Flyers vs Flames: Prediction, Odds, Team News and Goalscorer Picks

Philadelphia scores fewer goals per game than any other club in the NHL. Calgary is 30th. Between them these two have managed 78 goals in 34 games, and Sunday night is where that meets itself.

Calgary has taken four of the last five. The margin here will almost certainly come on the power play, because at even strength these are two of the three worst scoring teams in the league and neither has shown any sign of solving it.

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Goalie matchup

Neither club has settled on a goaltender. Dan Vladar and Joseph Woll have split Philadelphia’s starts nine apiece, and Woll has the better save percentage on a far worse record. Calgary is odder still. Dustin Wolf has the job and a .870, while Devin Cooley has come in seven times at .914 and won four of them. A morning skate decides this and it could go either way in both rooms.

Team news

Calgary is without Jonathan Huberdeau, who is on injured reserve with a hip problem, and Connor Zary is out with a knee. Samuel Honzek is also unavailable and Brennan Othmann is day to day. Philadelphia is missing Rasmus Ristolainen with a hand injury and Nikita Grebenkin with a back complaint.

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How they compare this season

The defensive records are near enough identical. So is the inability to score. What actually separates these two is the power play, and the gap there is wide enough to settle a game in which goals are going to be hard to come by for both sides.

Special teams

Calgary’s power play converts 29.7 per cent, fourth in the league, and it meets a Philadelphia kill ranked 13th. Going the other way, Philadelphia converts 16.4 per cent against the ninth-best kill in the NHL. A Calgary power play is worth roughly twice a Philadelphia one on a night when goals look this scarce. Penalties decide it.

Players to watch

Matvei Michkov has 10 of Philadelphia’s 39 goals. On a team scoring this rarely that is close to the whole attack, and Trevor Zegras, with 14 points and only four of them goals, is the next name on a very short list. Joel Farabee leads Calgary on 15. Matt Coronato has 11 assists.

Recent meetings

These clubs have met 94 times and Calgary leads 49-45. Calgary has won four of the last five, including both meetings last season, and the one Philadelphia took was by a single goal. They have not met yet this season.

How the last meeting unfolded

Where both clubs shoot from

Results so far

Score prediction

Two of the three lowest-scoring teams in the league meet on a Sunday evening with four goaltenders between them and no settled starter in either room. Low is the read.

Flyers vs Flames prediction

Calgary is at home, has the better recent record in this series and holds the only significant edge on the night in its power play.

The case against is that Calgary has scored twice or fewer in most of its games and Philadelphia’s penalty kill is the better half of a poor team. Neither side is reliable enough to back with confidence.

Our pick: Calgary to win. Flyers 2–3 Flames. What would change it: if Calgary named Cooley rather than Wolf, which would strengthen the case rather than weaken it. A Woll start for Philadelphia would narrow it.

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