Washington Capitals (27-11-4) vs Philadelphia Flyers (19-16-6)
Game Info: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 7:00 pm (Capital One Arena)
Betting Odds: Washington Capitals -162 / Philadelphia Flyers +135 --- Over/Under: 6.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Capital One Arena.
The Philadelphia Flyers need a win after losing five of their last seven games. The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging three goals per game and are scoring on 19.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Joel Farabee leads Philadelphia with 15 goals, Jakub Voracek has 25 assists and James van Riemsdyk has 98 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 74.4 percent of their opponents power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 20 goals on 192 shots faced and Brian Elliott has allowed 51 goals on 479 shots.
The Washington Capitals look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Washington Capitals are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 24 percent of their power play opportunities. Alex Ovechkin leads Washington with 21 goals, Nicklas Backstrom has 29 assists and John Carlson has 106 shots on goal. Defensively, the Washington Capitals are allowing three goals per game and are killing 83.1 percent of their opponents power plays. Ilya Samsonov has given up 39 goals on 368 shots faced and Vitek Vanecek has allowed 72 goals on 830 shots.
The Flyers are 4-13 in their last 17 games as an underdog and 2-5 in their last 7 overall. The Capitals are 7-2 in their last 9 home games and 19-7 in their last 26 overall. The over is 16-7 in Flyers last 23 overall. The over is 4-1 in Capitals last 5 overall. The favorite is 14-6 in the last 20 meetings. The road team is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
The Philadelphia Flyers just haven't been able to get of this funk and they've been horrible in the underdog role pretty much all season long. The Washington Capitals have been money in the favorite role, have played some of their best hockey at home and have won three of the four meetings this season against the Flyers, which includes three straight wins. There's only one real direction to go here and that's to lay the juice with the Capitals. You can argue this price should be steeper than what it is, so give me the Caps at home.
Randy’s Pick Washington Capitals -162
AUTHOR: Randy Chambers
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