Carolina Hurricanes vs Philadelphia Flyers Betting Picks

I had the UNDER in Philadelphia's game at New Jersey on Thursday, and it cashed in a 3-2 overtime loss for the Flyers. The Flyers have scored two goals and allowed 10 across their first two games, and they were outshot 82-44. Dan Vladar returns to the net after giving up seven on Wednesday. Philadelphia scored 250 goals last season, 20th in the league, and finished with a plus-7 goal differential, 15th. Carolina scored 296, the second-most, and finished plus-56, third. The Hurricanes are 0-1-1 after a 1-0 overtime loss to Florida and a 5-2 loss to Washington on Friday, and they are without Seth Jarvis, who scored 32 goals last season. Brandon Bussi started both games, and Pyotr Kochetkov gets this one after going 6-2 in eight starts last season. Carolina went 24-12-5 on the road last season, and Philadelphia went 20-13-8 at home. Carolina is my biggest play tonight because I don't expect Philadelphia to have repaired its defense since Thursday.

Carolina went 24-12-5 on the road during the regular season and is 3-0 in the playoffs. They're up 3-0 in this series, outscoring the Flyers, 10-3. It was a crushing defeat for Philadelphia in Game 3, getting outshot 30-19 while losing, 4-1, at home in a must-win. They even surrendered a short-handed goal. The Flyers had the worst power-play efficiency (15.7%) in the NHL this season. The Hurricanes are 7-0 in the playoffs, are No. 1 in save percentage (.957) and in goals allowed (1.14), and are primed to get another sweep. Play Carolina.

The upstart Flyers took their shot against the Hurricanes, going out in front 2-0 early before losing 3-2 in overtime in Game 2. Philadelphia played a much better game than it did in its 3-0 loss to Carolina in Game 1, but the Flyers still couldn't beat the Hurricanes, who are now 6-0 in the playoffs. The Hurricanes are playing tight defense and getting outstanding goaltending from Frederik Andersen. Carolina has allowed only seven goals in its six postseason games. Kudos to the Flyers for making the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2020. But Carolina's tight checking, defensive aggressiveness, and speed have been too much for them. Philadelphia was 21st in scoring, 28th in shots on goal, and had the worst power play in the league. Offense is just not there for the Flyers. Not helping matters for Philadelphia is Owen Tippett, its team goals leader, being out due to an undisclosed injury. He is questionable for Game 3. Take the Hurricanes.