Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals 4/13/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Philadelphia Flyers look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the nation's capital on Tuesday to play the Washington Capitals. Philadelphia is 19-16-6 with 44 points following a 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. Philadelphia has lost three of its last four and five of the last seven. The Flyers are tied for fifth in the East division with the New York Rangers and 14 points behind co-leaders Washington and the New York Islanders.

Joel Farabee is the leader in goals scored with 15, while Jakub Voracek is the leader in assists with 25 and James van Riemsdyk is the leader in points with 33. In goal, Carter Hart is 8-11-5 with a goals-against average of 3.79 and save percentage of .872. Philadelphia is scoring an average of 2.95 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.51 goals per game. Philadelphia's power play is scoring 20.0% of the time and it's penalty kill unit is successful 75.0% of the time.

Washington looks for its third consecutive victory when hosting Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Capitals are 27-11-4 with 58 points following an 8-1 rout of the Boston Bruins on Sunday. TJ Oshie, Conor Sheary and Lars Eller each scored two goals for Washington, while Nic Dowd and Tom Wilson each scored one. Washington is tied for first place in the East division with the New York Islanders two points ahead of third-place Pittsburgh.

Alex Ovechkin is the leading goal scorer for Washington with 21, while Nicklas Backstrom is the leader in assists with 29 and points with 42. In goal, Vitek Vanecek is 17-7-3 with a goals-against average of 2.60, save percentage of .913 and one shutout. Washington is scoring an average of 3.43 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.95 goals per game. Washington's power play is scoring 25.5% of the time and its penalty-kill unit has been successful 82.8% of the time.