Boston Bruins vs Philadelphia Flyers Prediction, 10/20/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Boston Bruins vs Philadelphia Flyers

Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Location: Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Odds/Point Spread: Bruins (-113) Flyers (+102)

Wells Fargo Center is the venue where Carter Hart and the Philadelphia Flyers (1-0-1) will play the Boston Bruins (1-0-0) on Wednesday. The Bruins open this matchup at -113 while the Flyers are coming in at +102. The O/U is set at 5.5.

The Bruins came out of this game feeling pretty good about themselves with a 3-1 win against the Stars their last time on the ice. The Bruins offense didn't overly impress in this win. For the game, they scored on 3 of the 40 shots they put on goal. Moreover, they had 3 opportunities with more players on the ice but weren't able to score. Boston recorded 8 penalty minutes for this game. The Corsi for the Bruins came in at 46 and the Corsi against when all was said and done was 28 meaning they had a Corsi percentage of 62.2%. Their Fenwick came in at 40 and the Fenwick against was 24, giving them a Fenwick percentage of 62.5%. They tallied 21 face-off wins when at even strength and lost on 26 attempts to gain puck control. Their offensive zone starts sat at 69.8% and they had a PDO at even strength of 102.6 in this game.

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When talking about their scoring, the Boston Bruins have notched 3 goals (31st in the National Hockey League) for the year and have given up 1. For the year, the have a total of 2 points and their points % is 1.000. Boston comes into the game with 3 power play opportunities. At even strength, the Bruins have allowed the opponent to score 1 goal while scoring 3 on offense. Boston has tried 40 shots and is the owner of a shooting percentage of 7.5%. The Bruins have had 28 shots tried against them and have a save percentage of .964. Boston Bruins opponents have 6 power play tries (23rd in the NHL).

The player protecting the goal in this game is Linus Ullmark. The opposition has scored 309 goals against Ullmark in his professional hockey career and his goals against rate is 2.78. Ullmark has been in net for 117 matchups over the course of his NHL career. He has a save percentage of .912 for his 6,676 minutes between the pipes. He has accumulated a win-loss record of 50-47-13 and he has gotten the start in 112 games. For his professional hockey career, Ullmark has recorded 63 quality starts and his quality starts rate sits at .563. Ullmark has seen 3,527 shots taken against him and has recorded 3,218 total saves.

When they were on the ice last, Philadelphia played the Kraken in a matchup where the Flyers earned a victory by a score of 6-1. Their PDO at even strength was 118 and they finished the game with an oZS percentage of 48.0%. They had 2 power play chances in this outing but weren't able to notch a goal. Their Fenwick percentage was 59.6% by earning a Fenwick of 34 and the Kraken having notched a 23 Fenwick. The Flyers tallied 6 goals of the 27 shots on goal they tried. Philadelphia wound up with a 57.1% Corsi rating. This Corsi rating is telling of the kind of game that Philadelphia had and they played a solid game.

Philadelphia has attempted 62 shots (22nd in the NHL) and has accumulated a shooting percentage of 16.13%, while allowing the other team 63 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill rate of 75.00% on their opponents 8 power play opportunities, and their save percentage currently sits at 92.1%. They have a total of 5 power play opportunities and they have a power play rate of 20.00%. The Flyers have racked up 9 goals at even strength and 1 goal (21st in professional hockey) while on the power play. They have granted a total of 5 goals to be scored by way of 3 goals at even strength and 2 goals while they had less men on the ice. So far this season, the Philadelphia Flyers are sitting with 10 goals, 3 points, in addition to a points percentage of .750.

On the other side of the ice you will find Carter Hart protecting the goal. Teams are averaging 2.87 goals per contest and he has allowed 270 goals overall. Hart's quality start rate sits at 50.5% and he has qualified for 49 quality starting assignments in his hockey career. He has started in 97 contests and has been on the ice for 5,652 minutes. Hart has accrued a lifetime mark of 50-37-10 and has participated in 103 games. He has recorded 2,590 stops out of the 2,860 shots taken against him, which gives him a save percentage of .906.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread?

Tony's Pick: Take Boston (-113)

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