The Anaheim Ducks (17-19-5, 39 points, 6th Pacific) pay a visit to the Wells Fargo Center and the City of Brotherly Love on Saturday to play the Philadelphia Flyers (17-20-5, 39 points, 8th Metro). Anaheim was defeated by the St Louis Blues 6-2 on Thursday night. The Ducks have lost two straight and three of the last four. Anaheim is last in the Pacific Division well off the pace for postseason contention. Philadelphia was defeated by the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Thursday night. The Flyers have lost four straight and five of the last six. Philadelphia is last in the Metropolitan Division, also well off the pace for postseason contention. Anaheim will play without Brock McGinn and Trevor Zergras. Philadelphia will play without Nicolas Deslauriers and Ryan Ellis.
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Anaheim needs help at both ends of the ice
The Anaheim Ducks have a 2.5 goals for average and a 3.1 goals against average. Anaheim averages 28.0 (19th) shots per game and allows an average of 31.9 (32nd). Anaheim's power play is 30th, scoring only 13.3% of the time the Ducks have the man advantage. The penalty kill is 27th, holding opponents scoreless 73.9% of the time Anaheim is short-handed.
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Troy Terry is the leading goal scorer for Anaheim with 14 and Frank Vatrano is second with 11. Anaheim does not have any other players with double digits in goals scored. Terry is also the leader in assists with 19 and points with 33. Ryan Strome is second in assists with 17 and 2nd in points with 24. Anaheim has three players with 23 points or more. Alex Killorn is the leader in plus/minus at 4. Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal is 10-12-3 with a 2.93 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage
Philadelphia is playing well on attack but needs help in goal
The Philadelphia Flyers have a goals-for average of 3.0 and a goals-against average of 3.5, which are 19th and 31st respectively. Philadelphia averages 27.6 (22nd) shots per game and allows an average of 26.8 (8th). Philadelphia's power play is 29th, scoring 14.9% of the time the Flyers have the man advantage. The penalty kill is 18th, holding a point scoreless 78.4% of the time Philadelphia is shorthanded.
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Travis Konecny is the leading goal scorer for Philadelphia with 20. Tyson Foerster and Matvei Michkov are tied for second in goals with 12 each. Konecny is the leader in assists with 26 and points with 46. Michkov is second in assists with 17 and points with 29. Philadelphia has six players with 20 points or more. Noah Cates is the leader in plus/minus at 7. Samuel Ersson is 9-7-2 with a 3.02 GAA and a .883 SV%.
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Best Bets for Anaheim Ducks vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Full-Game Side Bet
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Philadelphia has a 3.0 goals-for average while Anaheim has a 2.5 goals-for average. Anaheim is very weak on both the power play (30th) and the penalty kill (27th). Philadelphia is also weak on the power play (29th) but is much better than Anaheim in the penalty kill (18th). Anaheim has lost 14 of the last 20 games against a team from the Metropolitan Division and the Ducks have lost four of the last five games head-to-head versus Philadelphia. Philadelphia's No. 1 goalie Samuel Ersson is back between the pipes after a long absence due to an injury and has a respectable 3.02 goals-against average with a .883 save percentage.
Full-Game Total Pick
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The total has finished under in four of Philadelphia's last five games and eight of Anaheim's last 12 games. As mentioned previously, Philadelphia goalie Samuel Ersson has a respectable 3.02 goals-against average and Anaheim goalie Lukas Dostal has a 2.93 GAA.
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