The Washington Capitals (13-6-4) will play the final game of their five-game road trip Sunday by visiting the Philadelphia Flyers (12-6-3) in an East Division clash at Wells Fargo Center. Puck drop will be shortly after 7 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Capitals-Flyers odds and lines, with NHL picks and predictions.
The Capitals started this trip 3-0 before suffering an embarrassing 5-1 loss to the Boston Bruins Friday. Washington hasn’t dropped back-to-back games since losing four in a row to start February. It’ll look to avenge a 7-4 loss to these Flyers on home ice as part of that prior skid.
The Flyers are on the second half of a back-to-back after losing 4-3 on the road against the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday. The game was tied through 50 minutes before Penguins C Jared McCann netted the winner.
Capitals at Flyers: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 12:10 p.m. ET.
- Money line: Capitals -105 (bet $105 to win $100) | Flyers -110 (bet $110 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Capitals +1.5 (-250) | Flyers -1.5 (+200)
- Over/Under: 6 (O: -120 | U: +100)
Capitals at Flyers: Projected starting goalies
Ilya Samsonov (2-0-1, .877 SV%, 2.87 GAA) vs. Carter Hart (6-4-3, .893 SV%, 3.49 GAA)
Samsonov will return to the crease after stopping six of seven shots in a relief appearance against the Bruins Friday. He last started last Sunday against the New Jersey Devils and stopped 19 of 21 shots in a victory.
Hart has been losing playing time to backup Brian Elliott but gets the nod in the second end of the back-to-back. He allowed 5 goals on 27 shots in a loss to the Penguins Tuesday. He gave up 4 goals on 37 shots in a road win over the Capitals Feb. 7.
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Capitals at Flyers: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Capitals 4, Flyers 3
Money line (ML)
The CAPITALS (-105) are the play as slight road underdogs. They’ve had a day to rest and recover from Friday’s tough loss, while the Flyers are on short rest with travel back from Saturday’s loss in Pittsburgh.
The Caps outshot the Flyers 37-23 in their previous meeting this season. Starter Vitek Vanecek allowed 4 goals on 14 shots and backup Craig Anderson allowed another 2 tallies on 8 shots in relief. Philly then added a late empty-netter.
Back Washington with the flip to Samsonov for Sunday’s game.
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Against the spread (ATS)
PASS on the spread. The value is in backing the Capitals to pull the road upset rather than laying the -250 for 1 goal of insurance.
This projects as another high-scoring game. That could skew the result with a lack of discipline or late empty-net markers.
Over/Under (O/U)
Bet the OVER 6 (-120) even though Samsonov should be expected to fare better than both Vanecek and Anderson in Game 1 of this season series.
He’s still a little rusty with just one start since returning from the COVID-19 list. Hart has looked little like his own self from the past two seasons at the Flyers’ end.
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