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Vancouver Favored Against Arizona for 10th Consecutive Meeting According to Canucks vs Coyotes Odds
Will Another Matchup Between Vancouver and Arizona Land Under the Total?
Vancouver looks to bounce back after falling to Pacific Division rival Vegas on Tuesday. The Canucks are favored against Arizona Coyotes for the 10th matchup in a row, according to the Canucks vs Coyotes odds.
The Canucks have won the last two meetings with Arizona and six of the last seven. The lone win during that stretch for Arizona did come at home in 2023.
Vancouver is priced at -150 to win outright by the NHL betting lines with Arizona in +130 on the Moneyline. The Canucks come in at +165 to cover against the puck line as the 1.5-goal favorite.
Vancouver leads the Pacific Division race by five points with eight games remaining while Arizona is already eliminated from playoff consideration.
Since losing to the Boston Bruins in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, Vancouver has won just one playoff series. Will that change this season with the Canucks likely to have home-ice advantage for at least the first two rounds of the playoffs?
Vancouver is tied for eighth at +1400 in the odds of winning the Stanley Cup.
Keep on reading for more on the matchup between Vancouver and Arizona.
Vancouver Canucks vs Arizona Coyotes 
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Location: Mullett Arena, Tempe, AZ
Streaming: Scripps, Sportsnet Pacific, ESPN+
A Power Shortage in Vancouver
Vancouver led the NHL with 136 goals, 3.78 goals per game, and a goal differential of +44 during the first three months of the season. However, it has been more of a grind recently.
Vancouver is 22nd in the NHL team stats with 2.77 goals per game since the start of March as the Edmonton Oilers have cut six points off Vancouver’s Pacific Division lead. That could factor into the Canucks vs Coyotes odds
The 6-3 loss to Vegas was just the second time in the 13 games that a Vancouver game finished over the total.
Brock Boeser (three goals in 13 games), Elias Lindholm (one goal in nine games), and defenseman Filip Hronek (two points in 13 games) are among the Vancouver players struggling to produce points right now.
The total has gone under in 10 of Vancouver’s last 13 games.
Goals Coming At a Fast and Furious Pace
Recent Arizona games have not been boring with 39 goals scored in the last four contests.
Arizona went from scoring eight times in an upset of Nashville to surrendering eight goals in a home loss to the Rangers.
It was the fifth time in the last 13 games that the Coyotes have allowed at least five goals as only six teams have allowed more goals per game since Mar. 5 than the Coyotes. Keep that in mind when looking at the Canucks vs Coyotes odds.
Clayton Keller leads the Coyotes with 10 goals with eight coming at even strength over the last 13 games while Nick Schmaltz has team-best marks of 14 assists and 17 points during that stretch.
The total has gone over in four of Arizona’s last six games.
Last Meeting
Elias Pettersson and Dakota Joshua scored goals while Thatcher Demko stopped 20 of 21 shots in a 2-1 home win on Jan. 18. It was the third time in the last four meetings between the teams to land under the total. Three of those four games between the Coyotes and the Canucks have been decided by one goal.
This will be the first of two games in a span of a week as the teams wrap up the season series on April 10.
Canucks vs Coyotes Betting Preview
Things are starting to get interesting in the Pacific Division so this is a game that Vancouver Canucks needs to win.
Vancouver is 4-3-1 when playing the second game in a back-to-back while Arizona is 5-2 in its last seven road games.
Elias Lindholm has missed the last four games and goalie Thatcher Demko hasn’t played since March 9 for Vancouver. Forwards Travis Boyd and Barrett Hayton are out for Arizona.
Arizona has covered in just 17 of 38 home games.
The Canucks are 31-17-5 as the favorite this season while Arizona is 18-38-4 as an underdog.
Vancouver has seen 21 of 37 road games finish over the total. Will that trend continue with the total set at 6 for this matchup?
The NHL picks total landed under in four of Vancouver’s last six road games and in 14 of the last 20 games at Arizona.
The Canucks have won just one of their last six games against Central Division teams.
After winning four of its first seven games this season as the home underdog, Arizona is 6-10 when listed as the underdog at home. The Coyotes have covered in seven of those games.
Vancouver has won 11 of its last 17 games as the road favorite with just six of those games landing under the total. Don’t be surprised to see both of those trends continue in this matchup.
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