Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers - 1/15/21 NHL Picks and Prediction
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Philadelphia Flyers (1-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins (0-1)
Game Info: Friday, January 15, 2021 at 7:00 pm (Wells Fargo Center)
Betting Odds: Philadelphia Flyers -111 / Pittsburgh Penguins -111 --- Over/Under: 6.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers meet Friday in NHL action at the Wells Fargo Center.
The Pittsburgh Penguins look for a bounce back showing after losing to the Flyers on Wednesday. The Pittsburgh Penguins are averaging three goals per game and are scoring on 33.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Brandon Tanev leads Pittsburgh with one goal, Mark Jankowski has one assist and Jared McCann has four shots on goal. Defensively, the Pittsburgh Penguins are allowing six goals per game and are killing 33.3 percent of their opponents power plays. Tristan Jarry has allowed six goals on 25 shots.
The Philadelphia Flyers look for another win after beating the Penguins in their season opener. The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging six goals per game and are scoring on 66.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Joel Farabee leads Philadelphia with one goal, Erik Gustafsson has two assists and Travis Konecny has four shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing three goals per game and are killing 66.7 percent of their opponents power plays. Carter Hart has allowed three goals on 34 shots faced.
The Penguins are 2-8 in their last 10 road games and 1-4 in their last 5 overall. The Flyers are 24-9 in their last 33 home games and 20-7 in their last 27 overall. The over is 3-1-1 in Penguins last 5 road games. The under is 4-1 in Penguins last 5 Friday games. The over is 3-1-1 in Flyers last 5 overall. The home team is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings. The over is 11-5-3 in the last 19 meetings.
The Philadelphia Flyers looked way to comfortable offensively in the first meeting against the Penguins and the way they finished the game with three unanswered goals only adds to the confidence of this club. The Pittsburgh Penguins haven't looked good in a while, but it's important not to write this club off just yet. With that said, the Flyers are a team we've blindly backed for quite some time and there's no reason to back off now. I'm still driving the Flyers bandwagon.
Randy’s Pick Philadelphia Flyers -111
AUTHOR: Randy Chambers
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