Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres odds, picks and predictions
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The Philadelphia Flyers (2‑6‑3) will take on the Buffalo Sabres (4‑3‑2) Wednesday night at KeyBank Center, with puck drop at 7:30 p.m. ET on TNT. The series is even at 1‑1, with both games won by the home team. Philadelphia has struggled on the road, going 0‑4‑1 away, but recently snapped a nine‑game winless streak with back‑to‑back victories over Ottawa and Colorado. In the latter, F Matvei Michkov tallied a goal‑scoring hat‑trick.
Buffalo finished a Canadian road trip with all three games going into overtime, earning only one win but collecting four of six possible points. G Ukko‑Pekka Luukkonen posted solid numbers (3.59 GGA, .860 SV%) in those contests, and the Sabres will have D Rasmus Dahlin back from injury for this matchup. Tage Thompson remains the team’s leading scorer with five goals and four assists.
Betting lines from BetMGM show the Flyers as +150 moneyline favorites, with the Sabres at –185. The puck line favors Buffalo by 1.5 goals, while the over/under is set at 6. The analysis recommends betting the Sabres to win outright, taking the Flyers +1.5 spread, and leaning toward the over on the total.
In terms of goaltending, Joseph Woll (4‑2‑0, 2.53 GAA, .886 SV%) is the Flyers’ starter, having allowed more than two goals in regulation only once in his last five games. Buffalo’s Luukkonen (3‑2‑2, 3.59 GGA, .860 SV%) has a 1‑1 home record this season.
The pick for the game is a 4‑3 win for Buffalo, with the Flyers covering the spread. A prop bet on Michkov scoring any goal in the game is listed at +235.
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