Boston Bruins (8-5) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (8-4-3)
November 20, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Philadelphia Flyers +120 / Boston Bruins -143; Over/Under: -6.5
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The Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers meet Saturday in NHL action at the Wells Fargo Center. The Boston Bruins look for a win after winning five of their last seven games. The Philadelphia Flyers look for a win after splitting their last 10 games.
The Boston Bruins are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 25 percent of their power play opportunities. Brad Marchand leads Boston with 8 goals, Charlie McAvoy has 9 assists and David Pastrnak has 58 shots on goal. Defensively, the Boston Bruins are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 82.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Linus Ullmark has given up 18 goals on 186 shots faced, and Jeremy Swayman has allowed 15 goals on 86 shots.
The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.7 goals per game and are scoring on 15.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Cam Atkinson leads Philadelphia with 7 goals, Sean Couturier has 8 assists and Claude Giroux has 49 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 2.4 goals per game and are killing 83.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 25 goals on 369 shots faced, and Martin Jones has allowed 9 goals on 130 shots.
The Bruins are 2-6 in their last 8 road games and 5-2 in their last 7 overall. The Flyers are 5-12 in their last 17 games as a home underdog and 1-6 in their last 7 Saturday games. The over is 5-1 in Bruins last 6 overall. The under is 8-2 in Flyers last 10 overall.
The Flyers aren’t pushovers, but it’s no doubt the Boston Bruins are a team that’s starting to get their feet under them and are ready to make one of those pushes. The Philadelphia Flyers are off to a solid start and have been impressive defensively, but they’ve also had no success in the home underdog role. The Bruins should be able to stay hot and get a big road win.
