Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers 4/11/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Sabres come to this game after playing the Washington Capitals on Friday night. The problem is the Sabres are one team that has struggled on the year on both ends of the ice and that has shown up quite a bit. The Sabres in the game against the Capitals only managed to get 3 goals, but the defense for Buffalo allowed 4 goals. 

On the year the Sabres have only ended up with a total of 2.25 goals per game. The defense for Buffalo has allowed 3.48 goals to be scored against them. The Sabres special teams is converting at a clip of 22.2%, but has ended up killing off 78.3% of the power plays.

Philadelphia is coming here in back to back games after facing the Bruins on Saturday afternoon. The game prior to that for the Flyers ended up being a loss to the Islanders by a 3-2 score. The loss dropped the Flyers to a 18-15-6 record on the year.

This season the offense for Philadelphia is not that bad with a total of 2.95 goals per game. The Flyers defense is horrible giving up 3.51 goals per game. When it comes to the power play the Flyers are converting at 18.9% on the year and the penalty kill for the Flyers is not good either killing off only 73,5% of the power plays faced.