Flyers at Red Wings Prediction - NHL Picks 1/21/23

The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 16.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Travis Konecny leads Philadelphia with 24 goals, Kevin Hayes has 27 assists and Owen Tippett has 103 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 75.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 94 goals on 1,011 shots faced, and Felix Sandstrom has given up 28 goals on 251 shots.

The Detroit Red Wings are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 20.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Dylan Larkin leads Detroit with 15 goals, Fillip Hronek has 25 assists and David Perron has 114 shots on goal. Defensively, the Detroit Red Wings are allowing 3.4 goals per game and are killing 75.4 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Ville Husso has given up 91 goals on 914 shots faced, and Alex Nedeljkovic has allowed 35 goals on 292 shots.

The Flyers are 16-43 in their last 59 road games and 36-78 in their last 114 overall. The Red Wings are 1-5 in their last 6 Saturday games and 6-13 in their last 19 overall. The under is 4-0-1 in Flyers last 5 road games. The under is 5-1 in Red Wings last 6 vs. Eastern Conference. The Flyers are 15-7 in the last 22 meetings. The favorite is 7-1 in the last 8 meetings. The home team is 26-9 in the last 35 meetings.

The Detroit Red Wings should have the edge at home and the Flyers simply can't win on the road, which was an issue last year as well. Still, there's not much separation between these two teams, and I'm not thrilled to back either side in the favorite role. If forced to pick, give me the Flyers and the plus money.