The Philadelphia Flyers and the Calgary Flames meet in NHL action from the Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night.
The Philadelphia Flyers will try to build on back-to-back wins after a 2-1 win over Vancouver in their last game. Sean Couturier leads the Flyers with 9 points including a team-high 6 assists with 3 goals while Claude Giroux has 8 points pslit between 4 goals and 4 assists. Cam Atkinson has 7 points with a team-high 6 goals and a team-high +9 plus/minus while Joel Farabee, Derick Brassard and Travis Konecny all have 6 points this year. Carter Hart has posted a 2-1-1 record in goal for the Flyers, picking up a 2.73 GAA and a .915 save percentage while Martin Jones has a 2-0 mark with a 2.01 GAA and a .941 save percentage.
The Calgary Flames will be looking for a 6th straight win after a 4-0 win over Pittsburgh in their last game. Johnny Gaudreau has a team-high 10 points with a Flames-best 9 assists while Elias Lindholm and Andrew Mangiapane share the team lead in scoring with 7 goals apiece as well as a pair of power play goals each. Rasmus Andersson has a team-high +9 plus/minus rating, with a team-high 3 power play points this year. Jacob Markstrom’s gone 3-1-1 in 5 starts with a 1.59 GAA and a .952 save percentage while Dan Vladar is 2-0 with a 2.94 GAA and an .891 save percentage this season.
Philadelphia is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall and 5-2 in their last 7 games as a road underdog while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against the Pacific division. Calgary is 22-7 in their last 29 games against the Metropolitan division and 35-16 in their last 51 games against the Eastern Conference while the over is 5-1-1 in their last 7 games following a win.
I get how you could side with either team here as Philadelphia’s looked good on the west coast swing and the Flames have started to pick up their play lately overall as well. However, I’m still not fond of the goaltending on either side and both teams have been lighting the lamp with some consistency lately, so give me the over in this one.