Ottawa	36	18	13	5	41	0.569	13	15	119	113	6	8-6-3	10-7-2	3-0	5-5	1L
6 Boston	38	20	17	1	41	0.539	14	18	122	126	-4	12-8-1	8-9-0	2-1	5-5	4L
7 Buffalo	36	18	14	4	40	0.556	12	15	112	117	-5	11-5-2	7-9-2	3-0	7-3	7W
8 Toronto	36	16	15	5	37	0.514	12	16	115	121	-6	11-5-5	5-10-0	0-1	4-6	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	36	27	2	7	61	0.847	25	27	142	80	62	15-0-2	12-2-5	0-4	8-2	6W
2 Dallas	38	25	7	6	56	0.737	21	22	136	101	35	12-5-1	13-2-5	3-2	7-3	1L
3 Minnesota	38	22	10	6	50	0.658	16	19	117	99	18	13-4-5	9-6-1	3-1	7-3	2L
4 Utah	39	18	18	3	39	0.5	13	18	116	112	4	9-6-1	9-12-2	0-0	4-6	1L
5 Nashville	36	16	16	4	36	0.5	11	14	103	121	-18	10-9-2	6-7-2	2-0	7-3	3W
6 St Louis	38	14	16	8	36	0.474	14	14	95	131	-36	7-8-5	7-8-3	0-2	5-5	1L
7 Winnipeg	35	15	17	3	33	0.471	13	14	103	107	-4	8-7-1	7-10-2	1-1	2-8	4L
8 Chicago	36	13	17	6	32	0.444	12	13	99	114	-15	7-7-3	6-10-3	0-2	2-8	6L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	35	17	8	10	44	0.629	13	16	110	104	6	8-4-5	9-4-5	1-4	6-4	1W
2 Anaheim	37	21	14	2	44	0.595	13	17	129	126	3	12-6-0	9-8-2	4-0	5-5	1L
3 Edmonton	38	19	13	6	44	0.579	14	19	130	128	2	10-3-3	9-10-3	0-2	7-3	2W
4 LA Kings	36	15	12	9	39	0.542	10	14	91	96	-5	4-8-4	11-4-5	1-5	3-7	2L
5 San Jose	37	17	17	3	37	0.5	9	16	109	129	-20	10-7-3	7-10-0	1-1	4-6	3L
6 Seattle	35	15	14	6	36	0.514	10	15	89	107	-18	7-7-3	8-7-3	0-3	4-6	3W
7 Calgary	37	15	18	4	34	0.459	12	13	98	113	-15	9-5-2	6-13-2	2-2	6-4	1L
8 Vancouver	36	15	18	3	33	0.458	10	12	103	122	-19	4-10-1	11-8-2	3-0	5-5	1L

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