The Philadelphia Flyers (5-2-1) travel to Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers (5-3-1) Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET.
Both teams will have their starting goalies in net for this game. This is good as neither the Flyers nor the Rangers have won a game this season in which Carter Hart or Igor Shesterkin have not been in goal.
For the Rangers, the last victory came Sunday in a 3-2 road game against the Arizona Coyotes. For the Flyers, it was a 4-3 victory last Thursday against the Florida Panthers. That was followed up by a 4-3 loss Saturday in overtime against the Hurricane.
This is the 1st game of a back-to-back for the Flyers, who will travel to Toronto for a Wednesday game against the Maple Leafs.
Flyers at Rangers odds
- Moneyline (ML): Flyers +195 (bet $100 to win $195) | Rangers -250 (bet $250 to win $100)
- Puck line (PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Flyers +1.5 (-120) | Rangers -1.5 (+100)
- Over/Under (O/U): 5.5 (O: -130 | U: -+105)
Flyers at Rangers projected goalies
Carter Hart (5-0-1, 2.31 GAA, .938 SV%) vs Igor Shesterkin (5-0-2, 2.55 GAA, .913 SV%)
Both Hart and Shesterkin come into this matchup T-2 in the NHL with 5 wins this season. Both goalies are also tied for the league lead with 0 losses.
Hart is 7th in the NHL with a save percentage of .938
Flyers at Rangers picks and predictions
Prediction
Rangers 3, Flyers 2
Moneyline
PASS. The ML on this game is too high to make a play on either side in this one.
Puck line/Against the spread
BET FLYERS +1.5 (-120).
The Rangers and Flyers know each other well and are aware of what the other wants to do. This will lead to fewer odd man breaks and limit the goals.
With a limited opportunity to score, neither team is safe to wager at more than a 1-goal favorite. With the Flyers being the underdog and +1.5, I will wager on them to cover this number. The Flyers +1.5 (-120) is my favorite play.
Over/Under
LEAN UNDER 5.5 (+105).
With both goalies top 10 in wins this season with 5 each and with both goalies having a GAA of 2.51 or less, I do not see either team scoring to the level to take the over. With these teams having 11 of their 18 total games this season going under, take the Under 5.5 (+105).