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Philadelphia vs. Florida: NHL Match Prediction
Philadelphia and Florida will play their third game this season on January 14. The Panthers celebrated success in the first two games between the rivals, but they could have easily lost twice. The Flyers broke their losing streak and started the series of games at home with a crushing victory over Anaheim. The Cats failed to cope with Boston at home and now intend to get even with the Flyers. Who will win the match at Wells Fargo Center? Read about it in our prediction for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Philadelphia Flyers
USACurrent form
Philadelphia currently occupies the 15th place in the Eastern Conference and has managed to score only 41 points. The team from Pennsylvania failed the second half of December and gained only two victories at the end of the calendar year. At the start of January, Sean Couturier squad won in California against San Jose (4:0), and then lost heavily in Nevada to Vegas (2:5). After a short rest, the Flyers were unable to recharge and in another away match they lost to the Maple Leafs in Canada (2:3, OT). The hosts were close to revenge in the return game against the Leafs on their ice (2:3), and a day later they were unable to put up worthy resistance to the guests from Texas (1:4). They were able to pull themselves together and crushed Anaheim (6:0) in the last game.
Philadelphia has been rather modest in attack in January and has not scored more than two goals per game in four out of five games. Travis Konecny remains the leader of Philly attack with 50 points (20+30) in the goal+pass system. Another player who is among the league top 100 scorers is Matvey Michkov. The young forward has made 30 effective actions (13+17) in his first season in the league.
Samuel Ersson returned to action after another injury and failed in the game against Dallas. However, the Swede managed to pull himself together and made his second shutout of the season in a duel with the Ducks. This season, he has stopped 88.89% of shots in his possession and has a good reliability coefficient of 2.86. Ivan Fedotov and Alexei Kolosov are ready to take the ice at any moment, if such an opportunity presents itself.
Disqualifications and injuries
Ryan Ellis will not play in the next match.
Interesting trends for betting
- Philadelphia gets 8.35 minutes of penalty time.
Typically a team is sent off at least four or five times per match.
- Philadelphia has a 78.8% power play neutralization rate.
According to this indicator, the club currently occupies 17th place in the league.
Florida Panthers
USACurrent form
The Panthers are fifth in the East and could well move up if they win more often. The team from the state of the same name has earned 53 points in 43 games, lagging behind third place by only three points. The visitors have two games in reserve, so they should overtake New Jersey, which has not demonstrated a strong level of hockey lately. Florida has been alternating victories and losses since the end of last year. Before the match in Pennsylvania, Alexander Barkov team played away games in Denver (1:3) and Utah (4:1), and failed to cope with Boston at home (3:4, OT). The Cats could well have won, but in the end they had to play catch-up in the final seconds. Despite a huge number of shots, the Bears were stronger than their opponents in overtime.
Florida has had big problems converting chances this season. The Panthers have scored only 12 goals in their last eight games and failed to score at all twice. Sam Reinhart remains the Cats' best hope up front. The forward scores a lot and has made 49 effective actions (25+24) during the current regular season.
Sergei Bobrovsky is unlikely to become the team second goalie, but his results lately can hardly be called good. Bob took to the ice in five out of six games, but only twice did the visitors win with him. This season, the Russian played 29 games on the ice and reflected 90.03% of shots. Now he has only one dry match.
Disqualifications and injuries
Johan Gadjovich and Aaron Ekblad will not play in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
Interesting trends for betting
- Florida gets 10.28 penalty minutes per game.
On average, Americans are sent off at least five times per game.
- Florida has an 80.5% power play neutralization rate
The Panthers have a decent penalty kill and are ranked 14th in the league in that regard.
Trends
Bet 2nd period: total under 1.5 goals
In four of Florida five games, the second period was scoreless.
2.35Bet 3rd period: Florida will score
The Cats have scored in the third period in four of their six games.
1.37Tip and bets
Philadelphia was only able to break a losing streak in the last game and crushed Anaheim on their home court. It is unlikely that the hosts will continue to win, because in the new year they have lost all matches against the championship leaders. Florida lacks stability, but Paul Maurice charges do not fail and do not allow themselves to lose serially. This season, the Cats have beaten the Flyers twice, and even then the guests did not succeed in everything. We think that in the third match between the rivals, the club from the state of the same name will be stronger. We suggest betting on the Panthers' victory in regular time.
Our prediction is Florida win at 2.02
Bet on individual total
Philadelphia has scored more than two goals in a game only once in the last five games. Yes, Sergei Bobrovsky cannot boast of reliability on the last line of defense this season, but he is quite capable of holding back the attacking impulses of the hosts. We do not think that the Cats will fail in defense and concede more than two times.
Betting Tip - Philadelphia individual total under three goals for 1.50
Bet on total
Both teams are not so successful in attack at the start of the new calendar year. Philadelphia has more problems, but Florida does not please fans with good realization of moments either. In the five previous games between the opponents, only once more than six goals were scored. We believe that the teams will try to play reliably and the meeting will not be bright.
Betting Tip - total under 6.5 goals for 1.55
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