Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/08/2024

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Venue:  Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC

Where to Watch:  ESPN

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Oilers -130, Canucks +110; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Oilers -130, Canucks +110; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Oilers -130, Canucks +110; Over/Under:  6 goals

Edmonton Oilers:  49-27-6 (2nd place, Pacific Division)

Vancouver Canucks:  50-23-9 (1st place, Pacific Division)

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Edmonton Oilers:  5-3-2 last 10

Vancouver Canucks:  6-3-1 last 10

The Oilers are entering this game with 104 points, a 49-27-6 record overall, and they were 21-18-2 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a win against the Los Angeles Kings in their last game, winning that one at home 4-3. Leon Draisaitl led the team in goals scored with 2 while Zach Hyman and Evander Kane each scored 1 goal for them in that game. Evan Bouchard led the team in assists with 3 while Leon Draisaitl led the team in shots on net in that game with 6. Stuart Skinner was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 21 shots with 18 saves and a .857 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 294 goals this season averaging 3.6 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 237 goals against them allowing 2.9 goals per game.

The Canucks are entering this game with 109 points, a 50-23-9 record overall, and they were 27-9-5 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a win against the Nashville Predators in their last game, winning that one on the road 1-0. Pius Suter scored 1 goal for them in that game. Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson each led the team in assists with 1 while Pius Suter and Elias Lindholm each led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Arturs Silovs was the starting goalie in that game and he recorded the shutout as he allowed 0 goals on 28 shots with 28 saves and a 1.000 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 279 goals this season averaging 3.4 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 223 goals against them allowing 2.7 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Oilers listed as a slight favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 1 of a 7 game series between the 1st seeded Canucks and the 2nd seeded Oilers from the Pacific Division for Round 2 of the NHL Western Conference playoffs. The Oilers won their last series against the Kings in 5 games while the Canucks needed 6 games to beat the Predators. The Canucks didn't look great in that series either. Their defense played great in their games as that is what kept them in the series, but their offense was terrible as they barely scored any goals in the games they won and even struggled to get shots on net too. The Oilers had no problem scoring goals in their last series against the Kings and we have already seen a similar matchup in these playoffs as the Avalanche kicked out a more defensive Jets team that struggled to find the offense needed to beat the Avs. This series is going to be really similar as the Canucks have been a lot more defensive in their games, but the Oilers offense has been rolling and they are going to carry that momentum into this series. The Canucks are going need shots on net to win this series as they are going to need the goals to keep up with this Oilers offense, but the way this Oilers offense has been rolling in their games lately, they will be too overwhelming for the Canucks in this 1st game until they step up their offense and find some rhythm there. The best way to place a bet here is on the Oilers to win this game. 

Oilers Canucks Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (10:00 pm ET start time) is Oilers 4 Canucks 2.

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Edmonton Oilers: 26-25 (-13.5 units) on the moneyline after a home game where both teams score 3 or more goals. 81-72 (-28.1 units) on the moneyline after playing a game where 7 or more total goals were scored. 6-0 OVER in the 1st game of a playoff series. 15-8 OVER revenging a loss where the team scored 1 or less goals. 16-5 OVER off a close win by 1 goal over a division rival.

Vancouver Canucks: 21-11 (+12.4 units) on the moneyline after scoring 2 goals or less in 2 straight games. 21-10 (+10.9 units) on the moneyline after playing a game where 3 or fewer total goals were scored. 10-4 OVER after playing a game where 3 or fewer total goals were scored. 6-1 OVER after shutting out their opponent in their previous game. 23-16 OVER after 1 or more consecutive unders.

Edmonton Oilers:  A. Henrique (C) Prob Wed - Lower Body.

Vancouver Canucks:  T. Demko (G) Out indefinitely - Knee. T. Poolman (D) out for season - Migraine.

“Rest is always a good thing, rest is a weapon this time of year. That being said, we have to make sure we’re ready to roll. Practice hard against each other ... make sure there’s no change in our game.” - Connor McDavid after their win against the LA Kings in game 5 of that series on Wednesday, winning that series 4-1.

“If you keep going to those spots, it’ll happen, and it happened for Suits and big game- winning goal for us.” - Rick Tocchet after his team’s win against the Predators in game 6 of that series on Friday, winning that series 4-2. 

LW Henrique, Adam

C McDavid, Connor

RW Hyman, Zach

LD Ekholm, Mattias

RD Bouchard, Evan

G Skinner, Stuart

LW Suter, Pius

C Miller, J.T.

RW Boeser, Brock

LD Hughes, Quinn

RD Hronek, Filip

G Silovs, Arturs

Points: C. McDavid (132)

Goals: Z. Hyman (54)

Assists: C. McDavid (100)

GAA: C. Pickard (2.45)

Points: J. Miller (103)

Goals: B. Boeser (40)

Assists: Q. Hughes (75)

GAA: T. Demko (2.45)

Coaches:

Edmonton Oilers: Kris Knoblauch (1st season)

Vancouver Canucks: Rick Tocchet (2nd season)