The Philadelphia Flyers (24-16-6) visit the St. Louis Blues (30-10-7) Wednesday at Enterprise Center for an 8 p.m. ET puck drop. We analyze the Flyers-Blues sports betting odds and lines, while providing NHL betting tips and picks around this matchup.
Flyers at Blues: Projected starting goalies
Brian Elliott vs. Jordan Binnington
Elliott is coming off a shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes last Tuesday in which he allowed five goals on 33 shots in regulation. He is 9-5-3 on the season with a .896 save percentage and 3.16 goals against average.
Binnington enters Wednesday on a personal three-game winning streak, but he didn’t face 30 shots in any of those three games. He is 22-7-4 on the season with a .917 SV% and 2.47 GAA.
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Flyers at Blues: Odds, picks and betting tips
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Prediction
Blues 4, Flyers 2
Moneyline (ML)
The BLUES (-200) come into the day on a four-game winning streak. They’re 17-4-3 at home for the season and 7-2-1 across their last 10 games. The Flyers (+165) topped the Boston Bruins 6-5 in a shootout Monday. They’re 4-5-1 across their last 10 games but are just 9-13-2 on the road for the season.
The Flyers have slight advantages in both Corsi (percentage of total shot attempts) and scoring chances, but Binnington gets a significant edge over Elliott. Back the hosts.
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Puck Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
Each of the Blues’ last three victories – all at home – were decided by margins of at least 2 goals. Back ST. LOUIS (-1.5, +140) to win by at least 2 once again Wednesday.
The Flyers are 25-21 against the spread overall but just 10-14 on the road. The Blues are 24-23 ATS overall and 11-13 at home. Five of the Blues’ last seven home wins were by at least 2 goals.
Over/Under (O/U)
Take the OVER 5.5 (-139) with Elliott in net for the Flyers as opposed to starter Carter Hart. The Blues are 5-5 against the total across their last 10 games, while the Flyers are 6-3-1 across their last 10.
Esten’s NHL betting record: 168-152
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