Flyers vs Hurricanes Prediction
The Philadelphia Flyers will play the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Flyers Preview
The Philadelphia Flyers are 24-29-11 this season after they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning by a score of 5-2 in their last game. Philadelphia was out shot by a total of 39-35 and lost 62.5% of the face-offs in the game. The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.61 goals per game, 3.28 goals against per game, 15.4% on the power play, and 75% on the penalty kill. Kevin Hayes has led the Flyers with 17 goals, 32 assists, and 171 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Philadelphia is Carter Hart, who is 17-20-10 this season with a 2.94 goals against average and a .907 save percentage.
Hurricanes Preview
The Carolina Hurricanes are 42-12-8 this season after they defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a shootout by a score of 4-3 in their last game. Carolina out shot Montreal by a total of 39-24 and won 56.7% of the face-offs in the game. The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3.42 goals per game, 2.50 goals against per game, 21.8% on the power play, and 83.6% on the penalty kill. Martin Necas has led the Hurricanes this season with 25 goals, 34 assists, and 192 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for Carolina is Frederik Andersen, who is 16-6-0 this season with a 2.35 goals against average and a .906 save percentage.
Trends
Philadelphia is 36-80 in their last 116 games and 16-42 in their last 58 road games. The over is 7-3 in Philadelphia’s last 10 games. Carolina is 47-17 in their last 64 home games and 38-17 in their last 55 games. The under is 5-2-1 in Carolina’s last 8 games. Philadelphia is 0-5 in these two teams last 5 head to head meetings.
Pick
Carolina has won three games in a row and comes into this matchup as a huge favorite against Philadelphia. Philadelphia has lost nine of their last eleven games and has allowed 20 goals in their last five games. Carolina struggled against Montreal, but was able to escape with the win in a shootout. Prior to that game, Carolina out scored their opponents by a total of 12-1. I like the Hurricanes -1.5 in this matchup.
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