Germany vs. Canada Men's Hockey Predictions

The Canadian men's hockey team will play Germany in the opening game of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Thursday morning. The Germans beat Canada in a previous Winter Olympic semifinal in South Korea.

Canucks are playing in the tournament without any current NHL players. They are looking to start their run for gold off with a win over the Germans.

The ML has moved slightly in favor of Germany. The Canadians were -278 on the moneyline two weeks ago and now sit at -235.

Germany vs. Canada is a hockey match on 2/09/2022 at 12:05 p.m. ET.

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Germany vs Canada is a hockey match. Germany are favourites. Germany won the last game.

Canada are heavy favourites for their opening game against Germany. Canada's team is led by Eric Staal, Josh Ho-Sang, Mason McTavish, Corban Knight, Eric O'Dell, Jordan Weal and Owen Power. Germany are reigning silver medalists.

Team Canada is without their head coach Claude Julien, who broke his ribs. Jeremy Colliton will replace him. Devon Levi might not start in the opener. Eddie Pasquale or Matt Tomkins will play in goal. Team Canada will face a German team led by former NHLers Dominik Kahun and Tobias Ryder. Germany is the favorite to win the gold medal. The games will be played on the smaller NHL-sized rinks. The ice is 15 feet narrower than typical international ice surfaces. German's strength is with their experience. They won the silver medal in 2018 and 19 players are returning from the 2021 World Championship.

The opening games of the tournament have been very low scoring. The smaller rink makes it easier for the Canadians to play a tight game. Canada went 2-1 to the Under 5.5 team at the 2018 Olympics. Pasquale is expected to start in goal for Canada. Germany is not likely to get more than 20 shots on net.

The Germans are playing against the Canadians. The Germans won the 2021 World Championships and the 2018 Olympics. They managed just three goals in the last Olympics and they are not expected to score much. Canada allowed just 3 goals across three games in previous Olympics, but they have a better goalie in Paisquale.

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