The Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs meet Thursday in NHL action at the Scotiabank Arena. The Philadelphia Flyers have lost 6 of their last 9 games. The Toronto Maple Leafs have won 6 of their last 9 games.
The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.4 goals per game and are scoring on 15.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Travis Konecny leads Philadelphia with 14 goals, Kevin Hayes has 20 assists and Owen Tippett has 68 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 3.3 goals per game and are killing 75.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 70 goals on 799 shots faced, and Felix Sandstrom has given up 28 goals on 251 shots.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are averaging 3.2 goals per game and are scoring on 23.8 percent of their power play opportunities. William Nylander leads Toronto with 19 goals, Mitchell Marner has 26 assists and Auston Matthews has 149 shots on goal. Defensively, the Toronto Maple Leafs are allowing 2.4 goals per game and are killing 79.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Erik Kallgren has given up 25 goals on 246 shots faced, and Ilya Samsonov has allowed 23 goals on 323 shots.
The Flyers are 11-40 in their last 51 road games and 23-62 in their last 85 overall. The Maple Leafs are 43-15 in their last 58 home games and 10-3 in their last 13 overall. The over is 9-4 in Flyers last 13 Thursday games. The under is 13-5 in Maple Leafs last 18 home games. The Flyers are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings in Toronto and 0-4 in the last 4 meetings. The home team is 11-5 in the last 16 meetings. The favorite is 36-16 in the last 52 meetings.
The Philadelphia Flyers continue to come up short more times than not, and they’ve had zero success on the road dating back to last season. The Toronto Maple Leafs remain one o the hotter teams in the league, and their balance is becoming more and more impressive. As Ive said before, the Maple Leafs are a team to keep a close eye on moving forward. Give me the Maple Leafs and the PL for max betting value.