Flyers vs Canadiens 8/21/20 - NHL Betting Picks & Odds
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal Canadiens
NHL: 7:00 PM EST
Aug. 21, 2020
TV: NBCSN
Latest Odds : PHI -135 Total 5
The Flyers looked like a team that was lost in the last game when they were playing Montreal. The Canadiens were able to come into the game and really controlled the game from the second period on. The one thing that the Canadiens have to do is try to figure out how to stay out of the penalty box. If it was not for the penalties and the power plays the Flyers would not have been able to score at all against the Canadiens stiff defense.
The goals for Montreal were scored by Armia with 2, Danault, Gallagher, and Suzuki all had a single goal in the game. Passing the puck around seen Drouin get 2 assist, Lehkonen and Suzuki had a single assist in the game. The defensemen even stepped up in the game as well with Kulak getting 2 assist and 1 assist came from Ouellet. For the Flyers they ended up getting goals from Farabee, but Voracek ended up finding the back of the net twice in the game. The assist from with 2 from Couturier, Giroux and the Flyers got a single assist from Voracek and Provorov.
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Carey Price was in the net for the Montreal team. He ended up facing only 29 shots in the game and ended up turning away 26 of those shots. Out of all those saves 16 of them were on equal strength and 3 were power play saves, but he was pressured on the shorthand as well with 7 saves.
Hart was tapped in the game to keep the net safe from the puck. Hart only faced a total of 32 shots in the game and saved 28 of those shots. Out of all those saves 22 were equal strength, 2 were power play saves, and then the other 4 were all shorthanded saves.
Recent Betting Trends:
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 11 games.
Philadelphia are 15-3 SU in their last 18 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Montreal's last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Montreal's last 9 games against Philadelphia.
Free Betting Pick: Montreal Canadiens +115
The Flyers were unable to shut down the Montreal offense in the last game and only were able to respond on the power play themselves. Look for that to make a difference in the game here as the Flyers have struggled against Montreal all series on equal strength. Look for Montreal to be more disciplined in this game and that leads to the Canadiens getting a good strong win here to force a 7th game. Final Score, Montreal Canadiens win 5-2.