| The Pittsburgh Penguins will be fighting for first place in the Eastern Conference while the Philadelphia Flyers will just be trying to hold on to one of the final postseason berths when the Atlantic division rivals clash in Pittsburgh Wednesday night.
Through the first half of the season series, the Flyers had the edge, winning all four games by a 20-8 margin. But the Penguins outscored the Flyers 11-4 in two wins after that, including a 7-1 win in their last meeting March 16. They meet in the regular-season finale for both clubs Sunday in Philadelphia.
In their last game, the Flyers (40-28-11) beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday. The Flyers won the game as -165 favorites and the score went over the total of 5½.
Pittsburgh (46-26-8) lost 2-1 in overtime to the New York Rangers on Monday night. New York won as -140 home favorites and the score was under the 5½-goal total.
The total has gone over in all five of the past five meetings, and in four of the past five meetings in Pittsburgh. As well, the total has gone over in five of Philadelphia’s past seven on the road.
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its past six overall, and Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its past five at home.
Martin Biron gets the start for Philadelphia while Marc-Andre Fleury will be in goal for Pittsburgh.
The game starts at 7:30 pm ET and can be seen on TSN in Canada, and locally on CSN-PH (Philadelphia) and FSN-P (HD) Pittsburgh.
BETTING LINE: The Penguins are a -150 moneyline favorite at BetUS while the over/under total is 6.
BETTING CONSENSUS: About 65 per cent of wagers on this game are on a Pittsburgh win. |
