Vancouver Canucks vs Anaheim Ducks Prediction, 2/27/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Vancouver Canucks vs Anaheim Ducks

Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025

Location: Honda Center in Anaheim, CA

TV: Victory+

Odds/Point Spread: Canucks (-128) Ducks (+106)

The Vancouver Canucks (26-20-11) are on their way to Honda Center on Thursday where they will play the Anaheim Ducks (25-25-7). The moneyline on this game has Vancouver at -128 while Anaheim is sitting at +106. The over/under is 6.5.

The Vancouver Canucks were on the losing side of the ice with a 2-1 defeat to the Hockey Club their last time on the ice. The Canucks didn't have their best offensive outing in this loss. While out there on the ice, they scored on 1 out of the 15 shots they put on goal. Additionally, they had 4 power play attempts and scored 1 goal. Vancouver accumulated 10 penalty minutes for this game.

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When at even strength, the Canucks have given up 139 goals while notching 120 themselves. Vancouver Canucks opponents have totaled 164 power play tries (16th in the NHL) and have notched 31 goals in those attempts. In relation to scoring goals, the Vancouver Canucks have tallied 156 goals (26th in the NHL) over the course of the season and have given up 170. Vancouver has attempted 1,452 shots and has a shooting percentage of 10.7%. For the season, they have recorded 63 points and their points percentage is .553. The Canucks so far have had 1,551 shots attempted against them and have a save percentage of .890. Vancouver is sitting with 159 power play opportunities and they have notched 36 goals out of those tries, garnering them a percentage of 22.64%.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Arturs Silovs. Silovs has participated in 17 games throughout his hockey career. He has accumulated a win-loss mark of 7-7-2 and he has started in 16 games. The opposition has scored 51 goals versus Silovs in his pro hockey career and his goals against average is 5.40. Silovs has seen 431 shot attempts taken against him and has garnered 380 saves. He has a save percentage of .882 for his 567 minutes played. Over the course of his career, Silovs has tallied 8 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .500.

When they were on the ice last, Anaheim faced the Sabres in a matchup where the Ducks went home in defeat by a final score of 3-2. They had 4 chances on the power play in this contest and scored 2 out of those chances. The Ducks tallied 2 goals of the 18 shots on goal they attempted.

During this campaign, the Anaheim Ducks have earned a total of 143 goals, 57 points, in addition to a points percentage of .500. They have granted a total of 173 goals to be scored by of a combination of 131 goals at even strength and 42 goals while they were shorthanded. The Ducks have earned 123 goals at even strength and 20 goals (31st in pro hockey) while having more men on the ice. They have a total of 155 chances on the power play and they have earned a power play percentage of 12.90%. Anaheim has put up 1,585 shots (24th in professional hockey) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 9.02%, while allowing their opponents 1,841 shots. They have a penalty kill rate of 74.07% on their opponents 162 opportunities on the power play, and their save percentage currently sits at 90.6%.

Across the rink you are expected to see John Gibson protecting the goal. Gibson is the owner of a career record of 202-215-63 and has participated in 501 games. Gibson's quality start rate comes in at 54.0% and he has accumulated 264 quality starting assignments in his pro career. He has accounted for 13,917 saves out of the 15,290 shots taken, which gives him a save percentage of .910. His opposition is averaging 3.02 goals/game and he has yielded 1,373 goals in total. He has been a starter 489 games and has been on the ice for 27,296 minutes.

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

Tony's Pick: Take Anaheim (+106)

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