| The San Jose Sharks will be looking to regain home-ice advantage in Game 4 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series with the Calgary Flames tonight at the Pengrowth Saddledome.
The Flames are 6-4 over the past 10 meetings, and mounted an aggressive comeback on Sunday to win Game 3 in Calgary, giving them a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
San Jose jumped out to a 3-0 lead a little more than three minutes into Sunday’s game. Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was promptly pulled and replaced with Curtis Joseph, who blanked the Sharks the rest of the way. The Flames scored four unanswered goals to win the game 4-3.
The Flames had been a +115 underdog and the seven goals scored went well over the over/under total of 4½.
The total has gone over in four of San Jose's past five on the road. San Jose is 19-6 SU in its past 25, and 10-4 SU in its past 14 on the road.
Calgary is 5-1 SU in its past six against San Jose, and 6-2 SU in its past eight at home against San Jose.
Despite Joseph’s shut-out play in Game 3, Kiprusoff is expected to get the start tonight, while Evgeni Nabokov will be in net for San Jose.
BETTING LINE: The Sharks are -135 moneyline favorites at Sportsbook.com, with the total at 5.
BETTING CONSENSUS: Public betting information shows 62 per cent of bets on this Stanley Cup playoff matchup are on San Jose.
|
