New Jersey Devils – Calgary Flames: Devils Hungry for the Playoffs 
It’s at the Prudential Center and the stakes are loud and clear for the hosts. New Jersey welcomes Calgary with a single objective: keep chasing a playoff spot. With the season closing fast, the Devils can’t afford to drop points.
Calgary, meanwhile, are having a nightmare of a season and have very little left to play for. So — will the home side do the job, or will the Flames crash the party? Let’s pick this apart.
Devils waking up 
They’re 14th in the Eastern Conference with 66 points (166 goals for, 192 against) and hanging on. If they’re still alive for a playoff spot, it’s often their shaky defence that stops them from putting a proper run together.
Thing is, momentum has flipped. Four wins in their last five. They thumped the Rangers 6-3, battered Florida 5-1 and edged Toronto 4-3 on penalties. The lone blip was a shutout loss to Detroit (0-3). Overall, the club’s going in the right direction.
Calgary falling apart 
On the Canadian side it’s grim. The Flames sit second-last in the West (15th with 57 points, 158 for, 200 against). They can’t spark the attack and they can’t shut teams down.
One win in five — and it was a surprise 5-4 over Carolina. The rest has been messy: heavy losses to Washington (7-3) and the Rangers (4-0). Against New York they outshot the opponent but couldn’t finish. Bottom line: chances come, but the finishing touch is missing.
NHL prediction New Jersey Devils vs Calgary Flames
New Jersey Devils to score over 2.5 goals
The Devils arrive fired up. Four wins in five and an attack currently churning out roughly 3.6 goals per game puts real pressure on opponents. There’s a bit of edge too — they already went to Calgary and came away with a 2-1 win earlier this season.
The Flames are leaking goals on the road — about 3.4 conceded per away game — and sit on a four-game road losing streak. With New Jersey’s attack buzzing and Calgary’s defence in freefall on the road, backing the Devils to hit at least three goals tonight is a no-brainer.
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