NHL Betting Preview: Philadelphia Flyers vs. Detroit Red Wings Odds, Analysis

April 6th, 2016 by OddsShark.com Leave a reply »
The Philadelphia Flyers (39-26-13) visit the Detroit Red Wings (40-28-11) in an important Eastern Conference matchup with playoff implications Wednesday night.

The Red Wings are consensus minus-120 home betting favorites (bet $120 to win $100) at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark as they try to move one step closer to extending their NHL-record postseason streak to 25 straight years.

Detroit was close to seeing that run come to an end last season but earned a playoff berth in the final week of the regular season. That could be the case again here because the Red Wings are tied with the Flyers and Boston Bruins—all three teams have 91 points.

The Bruins are on the outside right now since they have played one more game than Detroit and two more than Philadelphia.

The Flyers hold the last wild-card spot in the East and cannot move up more than that since they are the fifth-place team in the Metropolitan Division.

Detroit visits Boston on Thursday after hosting Philly and likely needs to earn a split of those two games to avoid closing out the regular season with what could be a must-win situation against the New York ...

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