Philadelphia Flyers at Columbus Blue Jackets 2/20/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 02/19/2020 at 9:45 PM ET

Philadelphia Flyers look for their second straight victory on Thursday when visiting the Columbus Blue Jackets. Philadelphia improved to 33-20-7 and 73 points following its 5-1 victory over the same Blue Jackets in the first game of a home-and-home on Tuesday. Travis Konecny scored one goal and assisted on another for the Flyers.The Flyers are third in the Metropolitan division.

Travis Konecny is the leading goal scorer with 20, while Sean Couturier is the assists leader with 35 and points leader with 53. Philadelphia is scoring an average of 3.22 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.88 goals per game. In net, Carter Hart is 18-12-3 with a goals-against average of 2.54 and save percentage of .908.

Columbus looks to snap its six-game losing streak when hosting the Flyers on Thursday. The Blue Jackets fell to 30-19-12 and 72 points following their 5-1 loss to the Flyers. Columbus is in sixth place in the Metropolitan Division tied on points with the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes and one point behind third-place Philadelphia, despite losing six straight.

Oliver Bjorkstrand is the leading goal scorer for Columbus with 20, while Pierre-Luc Dubois is the assists leader with 27 and points leader with 44. Columbus is scoring an average of 2.56 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.49 goals per game. In net, Elvis Merzlikins is 12-9-6 with a goals-against average of 2.29 and save percentage of .924.

Philadelphia is playing very well at the moment evidenced by its third place standing in the Metropolitan Division just six points behind second-place Pittsburgh and seven points behind first-place Washington. The Flyers have won 10 of their last 15 overall. Columbus on the other hand has lost each of its last six. Final Score  Prediction, Philadelphia Flyers win 4-2.

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