Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
The Flyers went into the all-star break on a two game winning streak and have come out of the all-star break with a two game losing streak, as the head to Western Pennsylvania to take on the Pens tonight. Pittsburgh on the other hand is red hot right now, putting together three consecutive wins. All odds per PointsBet sportsbook.
Money Line and Total
The Flyers (+255) enter tonight’s matchup as huge underdogs and as it happens when a team only has 15 wins in 47 games, the trends don’t look good. Philly is 18-45 in their last 63 as underdogs, 8-21 in their last 29 road games and 14-37 in their last 51 against teams with winning records. The Flyers have also dropped 3 straight to the Pens.
Pittsburgh (-331) looks poised to make a strong run in the second half of the season and cement themselves as Stanley Cup contenders once again. The Penguins are 6-1 in their last 7 games versus the Metropolitan Division, 13-3 in their last 16 against the Eastern Conference and 20-6 in their last 26 overall.
The trends tell a pretty distinct story for tonight’s contest, plus the Flyers have had massive struggles on the road this year, they haven’t won away from Broad St since December. The home team is 9-4 in the last 13 meetings between these two and the Flyers are 2-5 in the last 7 in Pittsburgh. There’s no way to spin this for the Flyers, take the Pens tonight and if you’re feeling bold Pittsburgh -1.5 (-125) looks good since 3 of the last 4 head to head matchups between these two had margins of victory of 4+ goals.
The total is set at 6 (O -131, U +110) and the over has been hot in this series lately, 18-7-3 in the last 28 meetings and 21-8-3 in the last 32 meetings in Pittsburgh. The over is also 11-4-1 in the Penguins last 16 against the Metro. For the Flyers the over is 4-0 in their last 4 against the Eastern Conference and 4-1 in their last 5 overall. The over is the bet tonight.
Prop Bets
- Time Of Game’s First Goal Under 10.5 Minutes
The Flyers have seen the first goal in their games come before this mark in 5 straight and in 6 of their last 7. And with 8+ goals in three of the last four games between these two expect the scoring to happen early and often in this one.
- Team to Score First and Win, Penguins (-135)
The Flyers have given up the first goal in three straight games and we’ve already discussed why the Penguins look like a lock tonight. While there’s always a chance that Carter Hart puts on a super human performance and steals one for the orange and black, but he’s been playing great all year and this team has mostly wasted those performances.
The Five for Tonight
- Penguins (-331)
- Penguins -1.5 (-125)
- Over 6 (-131)
- First Goal Under 10.5 Minutes
- Penguins to Score First and Win (-135)
Dave Leonard is our Lead Fantasy Writer at HW Hockey
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