Blackhawks vs Flyers Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 4/13/23

The Philadelphia Flyers and Chicago Blackhawks meet Thursday in NHL action at the United Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.6 goals per game and are scoring on 14.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Travis Konecny leads Philadelphia with 29 goals, Kevin Hayes has 36 assists and Owen Tippett has 229 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 3.4 goals per game and are killing 75.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 155 goals on 1,665 shots faced, and Felix Sandstrom has given up 65 goals on 537 shots.

The Chicago Blackhawks are averaging 2.4 goals per game and are scoring on 16 percent of their power play opportunities. Taylor Raddysh leads Chicago with 20 goals, Seth Jones has 24 assists and Andreas Athanasiou has 169 shots on goal. Defensively, the Chicago Blackhawks are allowing 3.6 goals per game and are killing 76.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Petr Mrazek has given up 132 goals on 1,248 shots faced, and Alex Stalock has allowed 69 goals on 768 shots.

The Flyers are 16-49 in their last 65 road games and 47-102 in their last 149 overall. The Blackhawks are 20-43 in their last 63 home games and 22-53 in their last 75 overall. The under is 4-0 in Flyers last 4 road games. The over is 5-1-1 in Blackhawks last 7 overall. The Flyers are 4-9 in the last 13 meetings in Chicago and 6-2 in the last 8 meetings. The favorite is 8-3 in the last 11 meetings. The home team is 22-6 in the last 28 meetings.

I’m not thrilled to get behind either of these teams that continue to pile up the losses and have nothing to play for. Still, the Chicago Blackhawks are a prideful bunch, they’re at home and the price is reasonable. The Flyers get waxed on the road more times than not. Give me the Blackhawks and the reasonable price.