Edmonton Oilers vs Arizona Coyotes Prediction, 10/21/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Edmonton Oilers vs Arizona Coyotes

Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021

Location: Gila River Arena in Glendale, AZ

TV: Fox Sports Arizona

Odds/Point Spread: Oilers (-180) Coyotes (+162)

Karel Vejmelka and the Arizona Coyotes host the Edmonton Oilers at Gila River Arena on Thursday. The odds on this game have the Oilers coming in at -180 and the Coyotes are at +162. The over/under opens at 6.

The Oilers were on the winning side of the scoreboard with a 6-5 victory over the Ducks in their previous game. The offensive zone starts for them were rated at 41.6% and they had a PDO of 98.6 in this one. They compiled 29 face-off wins when at even strength and lost on 21 attempts to win the puck. Their Fenwick was 37 and the Fenwick against was 42, giving them a Fenwick rate of 46.8%. The Corsi for the Oilers sat at 50 and the Corsi against when this game finished was 58 meaning they had a Corsi rate of 46.3%. Edmonton accrued 12 penalty minutes in this outing. Additionally, they had 6 power play tries and were able to net 2 goals. The Oilers had a good offensive output in the win. In the matchup, they finished 6 out of the 37 shots they looked to score on.

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Edmonton Oilers opponents have totaled 10 power play opportunities (10th in the league) and have come away with 2 goals in those chances. The Oilers have had 121 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .926. Edmonton has tried 104 shots and holds a shot percentage of 12.5%. While playing at even strength, the Oilers have surrendered 7 goals while earning 8 on offense. Edmonton has accumulated 12 power play chances and they have tallied 5 goals out of those attempts, earning them a percentage of 41.67%. For the current campaign, they have accumulated 6 points and their points % is 1.000. Pertaining to their goal scoring prowess, the Edmonton Oilers have accounted for 13 goals (3rd in the league) over the course of the season and have given up 9.

The man in net for this game is Mikko Koskinen. Koskinen has been in goal for 124 contests throughout his professional hockey career. He has earned an overall mark of 59-48-9 and he has started in 113 games. The opposition has been able to score 335 goals against Koskinen in his pro career and his goals against rate is 2.96. Koskinen has seen 3,621 shot attempts taken against him and has gathered 3,286 saves. He has a save percentage of .907 in his 6,783 mins played. For his career, Koskinen has 55 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .487.

In their last game, Arizona played the Blues in an outing where the Coyotes were on the wrong end of the score by a final of 7-4. Arizona went home with a 47.4% Corsi rating. This Corsi rating is telling of the kind of game that Arizona had and it tells us that they played really well in this game. They had a Fenwick percentage of 47.7% by notching a Fenwick of 31 and the Blues finishing with a 34 Fenwick at even strength. Their PDO was 94 and their oZS percentage was 40.3%. The Coyotes had 4 goals of the 26 shots on goal they took. They had 4 power play chances in this game and earned 1 goal out of those chances.

Arizona has taken 85 shots (23rd in professional hockey) and has accumulated a shooting percentage of 8.24%, while allowing the opposition 92 shots. They have a penalty kill rate of 42.86% on their opponents 7 power play opportunities, and their save percentage is 82.6%. They have recorded 10 power play opportunities and they have a power play percentage of 20.00%. The Coyotes have tallied 5 goals at even strength and 2 goals (22nd in pro hockey) while having more men on the ice. They have granted a total of 16 goals to be scored by of a combination of 12 goals at even strength and 4 goals while they had less men on the ice. So far this season, the Arizona Coyotes are sitting with 7 goals, 1 point, in addition to a points percentage of .167.

For the opposition you are likely to see Karel Vejmelka in net. He has a tally of 43 saves out of the 45 shots attempted against him, which gives him a rate of .956. Vejmelka has a career record of 0-0-1 and has participated in 2 contests. He has started in 1 game and has played for a total of 89 minutes. Vejmelka's quality start percentage sits at 100.0% and he has accumulated 1 quality start in his pro hockey career. The opposition is averaging 1.35 goals per game and he has allowed 2 goals altogether.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread?

Guy's Pick: Take Arizona (+162)

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