Boston Bruins vs Philadelphia Flyers 11/17/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins meet Thursday in NHL action at the TD Garden. The Philadelphia Flyers look to snap a 4-game losing streak. The Boston Bruins look to build o their 4-game winning streak. 

The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.56 goals per game and are scoring on 17.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Travis Konecny leads Philadelphia with 7 goals, Kevin Hayes has 12 assists and Scott Laughton has 40 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 76 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 27 goals on 382 shots faced, and Felix Sandstrom has given up 17 goals on 163 shots.

The Boston Bruins are averaging 4 goals per game and are scoring on 25.4 percent of their power play opportunities. David Pastrnak leads Boston with 9 goals, Hampus Lindholm has 13 assists and Jake DeBrusk has 54 shots on goal. Defensively, the Boston Bruins are allowing 2.19 goals per game and are killing 91.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Linus Ullmark has given up 24 goals on 373 shots faced, and Jeremy Swagman has allowed 10 goals on 82 shots.

The Flyers are 15-39 in their last 54 road games and 19-49 in their last 68 overall. The Bruins are 49-18 in their last 67 home games and 41-16 in their last 57 overall. The over is 4-0 in Flyers last 4 Thursday games. The under is 4-1 in Bruins last 5 overall. The Flyers are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings in Boston and 3-8 in the last 11 meetings. The favorite is 8-3 in the last 11 meetings.

The Philadelphia Flyers have played well enough to view this line as disrespect, but there’s no doubt they have more to prove on the road before they can be taken seriously. The Boston Bruins continue to make a case as the best team in the sport, and only the Devils have made bettors more money up to this point in the season. Hard to step in front of the Bruins. Give me the home team and the PL for max betting value.