Islanders vs. Flyers betting preview

Data Skrive
Data Skrive

Friday will feature an NHL contest between the home favorite New York Islanders (13-9-2, -142 on the moneyline to win) and the Philadelphia Flyers (12-7-3, +120 moneyline odds) at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

Check out all the latest Hockey betting previews!

Moneyline

Islanders to win vs Flyers -142

Bet $20, Payout $34.08

Islanders vs. Flyers Betting Lines

  • Favorite: Islanders (-142)
  • Underdog: Flyers (+120)
  • Over/under: 5.5

Islanders vs. Flyers Quick Facts

  • New York and its opponent have gone over the current 5.5-goal total in 13 of 24 games this season.
  • In 50.0% of Philadelphia’s previous games this season (11/22), the teams combined to score over Friday’s over/under of 5.5 goals.
  • Friday’s total is 0.2 lower than the two teams’ combined average of 5.7 goals per game.
  • These two clubs give up a combined 5.6 goals per game, 0.1 more than this game’s over/under.

Islanders Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Islanders Season Stat Insights

  • The Islanders offense’s 71 total goals (3.0 per game) rank 16th in the NHL.
  • New York ranks 12th in total goals against, conceding 2.8 goals per game (67 total) in NHL action.
  • The team has the league’s 10th-best goal differential at +4 this season.
  • New York’s 10 power-play goals this season (27th in the NHL) have come on 79 chances.
  • The Islanders’ offense has the league’s 31st-ranked power-play conversion rate (12.66%).
  • The five shorthanded goals New York has scored this season are the most in the league.
  • The Islanders defeat 83.33% of opponent power plays, currently the eighth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league.
  • With a 52% faceoff win rate, the Islanders have the 11th-ranked percentage in the NHL.
  • New York connects on 10.1% of its shots, ranking 26th in the league.
  • The Islanders have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 17.5 hits and 15.1 blocked shots per game.

Islanders Moneyline

  • In 10 games as the moneyline favorite this season, New York has won four of those games.
  • Through six games with moneyline odds lower than -142 this season, the Islanders have been victorious twice.
  • The moneyline odds imply that New York has a 58.7% chance of winning this game.

Islanders Leaders

  • Bo Horvat: 14 goals and 11 assists
  • Mathew Barzal: seven goals and 11 assists
  • Kyle Palmieri: six goals and 11 assists
  • Ilya Sorokin: 7-7-2 record, .902 save percentage, 43 goals given up

Need to know more about sports betting before you put down a wager on Islanders vs. Flyers? Here’s everything you need to know about how to bet.

Flyers Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Flyers Season Stats Insights

  • The Flyers’ 60 total goals (2.7 per game) rank 29th in the league.
  • Philadelphia is one of the toughest defensive units in the NHL this season, allowing 61 goals (2.8 per game) to rank fifth.
  • Their -1 goal differential ranks 18th in the league.
  • Philadelphia has scored 10 power-play goals this season, which ranks 27th in the NHL (on 59 chances).
  • The Flyers have the NHL’s 21st-ranked power-play conversion rate of 16.95%.
  • The 86.15% of opponent power plays the Flyers kill is the fourth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league.
  • The Flyers have the 23rd-ranked faceoff win percentage in the NHL (48%).
  • Philadelphia is shooting 11.1% (15th in the league).
  • The Flyers have yet to shut out an opponent this season.

Flyers Moneyline Insights

  • The Flyers have secured an upset victory in six, or 40.0%, of the 15 games they have played while the underdog this season.
  • Philadelphia has gone 3-6 when oddsmakers have listed them as underdogs of +120 or longer on the moneyline.
  • Sportsbooks have implied, based on the moneyline in this matchup, that the Flyers have a 45.5% chance to win.

Flyers Leaders

  • Trevor Zegras: seven goals and 14 assists
  • Travis Konecny: five goals and 12 assists
  • Christian Dvorak: six goals and nine assists
  • Daniel Vladar: 9-4-1 record, .913 save percentage, 33 goals given up
Author Profile
BetDecider Team

The BetDecider team brings you the most current sports betting content, with expert insights and tips. Our aim is that you can make an informed betting decision, including best odds and exclusive sportsbook offers, to maximize your betting experience.

Ryan Knuppel

Knup Solutions [molongui_author_name]

About Ryan Knuppel

Ryan has been one of the leading sports business & iGaming professionals for over 15 years. He started as a freelance writer and now operates one of the top sports content agencies around, Knup Solutions. He has literally written 10,000 plus sports and betting related articles across the web.

 

Sports Network:

sports20.com, usawager.com, knupsports.com, baseballspotlight.com, basketballarticles.com, betdecider.com, njsportsbookreview.com, dunkelindex.com, sportspub.com, oddschoice.com

 

Betting Guide

How Money Line Works?

Moneyline betting is by far the easiest way to place a sports wager. There are no point spreads to parse, no garbage-time free throws to ruin your betting day, and no last-minute meaningless touchdowns to take you from a winner to a loser.

How to Bet Odds

When we, as sports fans, learned our multiplication tables, we aced the number 7. Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 were easy because we all watched football on the weekends. Multiplication by sevens, then add a three, a six after a missed PAT.

How to Bet on NFL Games

Baseball is America’s pastime, but football is America’s crazed passion, with its weekly schedule of games, millions of television viewers across the country and the world, and the billion-dollar stadiums that serve as Sunday cathedrals in 32 American cities.

What is the Spread?

If you are a golfer or have ever played on a bowling team, think of a point spread like a handicap. It is a way for two teams of differing abilities to play each other on equal footing.  The better team, and the favorite in the game, gives a certain amount …