Philadelphia Flyers vs Arizona Coyotes 1/5/23 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Arizona Coyotes and Philadelphia Flyers meet Thursday in NHL action at the Wells Fargo Center. The Arizona Coyotes have lost 5 of their last 8 games. The Philadelphia Flyers have won 3 straight games.

The Arizona Coyotes are averaging 2.9 goals per game and are scoring on 21 percent of their power play opportunities. Lawson Crouse leads Arizona with 14 goals, Clayton Keller has 22 assists and Shayne Gostisbehere has 80 shots on goal. Defensively, the Arizona Coyotes are allowing 3.6 goals per game and are killing 72.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Karel Vejmelka has given up 87 goals on 923 shots faced, and Connor Ingram has allowed 39 goals on 319 shots.

The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.6 goals per game and are scoring on 15.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Travis Konecny leads Philadelphia with 19 goals, Kevin Hayes has 23 assists and Tony DeAngelo has 80 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 3.3 goals per game and are killing 74.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 75 goals on 840 shots faced, and Felix Sandstrom has given up 28 goals on 251 shots.

The Coyotes are 23-52 in their last 75 road games and 18-40 in their last 58 overall. The Flyers are 3-8 in their last 11 home games and 26-64 in their last 90 overall. The over is 4-0 in Coyotes last 4 overall. The over is 5-2 in Flyers last 7 overall. The favorite is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings. The over is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Philadelphia and 13-3 in the last 16 meetings.

The Arizona Coyotes continue to pile up the losses, struggle defensively, and they’ve been fade material on the road the last couple of seasons. The Philadelphia Flyers have bounced back from the dead this week and the confidence has to be picking up. I’ll assume the Flyers can build on their momentum and get a rare feel good home victory. I’ll lay the reasonable juice.