Boston Bruins at Philadelphia Flyers odds, picks and best bets
The Philadelphia Flyers (23-16-6) host the Boston Bruins (27-8-11) Monday at Wells Fargo Center. Puck drop is set for shortly after 7:00 p.m. ET. We analyze the Bruins-Flyers sports betting odds and lines, while providing NHL betting tips and picks around this matchup.
Bruins at Flyers: Projected starting goalies
Tuukka Rask vs. Carter Hart
Rask has won four of his last five starts to improve to 17-4-6 on the season through 27 starts. He has a .925 save percentage and 2.27 goals against average. He has been slightly worse on the road with a 7-4-0 record, .925 SV% and 2.38 GAA.
Hart is coming off a loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday in which he allowed just one goal on 28 shots. He is now 14-11-3 on the season with a .908 SV% and 2.53 GAA, though those numbers improve dramatically to .947 and 1.49 at home.
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Bruins at Flyers: Odds, picks and betting tips
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Prediction
Flyers 3, Bruins 2
Moneyline (ML)
The FLYERS (+110) are to be backed whenever they're offering plus-money on home ice with Hart between the pipes. He is one of the best goaltenders in the league when at home, and the Flyers are 14-3-4 at Wells Fargo Center as a result. The Bruins (-134) are 12-6-2 on the road and on a three-game winning streak, but they had previously lost three in a row and 11 of 15 games.
Philadelphia has the edge in both Corsi (percentage of all shot attempts) and scoring chances at 5-on-5. Philly won the season's first head-to-head meeting 3-2 in a shootout in Boston Nov. 10.
New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the Flyers to win in regulation, overtime or a shootout returns a profit of $11.
Puck Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
Swallow a little bit of chalk and back the FLYERS (+1.5, -250) to either lose by just 1 goal or win outright for extra insurance.
The Flyers are 24-21 against the spread overall and 14-7 at home, while the Bruins are 21-25 ATS overall and 11-9 on the road. The moneyline play is much more profitable, as the same $10 bet here fetches a profit of just $4.
Over/Under (O/U)
Back the UNDER 5.5 (+105). I already would've leaned this way based on the elite goaltending matchup, but the plus-money makes it even more enticing. The two teams are a combined 10-8-2 against the Over/Under across their respective last 10 games. They fell short of this number in the season's first meeting.
Esten's NHL betting record: 162-149
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