Pre-match information:
Place: SAP Center at San Jose. USA.
Date: on the 12th of November, 2018 (Monday)
Match start: 03:00 (GMT+1)
Tournament: NHL
San Jose
San Jose has lost to Dallas (3:4) and to St. Louis (0:4) in its last road stand.
Before this the Sharks at home with great difficulty have won over Minnesota (4:3) and Philadelphia (4:3, OT).
Yes, the Sharks have very strong squad but meanwhile all these big names take only the seventh place in the table of the Western Conference.
Martin Jones will take the place in the gate of the Sharks once again. For 12 games he has missed 34 goals, having stoned only 89.3% of pucks.
Calgary
Calgary has won in Los Angeles (1:0) and now will try to prolong the victorious series.
Before this the Flames have lost in Anaheim (2:3) but were stronger than Chicago (5:3), Colorado (6:5), Buffalo (2:1, OT) and Toronto (3:1).
Canadians are very dangerous if the game is ahead.
David Rittich has played one stronger match.
Mike Smith will try to repeat his success, now the Canadian has 37 missed pucks for 11 games.
Statistics and head-to-heads San Jose vs Calgary
Calgary has won five out of six last matches.
The Flames have won two last games against San Jose.
San Jose has lost four out of six last games.
Bookmaker coefficients on the match San Jose vs Calgary
San Jose to win – 1.98
Draw – 4.24
Calgary to win – 3.30
Match prediction
Calgary is very dangerous, especially in the attack.
San Jose has not the strongest defense, besides the Sharks aren’t always good in attack.
In our opinion, it isn’t wise to bet on the hosts.