by Chuck Sommers
Saturday, Jan 14, 2023
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Venue: Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
Where to watch: NBCSP, NBCSWA
Opening Odds at USA Sportsbooks
DraftKings: Capitals -225, Flyers +190
FanDuel: Capitals -220, Flyers +180
BetMGM: Capitals -225, Flyers +185
Caesars: Capitals -227, Flyers +185
Season record
Flyers: 17-18-7
Capitals: 23-15-6
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Flyers - Capitals preview, prediction and analysis
Recent results
Flyers: won 5-3 vs. Capitals
Capitals: lost 5-3 at Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers will be playing the Washington Capitals on Saturday, January 14 in Washington D.C.
The Philadelphia Flyers won against the Washington Capitals last Wednesday, January 11 in Philadelphia with a score of 5-3. The Philadelphia Flyers rank 7th in the Metropolitan Division. Travis Konecny had a hat trick and Owen Tippett and Scott Laughton also scored resulting in the 5-3 win. Carter Hart finished with 26 saves.
“I'm kind of getting my bounces right now,” Konecny said. “It goes around in the locker room throughout a season and it's just going my way right now.”
"I just think he's playing," Flyers coach John Tortorella said. "He's a reactionary-type player. I've only seen him play from afar before this year. He just plays. The puck finds him. He plays in the [right] areas. Everything about his game, his effort, I think he's getting rewarded."
The Philadelphia Flyers have won seven of their last 10 games.
"We're playing more confident offensively, and with that comes results, and obviously when results are coming there's confidence that comes throughout the group," Tippett said. "I think we're all enjoying winning and we want to keep it going."
The Washington Capitals lost against the Philadelphia Flyers last Wednesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a score of 5-3. The Washington Capitals rank 4th in the Metropolitan Division. Garnet Hathaway, Marcus Johansson and T.J. Oshie scored, and Darcy Kuemper made 31 saves for Washington. This loss put the Capitals seven road-game winning streak to an end.
"In the third I think we had chances to tie that game and just didn't get it done, so that's frustrating," Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. "There's things that we did that shot ourselves in the foot."
The Washington Capitals have won six of their last 10 games.
"I told him earlier I was struggling trying to get him the puck tonight," Oshie said of Nicklas Backstrom. "It usually works out better when he has it in his hands and gets it to me."
Prediction
Given that the last game was in Philadelphia, you’d have to expect the home team this time around to get some revenge. The home team is 4-1 in the last five meetings and the Flyers have only won four of the last 14 meetings. The Capitals could benefit from having the home crowd and put together another streak. Capitals 4, Flyers 2
Betting trends
Flyers are 7-2 when on two days rest this season.
Capitals are 14-21 after a division game the last 2 seasons.
Flyers are 1-11 off a division win the last 2 seasons.
Flyers are 291-310 after a win by 2 goals or more since 1996.
Projected lines
Flyers:
James van Riemsdyk -- Morgan Frost -- Owen Tippett
Joel Farabee -- Noah Cates -- Travis Konecny
Kevin Hayes -- Scott Laughton -- Wade Allison
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Patrick Brown -- Zack MacEwen
Ivan Provorov -- Cam York
Travis Sanheim -- Tony DeAngelo
Nick Seeler -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Carter Hart
Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Sonny Milano
Lars Eller -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Conor Sheary -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Marcus Johansson -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev -- Martin Fehervary
Darcy Kuemper
Statistical leaders
Flyers:
Points: Travis Konecny – 46
Goals: Travis Konecny – 24
Assists: Travis Konecny – 22
Goalie: Carter Hart – 12-12-6, 2.97 GAA, .907 SV%
Capitals:
Points: Alex Ovechkin – 48
Goals: Alex Ovechkin – 29
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov – 30
Goalie: Darcy Kuemper – 12-10-4, 2.52 GAA, .919 SV%
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Chuck Sommers
About the Author:
Chuck Sommers has camped outside of sportsbooks since he can remember, learning the tricks and nuances of the trade. He still has nightmares of betting $5,000 on the Raiders in the Tuck Rule game but has since turned that to 25 years of veteran handicapping greatness. You can find him mostly in the shadows at the Red Rock or Aliante casinos wondering if the over is cashing on any given Sunday.
