Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers 5/24/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

By: Tony G |

Last Updated: 05/23/2022 at 10:45 PM ET

The Calgary Flames will face off against the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference NHL playoffs second round game four, on Tuesday for a scheduled puck drop time of 9:30 PM eastern time. This game will be available on ESPN. Calgary comes into this game down in the series by one, and have Christopher Tanev, a defenseman on the injured list. The Edmonton Oilers come into this match up with no injured players.

In the last match up between these two teams, the Edmonton Oilers were able to score 4 goals, all coming in the second. Taking down Calgary by the score of 4–1. Zach Hyman scored the first goal assisted by Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid. Evander Kane then proceeded to score a second. Hat trick with assists by Draisaitl three times, and Connor McDavid twice.

Jacob Markstrom will be in the goal for Calgary in this match up with 37 Victory's on the season, and 15 losses. Jacob Markstrom is one of the favorites for the Vezina trophy with nine shout outs on the season and a goals against average of 2.22 to go along with a save percentage of .922.

Mike Smith was taken out by Milan Lucic in the last game, Lucic will be suspended for this game in Edmonton. And it is unclear whether goalie Mike Smith or Mika Koskinen will be in the goal for Edmonton. Smith has 16 victories on the season with a goals against average of 2.81, Koskinen has 27 wins on the season with a goals against average of 3.10.

Even with the goaltending problems for Edmonton, and Jacob Markstrom playing on the top of his game before his last performance. Which ever way the coin toss flips in this match up, the safe bet will be the over. Final Score Prediction: Calgary Flames win by the score of 5–4.

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