Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction: Expect a Total Over

Prediction for the NHL Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks match, which will take place on December 24. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Leon Dreisaitl and Connor McDavid continue to keep Edmonton in the playoff zone. This regular season is not much better for the Oilers than the previous one, but last season they reached the semifinals of the Stanley Cup, which can already be considered a local success. The Blue Orange have faith in a bright future, but their results must improve. In the last six meetings, the team suffered four losses, beating only Nashville and Dallas 6:3. After such a modest stretch, Edmonton dropped to eighth place in the Western Conference standings.

Vancouver started the regular season exceptionally poorly, losing seven straight starting games. It's hard to find the strength to get back in the playoff race after such an opening, but Bruce Boudreau found the right words for his men, who have noticeably improved and started to play differently. There was no longer a long losing streak for the Orcas, but they lost three times in their previous five games. The day before, Elias Pettersson made a triumphant return to the lineup, scoring five points against Seattle and then earning the game-winning shootout (6:5). Vancouver now ranks 12th in the Western Conference.

Edmonton and Vancouver approach their second season meeting in poor health, with only two wins in their last five meetings. In this case, the favorites in the battle are the Oilers, who favor the home-ice advantage and the statistics of this head-to-head encounter. In the five previous meetings, only the Blue-Orange team won. And now they will be closer to success, so we suggest betting on the victory of Edmonton with odds of about 1.70.

We have every right to expect high-scoring activity from the upcoming battle. Before the start of the regular season, Edmonton and Vancouver played two preseason meetings in which they exchanged victories - 7:2 and 5:4. They also played each other once during the season when the Oilers won with a score of 5:3. Three consecutive top-scoring contests gave us reason to expect another spectacular performance, so the total over 6.5 pucks at odds close to 1.64 seems to be the best bet for the prediction. We should also consider the bet on the total over 0.5 points by Andriy Kuzmenko for 1.85.

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