Philadelphia vs. Boston: NHL Match Prediction

Current form

Philadelphia had a poor start to the new season and after winning in Vancouver (3:2, B) lost six games in a row. The turning point was the first game of the previous home series, when John Tortorella team won in a shootout against Minnesota (7:5). In the last four games, the Flyers have scored six points and have now risen to 14th place in the standings, although they were recently in last place in the conference. At the moment, the Flyers are one of the most conceding teams in the East, but in the last two games, the hosts allowed their opponents to score only two goals. Separately, we note that Philly plays almost better in the minority than anyone else in the league. The club from Pennsylvania has 87.8% of neutralizations of the majority of opponents.

Ivan Fedotov lost the competition for the right to be the Flyers' second goalie. The team coach said that Alexei Kolosov will replace Samuel Ersson at the last line of defense. The Belarusian has played only one game this season and has reflected only 83.33% of shots and allowed four goals. As for the attack, the hosts' attack leader is Travis Konecny, who has scored ten points in the goal+pass system (5+5). Matvei Michkov has not made any scoring moves for three games in a row, but he already has nine points (4+5).

Disqualifications and injuries

Ryan Ellis, Carter Hart, Cameron York and Ryan Johansen will not play in the upcoming match.

Interesting trends for betting

• Philadelphia has a 20.5% power play percentage.

According to statistics, the “pilots” use almost every fifth attempt in the 5x4 format.

• The Flyers average 11.55 penalty minutes per game.

Philadelphia is not known for its good discipline and has many penalties in every match.

Current form

Boston had a poor October and clearly disappointed the fans of the club. Jim Montgomery team earned a modest nine points in 11 starts and is currently only in 13th place in the Eastern Conference standings. The Bears have won only one of the previous six matches, demonstrating weak offensive performance. Thus, Brad Marchand squad is one of the worst clubs in the East in terms of the number of goals scored. In the first month of the regular season, the visitors made only 29 accurate shots, scoring only 2.64 goals on average. Only recently, the Bears broke their losing streak and once again beat Toronto (4:3, OT). However, in the last two games, the Black and Yellows played very poorly and lost to Philadelphia (0:2) and Carolina (2:8) without any chances.

Boston special teams are also performing very poorly so far. The visitors are only converting 14.9% of their power plays, while they themselves are conceding after every fourth penalty. This season, the Bruins are breaking the rules more than six times per game on average and are often punished for it. David Pastrnak is the club leader in points (6+4). A captain in the person of Brad Marchand (2+5) is also on the horizon, but more is clearly expected from the Canadian.

Disqualifications and injuries

Matthew Joseph, Torey Krug, Nick Leddie and Robert Thomas are all out with injuries, while Kasperi Kapanen is questionable.

Interesting trends for betting

• Boston gets 12.2 minutes in penalties

Guests break the rules of the game quite a lot and are often punished for it.

• The Bears have a 14:14 lead in goals scored and goals conceded in the second period.

The "Bears" most often excel in the second periods of their matches.