Carolina Hurricanes vs Philadelphia Flyers 12/23/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Philadelphia Flyers and the Carolina Hurricanes meet in NHL action from the PNC Arena on Friday night.

The Philadelphia Flyers will look to rebound from a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs last time out. Kevin Hayes has a team-high 30 points with 9 goals and a team-high 21 assists while Travis Konecny has 30 points with a team-high 14 goals and 16 assists. Joel Farabee has 17 points with 6 goals and 11 assists as well this season. Carter Hart’s gone 10-10-6 with a 2.87 GAA and a .911 save percentage while Felix Sandstrom is 1-6-1 with a 3.37 GAA and an .888 save percentage in goal for Philadelphia this season.

The Carolina Hurricanes will hope to build on their 4-3 OT win over Pittsburgh last time out. Martin Necas has a team-high 31 points with 14 goals and a team-high 17 assists while Sebastian Aho also has 16 assists along with 11 goals as part of his 27 points. Andrei Svechnikov also has 29 points with a team-high 17 goals this season. Pyotr Kochetkov is 10-1-4 with a 1.94 GAA and a .928 save percentage while Antti Raanta is 6-2-2 with a 2.77 GAA and a .891 save percentage in goal for Carolina so far this season.

Philadelphia is 11-40 in their last 51 road games and 12-40 in their last 52 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record. Carolina is 10-1 in their last 11 games overall and 37-16 in their last 53 games played on no rest while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 division games.

I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m siding with the Hurricanes in this one. This is a hefty price, but the Hurricanes are the better team and have had the bulk of the recent success between these two, winning 4 straight in the head-to-head matchup. The Flyers are not a team I’m looking to back in any way, shape or form here. Give me the Hurricanes -1.5 here.