The Philadelphia Flyers (35-20-7) host the San Jose Sharks (26-32-4) Tuesday at Wells Fargo Center for a 7 p.m. ET puck drop. The Flyers enter the day third in the Metropolitan Division, while the Sharks are headed for the NHL draft lottery without their own first-round pick. We analyze the Sharks-Flyers sports betting odds and lines, while providing NHL betting tips and picks around this matchup.
Sharks at Flyers: Projected starting goalies
Martin Jones vs. Carter Hart
Jones enters Tuesday off of back-to-back losses and with just one win in his last five outings. He is 14-19-2 through 34 starts and two relief appearances this season, with a .894 save percentage and 3.11 goals against average. His team’s moves at Monday’s trade deadline won’t help his cause.
Hart has won four of his last five games with no more than two goals allowed in those victories. He is 19-12-13 with a .909 SV% and 2.52 GAA over 34 starts and three relief appearances overall, but he is 16-2-2 with a .942 SV% and 1.64 GAA through 20 home games.
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Sharks at Flyers: Odds, picks and betting tips
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Odds last updated at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Prediction
Flyers 4, Sharks 1
Moneyline (ML)
The FLYERS (-239) mostly stood pat at the trade deadline, while the Sharks (+190) dealt wings Barclay Goodrow and Patrick Marleau to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins, respectively. The Flyers, who are 21-5-4 at home for the season, are worth swallowing the moderate amount of chalk while going for a fourth straight win.
San Jose has lost four straight games and is just 12-17-3 on the road for the season.
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Puck Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
The more profitable and more worthwhile play is to back the FLYERS (-1.5, +100) to win by at least two goals. Philly is 37-25 against the spread overall and 21-9 at home. San Jose is just 30-32 ATS overall and 17-15 on the road.
The Flyers’ last six home wins were all decided by multi-goal margins. Two of the Sharks’ last four losses came by margins of at least 2 goals.
Over/Under (O/U)
Take the UNDER 5.5 (+115) with the Flyers likely to do nearly all of the scoring against a short-handed Sharks club. Hart will keep the door closed, while Philly has scored six or more goals just eight times this season.
Esten’s NHL betting record: 250-235
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