Hurricanes at Flyers 1/3/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 08/08/2019 at 9:04 AM ET
The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday for their second straight game versus the Flyers. The Hurricanes defeated the Flyers on New Year’s Eve 3-1 as Andrej Svechnikov, Jordan Martinook and Lucas Wallmark all scored for the Hurricanes and Curtis McElhinney made 22 saves in net.
The Flyers were defeated by the Nashville Predators on New Year’s Day 4-0 in their most recent outing. Philadelphia gave up two goals in each the second and third periods and could not mount any offense against a stingy, fore checking Nashville defense. Michal Neuvirth stopped 26 shots in net for the Flyers. The loss was Philadelphia’s fourth straight. Sebastian Aho is the Carolina leader in goals scored with 15, in assists with 24 and points with 39. Curtis McElhinney is 8-5-1 with a goals against average of 2.22 and a save percentage of .918. Carolina is 29th in goals scored per game at 2.45 and 8th in goals against at 2.82.
Sean Couturier leads the Flyers in goals scored with 14. Claude Giroux leads the Flyers in assists with 31 and points with 44. Goalie Carter Hart is 2-3-0 and has a goal’s against average of 2.78 and .899 save percentage. Philadelphia is 23rd h in goals scored at 2.79 and 29th in goals against at 3.59.
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Philly is playing poorly entering this contest having lost each of its last four, while Carolina has not played that much better but has won 8 of its last 11 on the road versus opponents with losing records at home. The Flyers have lost 4 of the last 5 on 1 day’s rest and 4 of the last 5 versus opponents from the Eastern Conference. Final Score Prediction, Carolina Hurricanes win 4-2.
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