In their first of three head-to-head meetings this season, the Detroit Red Wings and the Philadelphia Flyers collide at the Wells Fargo Center. Fox Sports Detroit will showcase this Eastern Conference matchup, which gets underway at 4 p.m. ET on Friday, November 29.
Detroit Red Wings at Philadelphia Flyers Odds
Philadelphia (-250) is tabbed as the favorite over Detroit (+210), and the Over/Under (O/U) is placed at an even 6 goals. If gamblers want to put some action on the game’s total, they’ll be looking at odds of -110 money on the over and -110 on the under.
The Flyers are 13-12 straight-up (SU) and have netted moneyline bettors 1.1 units this year. That early-season winning percentage isn’t too far off from to the 37-45 record the team managed during last year’s regular season campaign. Among its 25 games this season, 11 have gone under the total, while 11 have gone over and none have pushed. Thus far, the team’s 7-5 SU at home.
Philadelphia has converted on 19.8 percent of its power play chances this season, a figure that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked fourth overall, and it’s successfully killed off 86.1 percent of all penalties.
Philadelphia, as a collective unit, has been penalized just 3.2 times per game overall this season, and 2.2 per game over its last five home outings. The team has had to stave off opposition power plays for just 5.8 minutes per game over its last 10 matchups, overall.
With a .900 save percentage and 20.3 saves per game, Carter Hart (7-9-3) has been the principal option in goal for the Flyers this season. If they choose to rest him, however, the team could turn to Brian Elliott (6-7-7 record, .915 save percentage, 2.68 goals against average).
Travis Konecny and Claude Giroux will each be offensive focal points for the Flyers. Konecny (24 points) has put up eight goals and 16 assists and has recorded multiple points in five different games this year. Giroux has eight goals and 10 assists to his credit and has recorded a point in 11 games.
Detroit has lost 8.8 units for moneyline bettors thus far and is currently 7-20 straight up (SU). A total of 12 of its games have gone over the total, while 10 have gone under the total and five have pushed. Detroit’s 3-11 SU as an away team this season.
Detroit has converted on just 13.6 percent of its power play chances this season, a figure that places it in the bottom-five overall among NHL teams. On the other hand, its penalty kill unit is ranked 30th overall and it’s successfully killed off 72.6 percent of all penalties.
Detroit’s skaters have been whistled for penalties 3.6 times per game in total this season, and 4.4 per game over their last five road outings. The team has had to kill penalties just 8.3 minutes per game over their last 10 outings.
Jonathan Bernier (.893 save percentage and 3.32 goals against average) has been the primary option in goal for Detroit. Bernier is averaging 25.6 saves per game and owns a 5-11-2 record.
Anthony Mantha (12 goals, 11 assists) and Tyler Bertuzzi (10 goals, 12 assists) have been standout playmakers for Detroit and will lead the attack for the visiting Red Wings.
Detroit Red Wings vs. Philadelphia Flyers Betting Predictions
NHL Prediction: SU Winner – Flyers, O/U – Over
Betting Trends
- The total has gone under in three of Philadelphia’s last five games.
- Detroit has managed 26.2 shot attempts per game over its last five road games while Philadelphia is averaging 35.4 shots per game over its last five home outings.
- The Flyers are 5-9 in games where they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 8-11 when they serve fewer than 10 penalty minutes, in total.
- Five of Philadelphia’s past 10 contests have gone to a shootout. The team’s 2-3 in those games and 3-5 overall in shootouts this season.
- Philadelphia has forced 7.8 takeaways per game over its last five home games, an improvement over its season average of 6.9 takeaways per game (ranked 24th).
- Detroit has allowed 4.1 goals per game (while scoring just 1.9 goals per contest) over its seven-game losing streak.
- Detroit is ranked 32nd in the league with 4.1 takeaways per game. That figure has trended lower recently, however, as it’s managed 3.5 takeaways over its last 10 games and 3.2 takeaways over its last five.
