The Philadephia Flyers stumble into Capital One Arena tonight to face the Washington Capitals where BET99 made the Caps -140 favorites. The Metropolitan Division rivals played each other last night with the Caps dominating in a 4-1 victory.
Both teams continue heading in their current direction tonight with the Flyers losing and the Capitals winning. The Flyers are losers in five straight with a horrible 47% xG at 5on5 while the Caps are on a four-game win streak with 57% of the 5on5 xG.
Flyers vs Capitals Odds Tonight
Odds as of October 23 at BET99
Flyers vs Capitals Picks Tonight
Capitals Moneyline (-140)
Betting on a Capitals win tonight is the right decision, last night they outshot Philadelphia 29-18, out-chanced them 2.16 to 1.6 on all situations xG, and outscored them 4-1 (covering the puckline in the process). Washington is now 4-1 against the puckline which makes their +170 odds as 1.5-goal favorites at BET99 quite interesting.
The data shows the Caps win in the context of this game; Flyers on the road and both teams on zero rest. Philadelphia is terrible on the road recently with a 2-11SU (15%) record in their last 13 away games while Washington is 24-20SU at home since last season. On zero rest, last year's Capitals had a better record at 8-7SU while the Flyers went 5-7SU.
Washington is winning because their big offseason acquisitions are clicking. Through Washington's four-game win streak, Andrew Mangiapane and Jakob Chyrchrun have combined for seven points. They are great additions to the offense alongside Dylan Strome and his five-game point streak and a big reason why the Caps are streaking. You can bet on Strome to extend that streak to six games with -155 odds for OVER 0.5 points at BET99.
All roads point to a Capitals win.
Flyers vs Capitals Player Prop Tonight
Alex Ovechkin O2.5 SOG (-180)
At 3.2 shots per game this year and 3.4 shots per game last year, Alex Ovechkin is averaging more than enough shots for our prop to hit.
You should also consider that the Flyers allow the second-most shots from the left side of the ice at eight shots per game, right in Ovechkin's wheelhouse. Of his 16 shots this year, 44% have come from the left side of the ice.
Ovie loves to shoot and the Flyers keep his side of the ice nice and clear for him to do so.
Flyers vs Capitals Betting Trends
- The total has gone UNDER in six of the Flyers' last nine games and five of the last seven games against the Capitals. BET99 has UNDER 6 goals at -110.
- Matvei Michkov has gone OVER 0.5 points in four of his five NHL games. He'll want to show off against Ovie. BET99 has OVER 0.5 points for Michkov at -130 tonight.
- Dylan Strome has scored a point in five straight, if you like him to not only get a point but specifically an assist his odds are a juicy +130 for OVER 0.5 assists at BET99.