Philadelphia Flyers vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction: Expect a Total Over

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on January 5. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Philadelphia is conducting a very decent current regular season. Still, recent results are telling about the game problems of the Flyers, because of which they risk leaving the playoff zone, where they found themselves for the first time in a long time. They had a great stretch in the first half of December, scoring points in eight straight games, with seven wins and one overtime loss. This stretch probably took too much energy from them, as they have suffered five defeats in their last six games, three of them in regulation time, and only Vancouver managed to beat them 4:1. In the Eastern Conference standings, the Black and Orange have moved up to seventh position.

Columbus is another team that failed in the last stretch of the regular season. Another thing is that the Jackets didn't have any solid results before that, and that's why they are one of the major underdogs in the league. They had a disastrous period in November and October, losing 13 out of 14 games. After that, they started to cling to points, but not so actively, to get closer to the playoff zone. In the last six meetings, they have only one win over Toronto - a 6:5 victory. Three more points were scored when they lost outside of regulation time, and in two cases, they were held scoreless. That's good enough for 15th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Philadelphia and Columbus approach the head-to-head confrontation, having identical results in the last six matches: both collectives suffered five defeats each, gaining only one victory each. Their current form is far from ideal, with the Jackets quietly floundering among the league outsiders with no global tournament prospects. However, the Flyers are still in the playoff zone, so they have plenty of motivation. In addition, the statistics of head-to-head meetings also favor the Pennsylvanians, according to which they have won in the last four consecutive meetings.

The confrontation between Philadelphia and Columbus in recent years pleases with high efficiency. In the previous six head-to-head meetings, they have combined to score 44 pucks (7.33 per game on average), a solid indicator in itself, with the bookmaker's total over in this stretch being reached in five cases (83%).