Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes: Prediction, Preview, Picks & Odds - 3/9/2023

Time: 7 p.m. ET

Venue: PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC

Where to watch: BSSO, NBCSP

DraftKings: Hurricanes -350, Flyers +290

BetMGM: Hurricanes -350, Flyers +290

Caesars: Hurricanes -350, Flyers +290

Flyers: 24-29-11

Hurricanes: 42-12-8

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The Philadelphia Flyers will be playing the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, March 9 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Philadelphia Flyers lost against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, March 7 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida with a score of 5-2. The Philadelphia Flyers currently rank 7th in the Metropolitan Division.

Morgan Frost and Brendan Lemieux scored for the Flyers (24-29-11), who have lost five of their past six games (1-4-1). Carter Hart made 34 saves.

"I thought our 5-on-5 play for a lot of the night was good," Philadelphia coach John Tortorella said. "You can't take six penalties. You can't take three in the first period, most of them in the offensive zone.

"But a lot of our checking, our 5-on-5 play for a lot of the game, was good. We had a number of good chances. We just can't score."

Frost gave the Flyers a 1-0 at 5:52 of the first period with a shot from the right face-off circle that beat Vasilevskiy to the far post.

Alex Killorn tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal, knocking in a feed from Kucherov at 7:38. Nikita Kucherov gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead, also on the man-advantage, 34 seconds into the second period, a one-timer from the right circle.

Ross Colton made it 3-1 at 8:46 with a shot from close range off a pass from Tanner Jeannot. Killorn gave the Lightning a 4-1 lead at 10:49.

Lemieux cut it to 4-2 at 12:40 with his first goal of the season, a redirection from Cam York.

Kucherov scored on a power play again at 17:38 with a backhand for the 5-2 final.

The Philadelphia Flyers have won two of their last 10 games.

The Carolina Hurricanes won against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday, March 7 at Bell Centre in Montreal with a score of 4-3 resulting from a shootout. The Carolina Hurricanes currently rank 1st in the Metropolitan Division.

Jaccob Slavin and Brady Skjei scored for Carolina (42-12-8), which has won three straight and 15 of its past 18.

The Hurricanes moved four points ahead of the New Jersey Devils for first in the Metropolitan Division. The Devils lost 4-3 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.

"I don't know what is wrong with us, but we somehow always have a little sloppy start against the lower-ranked teams," said Carolina forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi, who won it in the sixth round of the shootout. "We have to get rid of that if we want to be the best in the League."

Antti Raanta allowed two goals on 10 shots before he sustained an undisclosed injury. He was replaced at the start of the second period by Frederik Andersen, who made 13 saves.

Hurricanes defenseman Jalen Chatfield left the game after the second after sustaining an upper-body injury.

"Precautionary really on both guys, so I don't think it will be serious for either one," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said.

Montreal scored two goals before Slavin responded 15 seconds later at 16:31 to cut it to 2-1, scoring from the left face-off circle before Skjei tied it at 2-2 at 1:00 of the second period when he cut to the net, received a pass from Pesce, and scored past a diving Allen.

Michael Pezzetta restored Montreal's lead at 2:49, tipping in a centering pass by Tierney to make it 3-2.

Jesper Fast tied the game with 3:38 remaining in the third period. Fast tied it 3-3, scoring on the rebound of a point shot by Brett Pesce after he stopped a clearing attempt by Mike Matheson.

His goal came after Paul Stastny thought he tied it at 2:39 of the third when he found a loose puck during a scramble in front. But a video review determined Derek Stepan impaired Jake Allen's ability to play his position in the crease prior to the goal.

"We were struggling clearly for two periods," Brind'Amour said. "And then we just put a period together that looked kind of like we need to play, and how we usually play, and at least got us back in the game and able to find a way to squeeze it out."

The Carolina Hurricanes rallied to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in a shootout.

The Caroline Hurricanes have won eight of their last 10 games.

Prediction

Easy win for the home team. Hurricanes 5, Flyers 1

Flyers:

Joel Farabee -- Morgan Frost -- Owen Tippett

James van Riemsdyk -- Kevin Hayes -- Wade Allison

Scott Laughton -- Noah Cates -- Brendan Lemieux

Nicolas Deslauriers -- Tanner Laczynski

Ivan Provorov -- Cam York

Travis Sanheim -- Rasmus Ristolainen

Nick Seeler -- Tony DeAngelo

Justin Braun

Carter Hart

Hurricanes:

Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis

Teuvo Teravainen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas

Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast

Stefan Noesen -- Paul Stastny -- Derek Stepan

Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns

Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce

Shayne Gostisbehere -- Jalen Chatfield

Antti Raanta