Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals Prediction: Don’t expect a productive match

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 15. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Philadelphia has a surprisingly decent regular season, although, in recent years, the Pennsylvanians have been the clear outsiders of the league. This season, from the very first games, they started playing at a solid level, and therefore the results improved. In December, they picked up points in all the games they played: in four cases, they were stronger than their opponents, and they also lost to Nashville and New Jersey in overtime - 3:4 and 2:3, respectively. This surge has allowed the Black-and-Orange to climb to seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Washington is one of the direct competitors in the fight for cup places. It seemed that the Capitals would have a tough time in the current regular season, but they are showing pretty good results. There are some bad stretches, but the situation can be turned around every time. For example, at the junction of November and December, the Capitals had five losses in seven games, but before that, they had a five-game winning streak. After a bad period, they took turns with the Rangers and Chicago - 4:0 and 4:2, respectively. Despite the lack of stability, the team sits in eighth position in the Eastern Conference standings.

Philadelphia and Washington are neighbors in the Eastern Conference standings, direct competitors in the fight for places in the playoff zone. For this reason, we are expecting a very tense and intriguing confrontation in which the Flyers are the favorites. They have scored nine out of ten points in the last five games. The Capital can not boast of such a result, losing the previous two meetings.

We have already noted that Philadelphia and Washington are direct competitors in the fight for Cup Eight of the Eastern Conference and, therefore, do not expect high-goal activity from their face-to-face confrontation. There's a good chance that they'll leave the bright and cheerful hockey until better times, and in this battle, it's much more critical for them to play solid defensively and get two points pragmatically.