PREMIUM
Rogers' *10* TOTAL DOMINATION >> Went 2-0 w/ Totals Friday!
(NHL) Philadelphia vs. Carolina,
Total: 5.50 | -115.00 Over
Result: Loss
Total: 5.50 | -115.00 Over
Result: Loss
The set-up: The 32-25-11 Philadelphia Flyers and the 30-29-11 Carolina Hurricanes will meet tonight in Charlotte at PNC Arena. The Flyers are slumping at the wrong time, falling to 1-6-1 in their last eight following Thursday's 5-3 setback versus Columbus. The Flyers are clinging to third place in the Metropolitan Division via a tiebreaker and they reside one point removed from the final wild-card spot, just four points ahead of surging Florida. Meanwhile, the Carolina Hurricanes have lost 10 of 13 (3-8-2) to fall out of favor in the Eastern Conference playoff picture (are currently nine points back of the East's final playoff spot!).
Philadelphia: "We just need to put it behind us and somehow get our confidence back," Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux said after his team fell 5-3 to Columbus. He has scored a goal in three straight contests and is riding an eight-game point streak (four goals, five assists), giving him a team-high 83 points (26 goals). Center Sean Couturier lead Philly with 29 goals. The honeymoon apparently is over for Petr Mrazek, who finished February with a 3-0-0 run before a disastrous 1-5-1 mark and 4.04 goals-against average in March has landed him on the bench. Former Yale star Alex Lyon has been confirmed to start Saturday after turning aside all 18 shots he faced in relief versus the Blue Jackets.
Carolina: The Hurricanes' recent swoon has dropped them nine points out of the final wild-card spot. Forward Lee Stempniak was quoted as saying, "We still think we are going to make the playoffs and we believe we are, but it gets harder with each loss." Justin Williams, "Mr. Game 7," began a strong seven-game stretch with two goals and an assist in the last meeting against the team (Philadelphia) that drafted him in 2000. He scored three goals and set up another in his next six outings, although his 15th tally of the season went for naught on Tuesday, as Carolina yielded five unanswered goals in the third period of a disastrous 6-4 setback to Boston. Teuvo Teravainen, who also scored in the last meeting with the Flyers, had a goal and an assist against the Bruins to increase his point total to 11 (eight goals, three assists) in as many games. Teravainen, leads the team with 56 points and Sebastian Aho in goals with 25.
The pick: Lyon (7 games with a 2.58 GAA & .912 SP) just may be up to the challenge for Philly, as he faces a Carolina team which averages just 2.64 GPG to rank 26th. Meanwhile, the Flyers just ended a five-game run of scoring no more than two goals in any contest in the team's 5-3 loss to Columbus. The Under is a 10* play.
Philadelphia: "We just need to put it behind us and somehow get our confidence back," Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux said after his team fell 5-3 to Columbus. He has scored a goal in three straight contests and is riding an eight-game point streak (four goals, five assists), giving him a team-high 83 points (26 goals). Center Sean Couturier lead Philly with 29 goals. The honeymoon apparently is over for Petr Mrazek, who finished February with a 3-0-0 run before a disastrous 1-5-1 mark and 4.04 goals-against average in March has landed him on the bench. Former Yale star Alex Lyon has been confirmed to start Saturday after turning aside all 18 shots he faced in relief versus the Blue Jackets.
Carolina: The Hurricanes' recent swoon has dropped them nine points out of the final wild-card spot. Forward Lee Stempniak was quoted as saying, "We still think we are going to make the playoffs and we believe we are, but it gets harder with each loss." Justin Williams, "Mr. Game 7," began a strong seven-game stretch with two goals and an assist in the last meeting against the team (Philadelphia) that drafted him in 2000. He scored three goals and set up another in his next six outings, although his 15th tally of the season went for naught on Tuesday, as Carolina yielded five unanswered goals in the third period of a disastrous 6-4 setback to Boston. Teuvo Teravainen, who also scored in the last meeting with the Flyers, had a goal and an assist against the Bruins to increase his point total to 11 (eight goals, three assists) in as many games. Teravainen, leads the team with 56 points and Sebastian Aho in goals with 25.
The pick: Lyon (7 games with a 2.58 GAA & .912 SP) just may be up to the challenge for Philly, as he faces a Carolina team which averages just 2.64 GPG to rank 26th. Meanwhile, the Flyers just ended a five-game run of scoring no more than two goals in any contest in the team's 5-3 loss to Columbus. The Under is a 10* play.
