Philadelphia Flyers at Detroit Red Wings odds, picks and predictions
The Philadelphia Flyers (18-11-3) and Detroit Red Wings (15-13-4) meet Friday night. The opening faceoff at Little Caesars Arena is slated for 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's lines around the Flyers vs. Red Wings odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
Philadelphia is fresh off a 4-2 loss against the Nashville Predators Thursday. The loss snapped a 3-game win streak, but it was a tenuous one with 2 games going past regulation and all 3 being 1-goal margins.
The Red Wings last played on Wednesday, dropping a 5-2 road game against the Winnipeg Jets. The loss marked Detroit's 4th in a row and its 7th (1-6-1) in its last 8 games. Over that larger stretch, the Wings have coughed up 4.13 goals per game.
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Flyers at Red Wings odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 9 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Flyers +115 (bet $100 to win $115) | Red Wings -135 (bet $135 to win $100)
- Puck line(PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Flyers +1.5 (-210) | Red Wings -1.5 (+170)
- Over/Under (O/U): 6 (O: -120 | U: 100)
Flyers at Red Wings projected goalies
Carter Hart (9-6-1, 2.42 GAA, .919 SV%, 1 SO) vs. James Reimer (2-5-2, 2.87 GAA, .903 SV%, 1 SO)
Hart would be making his 1st appearance since Dec. 9; he's been out with an illness. He was on a December roll before the missed time. The 25-year-old logged a scorching-hot .958 SV% over 3 starts from Dec. 4-9.
Reimer coughed up 5 goals Wednesday, and he owns an .865 SV% over his last 3 games.
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Flyers at Red Wings picks and predictions
Prediction
Flyers 4, Red Wings 3
Moneyline
The Wings have had trouble incorporating RW Patrick Kane into the act of a high-test offense, and Detroit's defense has been so bad of late that its affecting that offense. And Corsi numbers back up the slide.
The FLYERS (+115) beat the Wings 1-0 Dec. 16 and have won 4 in a row in this series. Philly is 5-0-1 across their last 6 games and 3-1-0 on no rest. The Flyers have the goaltending edge save for any rust Hart may experience. But dating back to the 2021-22 season, his last 4 starts after layoffs of 10 days or longer, he has filed an aggregate .929 SV%.
BET PHILADELPHIA (+115). Consider a partial-unit play unless the tag gets to +120 or better.
Puck line/Against the spread
PASS: too much juice inflating the price on the Flyer lean.
Over/Under
PASS: no lean to either side here.
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