The American Airlines Center will play host to an East-West tilt as the Philadelphia Flyers face off against the Dallas Stars. It’s the last time that the two clubs will meet in the regular season. The first puck will drop at 8:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 27, and it is being televised live on Fox Sports Southwest Plus.
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Dallas Stars Odds
Dallas (-130) is currently the favorite over Philadelphia (+110), and the Over/Under (O/U) has been set at 6 goals (-125 money on the over, +105 on the under).
Dallas is 38-38 straight up (SU) and has recorded -14.7 units for moneyline bettors this year. That early-season winning percentage is a welcome improvement over the 34-48 record from the 2016-17 season campaign. Of its 76 games this season, 38 have gone over the total, while 36 have gone under and just two have pushed. The team’s 24-15 SU at home this year.
The Stars have converted on 19.9 percent of their power play chances this year, a mark that’s right around league average. On the other hand, their penalty kill is ranked 13th overall, and they’ve successfully killed off 81.6 percent of all penalties.
As a team, the Stars have been penalized 4.3 times per game overall this season, 4.0 per game over their last five matchups total, and 4.0 per game over their last five at home. The team has been forced to defend opponent power plays for 10.6 minutes per contest over their last five home games.
Sporting a .916 save percentage and 24.8 saves per game, Ben Bishop (26-27-6) has been the primary option in goal for the Stars this year. If Dallas chooses to give him the evening off, however, head coach Ken Hitchcock could go with Kari Lehtonen (13-19-19 record, .911 save percentage, 2.56 goals against average).
The Stars will continue to rely on offensive production from Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn. Seguin (71 points) has produced 39 goals and 32 assists and has recorded two or more points in 18 different games this year. Benn has 28 goals and 41 assists to his credit and has recorded a point in 47 contests.
On the other side of the rink, Philadelphia is 38-38 straight up (SU) and has lost 3.8 units for moneyline bettors this year. A total of 41 of its contests have gone over the total, while 33 have gone under and just two have pushed. The Flyers are 19-19 SU as a road team this season.
The Flyers have converted on 20.3 percent of their power play chances this season, a mark that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill unit is ranked 28th overall and it’s successfully killed off 75.8 percent of all penalties.
Philadelphia’s skaters have been penalized 3.4 times per game in total this season, and 2.7 per game over their last ten match ups. The team has had to defend opponent power plays just 5.9 minutes per game over their last 10 outings.
Brian Elliott (.908 save percentage and 2.72 goals against average) has been the primary option in goal for Philadelphia. Elliott is averaging 26.3 saves per game and owns a 22-19-7 record.
Claude Giroux (26 goals, 65 assists) has been one of the top playmaking threats for the visiting Flyers.
Philadelphia Flyers at Dallas Stars Betting Picks
Free Pick: SU Winner – Stars, O/U – Under
Notes
Betting Trends
Dallas is 4-3 in games decided by a shootout this season while Philadelphia is 2-7 in shootouts.
The total has gone under in three of Dallas’ last five outings.
Dallas has allowed 2.7 goals per game this season, but has given up 3.9 goals per matchup over its eight-game losing streak.
Over Dallas’ last ten outings, five of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 0-5 in those games).
The Stars this season have tallied the ninth-most hits per game (23.1).
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