Arizona Coyotes vs Washington Capitals Prediction and Betting Odds April 22

Arizona Coyotes vs Washington Capitals Betting Preview

WagerTalk NHL handicapper Kevin Dolan offers his Arizona Coyotes vs Washington Capitals betting preview for Wednesday, April 20. Arizona has only won two of their past 17 games and the Capitals still have a chance to jump the Bruins for the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.

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Friday, April 22	NHL Betting Notes, Courtesy of Caesars
Moneyline:	Arizona Coyotes +315 vs Washington Capitals -410
Puckline:	Coyotes +1.5 (+125) / Capitals -1.5 (-145)
Total:	6.5 Goals (Over -105 / Under -115)
Game Time:	10:35pm ET / 7:35pm PT
Arena:	Gila River Arena in Glendale, AZ
TV:	ESPN+

Arizona Coyotes vs Washington Capitals Analysis

Despite a tough OT loss against Vegas on Wednesday, the Capitals have been on a red-hot run to close out the season, winning 15 of their last 22 games overall since the start of March.

Arizona meanwhile, despite putting in some decent performances of late, lost their eighth straight game on Wednesday night at home against Chicago.

The Washington Capitals have beaten the Arizona Coyotes once already this season back in October with a 2-0 win at the Capital One Arena.

Washington Excellent On The Road This Year

The Capitals have been excellent on their travels this season, posting a 24-8-6 mark away from this home year. That’s one of the best road records in the league as primarily most of Washington’s issues have come at home this season.

They’ll hope to continue that electric road record here on Friday against a team in Arizona who owns the league’s worst overall home record.

Arizona Closing Out The Season As They Opened It

The Coyotes current 0-7-1 streak is starting to mirror their opening 0-10-1 streak that started off the year as they look to find a bright spark on the season so far.

Despite not getting it done in the win/loss column however, the Coyotes have been playing better of late, pushing Carolina hard last Monday before going to OT on Wednesday against Chicago also.

Arizona Coyotes vs Washington Capitals Prediction

Despite the Arizona Coyotes playing marginally better over their last few starts, we expect the Washington Capitals to win and cover this one by margin on Friday over in Glendale.

Karel Vejmelka is expected to start in nets tonight for the Coyotes and he’s been extremely sub-par this season posting the 5th worst GSAA average in the league with a sub .900 SV% also.

On top of that, the Coyotes are averaging the league’s lowest scoring average this season as well at just 2.44 gpg along with the league’s lowest shot count at 25.87 spg.

Only Montreal has given up more high danger scoring opportunities inside the slot area this season than Arizona have, so we expect Washington to not only win this game on Friday, but also to cover on the puckline as well.

Prediction: Washington Capitals -1.5 (-145)

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Puck Time | NHL Predictions for April 22

Join Carmine Bianco and Andrew McInnis for Friday’s edition of Puck Time as our panel of professional hockey handicappers break down tonight’s NHL betting card. The Avalanche and Oilers clash in the Western Conference in what could be a conference finals preview. Join the Puck Time crew every week day at 11am ET / 8am PT as we discuss the NHL betting slate from a variety of handicapping angles.

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Meet the Author

‘The sharpest sports mind in Ireland’ is how one prominent newspaper dubbed Kevin Dolan after he became the first foreigner ever to win the World Series of Handicapping tournament back in 2015. “The Irishman” made his start wagering on GAA, football, soccer and boxing, all to immense success. Since becoming a professional bettor, he has since lit up the sports betting scene in the U.S. and abroad, winning two handicapping awards and writing a best-selling book on sports handicapping named ‘The Complete Guide to Sports Betting’.

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