At Ball Arena in Denver, two teams that no longer have anything to play for in the regular season will meet. However, the Calgary Flames still have one objective: to take revenge for the humiliating 2:9 defeat in this same building 10 days ago.
Colorado Avalanche
The question is whether the Calgary Flames have enough resources to compete with the NHL leaders, the Colorado Avalanche. That heavy scoreline was no coincidence; they now very rarely suffer such defeats, especially large ones. Bednar's side have already secured first place in the Western Conference thanks to having more regulation wins (45) than the maximum possible tally for the Dallas Stars (39). We do not think they will want to increase their number of losses, particularly with tough games coming up against the Vegas Golden Knights and the Edmonton Oilers, who are fighting for top spot in the Pacific Division.
Calgary Flames
They lost even their theoretical chances of making the play-offs the day before yesterday after a tight defeat in an even game to another Western contender, the Dallas Stars (3:4 OT). Early in the third period Ryan Huska's men even led 3:1, but the awakened Stars drew level within four and a half minutes. The Flames have now gone five games without conceding fewer than three goals; over this stretch they have managed only two wins. All five of those matches went over 5.5 goals.
Colorado Avalanche vs Calgary Flames Prediction
We believe that the Avalanche, despite already having secured the conference, will continue to push for Nathan MacKinnon to win the scoring race, in which he has 123 points and trails Connor McDavid by 10. In regulation time the Calgary Flames are capable at best of taking the game to a tie after 60 minutes, but in that scenario the visitors are likely to score at least twice.
