San Jose Sharks (0-0-1) vs Anaheim Ducks (0-0)
Game Info: Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 10:00 pm (SAP Center at San Jose)
The Line: Betting Odds: San Jose Sharks -105 / Anaheim Ducks -115 — Over/Under: 6
The Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks meet Saturday in NHL action at the SAP Center. Here’s an Anaheim Ducks vs San Jose Sharks Prediction. This article will include an Anaheim Ducks vs San Jose Sharks Pick.
Anaheim Ducks Betting Preview
The Anaheim Ducks will follow up this game with contests against the Golden Knights and Utah Hockey Club. The Ducks won 27 games last season and haven’t made the playoffs since the 2017-18 season.
The Ducks were rather quiet this offseason, but they did add Brian Dumoulin, Robby Fabbri, and Jansen Harkins while losing Jakob Silfverberg and Max Jones. Trevor Zegras is still the star in Anaheim despite missing so much time last year. Zegras was also in trade rumors a lot, so it will be interesting to see if he sticks around all year. Cutter Gauthier has All-Star potential in due time, and Frank Vatrano is the consistent vet who is coming off his best two seasons. The Ducks have talent, but they’re still in the rebuild stage, making it tough to believe this playoff drought ends.
San Jose Sharks Betting Preview
The San Jose Sharks lost to the Blues and will later play the Stars and Blackhawks. The San Jose Sharks are averaging 4 goals per game and are scoring on 50 percent of their power play opportunities. Tyler Toffoli leads San Jose with 1 goal, Mikael Granlund has 1 assist and Fabian Zetterlund has 3 shots on goal. Defensively, the San Jose Sharks are allowing 5 goals per game and are killing 100 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Mackenzie Blackwood has given up 5 goals on 40 shots faced.
Why the San Jose Sharks will win
- The underdogs have won eight of the last 10 games between the Ducks and Sharks at SAP Center at San Jose.
- The Ducks have lost nine of their last 11 road games.
- The Ducks have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last seven Saturday games as favorites.
- The Sharks have covered the puck line in nine of their last 11 night games after coming off overtime.
- The underdogs have won the third period in four of the Ducks’ last five games.
San Jose Sharks Player Prop Facts
- Mikael Granlund has recorded at least one assist in each of the Sharks’ last 11 home games against Western Conference opponents.
- Mikael Granlund has recorded at least one point in each of the Sharks’ last 18 games as underdogs against Western Conference opponents.
- Fabian Zetterlund has scored a goal in four of the Sharks’ last five games as underdogs.
- Fabian Zetterlund has scored the last goal in each of the Sharks’ last three games as underdogs against Pacific Division opponents.
Anaheim Ducks Player Prop Facts
- Trevor Zegras has recorded at least one point in seven of the Ducks’ last eight games.
- Cam Fowler has recorded an assist in each of the Ducks’ last five games against Western Conference opponents.
- Frank Vatrano has scored at least one goal in four of the Ducks’ last five games.
Anaheim Ducks vs San Jose Sharks Prediction
You can make an argument that the Ducks are the more talented team, so they should be the play in this near pick ’em spot. The Ducks have also won 7 of the last 9 games against the Sharks. However, the Sharks are at home, and they’ve had the benefit of getting a game under their belt. A chance to get back in the swing of things and get that chemistry going. The Ducks were also horrible on the road last season. I’ll take a stab with the Sharks and the plus money.