Philadelphia Flyers vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction, 10/11/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Philadelphia Flyers vs Vancouver Canucks

Date: Friday, October 11, 2024

Location: Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC

TV: Sportsnet

Rogers Arena is where the Vancouver Canucks (50-23-9 last year) will compete against the Philadelphia Flyers (38-33-11 last season) on Friday.

The Philadelphia Flyers will look to clean up some issues after taking a 2-1 loss against the Capitals in their previous outing. The Flyers didn't have their best offensive outing in this loss. For the matchup, they tallied a score on 1 out of the 28 shots they attempted. Furthermore, they had 1 power play attempt but didn't convert it into a score. Philadelphia compiled 2 penalty minutes in this game.

When playing at even strength, the Flyers allowed 218 goals while having 200. Philadelphia Flyers opposition had 241 power play opportunities (19th in the league) and notched 40 goals in those chances. When talking about their goal scoring prowess, the Philadelphia Flyers tallied 231 goals (27th in hockey) for the previous season and allowed 258. Philadelphia attempted 2,708 shots and held a shot percentage of 8.5%. For the previous campaign, they recorded 87 points and their points percentage was .530. The Flyers had 2,225 shots attempted against them and had a save percentage of .884. Philadelphia accounted for 254 power play opportunities and scored 31 goals during those advantages, garnering them a percentage of 12.20%.

The man in net for this game is Samuel Ersson. Ersson has been in net for 63 contests throughout his professional hockey career. He has a mark of 29-22-7 and he has gotten the start in 59 games. Opponents have notched 165 goals against Ersson in his pro career and his goals against average is 2.87. Ersson has had 1,531 shots against him and has garnered 1,366 total saves. His save percentage currently is .892 for his 3,454 mins between the pipes. In his career, Ersson has 32 quality starts and his quality starts percentage sits at .542.

When they were on the ice last, Vancouver faced the Flames in an outing where the Canucks took the defeat by a final of 6-5. They had 4 attempts on the power play in this outing and earned 2 out of those opportunities. The Canucks scored 5 goals out of the 25 shots on goal they were seeking.

Vancouver attempted 2,328 shots (26th in the league) and earned a shooting percentage of 11.98%, while allowing the opposition 2,343 shots. They accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 79.13% on the other team's 254 power play opportunities, and their save percentage was at 90.6%. They had a total of 257 chances on the power play and they have a power play percentage of 22.57%. The Canucks scored 221 goals at even strength and 58 goals (10th in hockey) while on the power play. They granted a total of 221 goals to be scored by of a combination of 168 goals at even strength and 53 goals while they were shorthanded. Last year, the Vancouver Canucks earned 279 goals, 109 points, in addition to a points percentage of .665.

For the opposition you are going to see Arturs Silovs defending the net. Silovs is the owner of a career record of 6-2-1 and has played in 9 games. Silovs rate of quality starts comes out to 66.7% and he has accumulated 6 quality starts in his pro hockey career. He has accounted for 212 stops out of 236 shots attempted against him, which gives him a save percentage of .898. Teams are averaging 2.62 goals per contest and he has relinquished 24 goals overall. He has been a starter 9 games and has accumulated 549 minutes.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Philadelphia

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