Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers Odds, Player Props, Picks & Predictions (Game 3)

• The Edmonton Oilers are heavy favorites to take a 2-1 lead on the Vancouver Canucks in Game 3 of their best-of-seven series on Sunday
• Edmonton picked up its first win of the season against Vancouver (1-5) in overtime on Friday
• See the Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers Game 3 odds, player props, picks, and predictions on May 12, 2024

The Edmonton Oilers (49-27-6, 28-9-4 home) finally overcame what was becoming a significant mental hurdle on Friday when they beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in overtime to even their best-of-seven series at one game apiece. The Canucks (50-23-9, 23-14-4 away) won all four regular-season meetings between the teams and made it five in a row over their Pacific Division rivals in Game 1 of the series (5-4).

With the Oilers returning home to Edmonton for Game 3 on Sunday night (7:40 pm MT/9:40 pm ET), Connor McDavid and company are heavy favorites to make it two in a row and take their first lead of the series.

Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers Odds for Game 3

The Canucks/Oilers Game 3 odds list Edmonton as a -208 betting favorites and +125 to win by at least two goals. The Canucks are +170 underdogs to win and -150 to keep the game within a goal.

The over/under is sitting at 6.5 with the under slightly favored. Both games have gone over 6.5 so far, though Game 2 needed overtime to get there.

Odds as of May 12 at BetMGM Sportsbook. Claim a BetMGM promo code to wager on Canucks/Oilers Game 3 on Sunday night. 

After evening the series at 1-1 on Friday, the Oilers’ odds to win the series improved to -275 while Vancouver faded to +230. The opening series price favored the Oilers at -260 with the Canucks at +220 to advance in the NHL playoff bracket.

Canucks vs Oilers Game 3 Injury Reports

The most-significant name on the Game 3 injury reports remains Vancouver starting goalie Thatcher Demko (2.45 GAA, .918 SV%). Third-stringer Arturs Silovs (2.58 GAA, .899 SV%) has a 3-2 record in five postseason starts.

On the Edmonton side, center Adam Henrique (37 points in 82 regular-season games) is out with an undisclosed injury. Henrique has a goal and an assists in six games this postseason.

VAN vs EDM Game 3 Player Props

NHL player props from DraftKings on May 12.

The NHL’s postseason scoring leader, Connor McDavid is listed as a -166 favorite to score at least two points tonight. The five-time Art Ross-winner leads the playoffs with 17 points in just seven games. With a goal and three assists on Friday, McDavid was in on all four Edmonton goals in the win.

Teammate Leon Draisaitl, who is +105 to record another multi-point game, is just behind McDavid with 16 points in seven postseason games. Draisaitl also had four points in Game 2 and leads the series with six points in two games.

Canucks scoring leader JT Miller (nine points in eight games) has the best odds to record a point among Vancouver players at -230. Miller also led the Canucks in regular-season scoring with 103 points in 81 games, his first time hitting the century mark.

Canucks vs Oilers Game 3 Prediction

Though they trailed three separate times in the game and never held the lead until winning in overtime, the Oilers were full value for their Game 2 victory. Edmonton outshot Vancouver 31-19 and had 3.41 expected goals to just 1.74 for the Canucks, according to Moneypuck.com. Their powerplay went 1-for-3 and is connecting at a preposterous 45.8% in the postseason (no other team is higher than 33.3%).

With a 28-9-4 record during the regular season, Edmonton had the best home record in the Western Conference. While that included two losses to Vancouver (4-3 on Oct. 14 and 3-1 on Apr. 13), Demko was the Vancouver starter in the first and McDavid wasn’t in the lineup for the second.

As fun a story as Silovs is, he’s a significant step down from would-be Vezina-contender Demko, and the Oilers’ prolific offense is going to keep lighting up the young Latvian.

VAN vs EDM Game 3 picks:

• Oilers -1.5 (+125)
• Elias Pettersson under 0.5 points (+110)