Red Wings vs. Flames NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - March 16
16 March 2026

The Detroit Red Wings and Calgary Flames -- both coming off losses in their last game -- will play on Monday at 7 p.m. ET, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The Flames are underdogs away from home, at +150, and the Red Wings are -180.
Detroit suffered a 3-2 overtime loss on the road its last time out on March 14 against the Dallas Stars. Six Red Wings skaters had one point each, including Moritz Seider (one assist) and Emmitt Finnie (one assist).
Calgary's most recent game was a road loss, 3-2, against the New York Islanders on March 14. Five Flames skaters recorded one point each in that matchup, including Blake Coleman (one goal) and Yan Kuznetsov (one assist).
Ahead of watching this matchup, here's a peek at which team we predict will come out on top in Monday's action on the ice.
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Ahead of the upcoming game between the Detroit Red Wings and Calgary Flames, computer-calculated moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, sourced from Dunkel Index.
- Prediction: Red Wings 4 - Flames 3
- Pick OU:
Over 5.5
(Dunkel projecting 7.04 goals)
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Red Wings vs. Flames Moneylines
Snag a peek below at the most up-to-date moneylines for the Red Wings-Flames matchup.
- Favorite: Red Wings (-180)
- Underdog: Flames (+150)
Red Wings Betting Insights
- The Red Wings have been victorious in 16 of their 29 games when they were favored on the moneyline this season (55.2%).
- In games it has played with moneyline odds of -180 or shorter, Detroit is 4-1 (winning 80.0% of the time).
- The Red Wings' implied moneyline win probability is 64.3% in this contest.
- Detroit's games this season have gone over this matchup's total of 5.5 goals 37 times.
Flames Betting Insights
- The Flames have been made an underdog 53 times this season, and won 18, or 34.0%, of those games.
- Calgary has gone 4-9, a 30.8% win rate, when it's been set as an underdog of +150 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- The oddsmakers' moneyline implies a 40.0% chance of victory for the Flames.
- Calgary has combined with its opponent to score more than 5.5 goals in 36 of 66 games this season.
Red Wings Key Stats
- Detroit ranks 20th in the NHL with 193 goals scored (2.9 per game).
- The Red Wings have given up 198 total goals (3.0 per game), ranking 12th in league action in goals against.
- Its goal differential (-5) ranks 17th in the league.
- The 45 power-play goals the Red Wings have scored this season (on 206 power-play chances) are the 10th-most in the NHL.
- Detroit's 21.84% power-play conversion rate ranks 13th in the league.
- The Red Wings have scored two shorthanded goals this season.
- Detroit's 78.41% penalty-kill success rate ranks 20th in the league.
- Detroit wins the 10th-highest percentage of faceoffs in the NHL, 51%.
- The Red Wings have a 10.3% shooting percentage as a team, which ranks 25th in the league.
Flames Key Stats
- Calgary's 163 goals on the season (2.5 per game) rank 32nd in the league.
- The Flames give up 3.1 goals per game (204 in total), 18th in the NHL.
- With a goal differential of -41, the team is 30th in the league.
- The Flames have 30 power-play goals (on 190 chances), 30th in the NHL.
- Calgary has the league's 31st-ranked power-play percentage (15.79%).
- The Flames lead the NHL in shorthanded goals with 11.
- The 80.73% penalty-kill percentage of Calgary is 11th in the NHL.
- Calgary wins 48.5% of faceoffs, 22nd-ranked in the NHL.
- With a shooting percentage of 8.6%, the Flames are 32nd in the league.
