Head to Head
The Philadelphia Flyers visit the TD Banknorth Garden to take on the 1st place Boston Bruins. The Bruins have won both match-ups this season. In the first game Boston won handily downing the Flyers 6-1 with two goal performances by Jarome Iginla and Zdeno Chara. The second game was much closer with the Bruins winning in a shoot out even though the Flyers out-shot the Bruins 52-30.
Head to Head Trends
Bruins are 12-3 in their last 15 games versus Flyers
Bruins are 2-0 versus the Flyers this season.
Flyers are 1-5 in their last 6 games in Boston.
Philadelphia Flyers (39-28-9)
The Philadelphia Flyers are 3rd in the Metropolitan division with 87 points and are in a good position to make the playoffs. Philly is 16-14-7 on the road this season where they average just 2.62 goals per game on offense versus 2.92 goals per game on defense. Just a couple weeks ago the Flyers were one of the hottest teams in the NHL winning 12 of 15 games but have since cooled off with just 1 win in their last 6 games.
Philadelphia Flyers Trends
Flyers are 1-5 in their last 6 games overall.
Flyers are 0-5 in their last 5 games versus a team with a winning record.
Over is 18-6-3 in the Flyers last 27 games on the road.
Boston Bruins (52-18-7)
The Boston Bruins are 1st in the Atlantic division with 111 points. That also puts them 1st place in the Eastern conference eight points up on the second place Pittsburgh Penguins. The Bruins are 29-7-3 at home this season where they average over 3 goals per game on offense and allow just 1.67 goals per game on defense. To show just how strong the Bruins have been this year. They rank 3rd in the league for goals scored and 2nd in the league for goals against so that’s a very hard combination to beat. After winning 15 of their last 16 games the Bruins have lost back to back games and are in danger of losing 3 in a row for the first time all season.
Boston Bruins Trends
Bruins are 17-5 in their last 22 game versus the Metropolitan division.
Bruins are 37-14 in their last 51 games played on home ice.
Bruins are 15-3 over their last 18 games.
Free Pick: Boston Bruins -180
The Boston Bruins are arguably the best team in the NHL and have owned Philly of late winning 12 of the last 15 meetings. The Philadelphia Flyers although red hot a couple weeks ago have cooled off losing 5 of their last 6 games. I think the Bruins avoid their first 3 game losing streak of the season and pick up the win today versus the Flyers.