Vancouver Canucks vs Philadelphia Flyers Prediction: Betting on the home team to win

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 29. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Vancouver was left without cup battles at the end of the last regular season, but already at the end of the season the Canucks began to show decent results, but there was not enough time to recover the gap from the top-8. But from the very beginning of the current championship, they started to actively collect points, which they are still doing. Rick Tocchet's wards haven't left the ice without scoring points in nine straight games, having won seven games in regulation time during that stretch, and they lost only to Minnesota and Dallas outside of three periods - 1:2 and 3:4, respectively. Such a productive stretch has resulted in the Blue-Greens now sitting in first place in the Western Conference standings.

Philadelphia is another team that pleasantly surprises in the current regular season. All the last years Flyers were hopeless outsiders of the league, who did not even try to enter the fight for cup places, but now they are mature for this. They didn't have the best debut of the season, but at the equator of November they started to improve, starting with a 5-match winning streak. Before the break in the championship, they also had a productive stretch, during which they went scoreless only once in 11 games, losing to Nashville 2:4, losing three more times outside of regulation time, and winning seven times to climb to sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Vancouver and Philadelphia are having a great current regular season. Especially impressive is the Canadian team, which went into the break as the leader of the Western Conference. In nine games in a row, they do not leave the ice without points, and in their home walls they won in regulation time in the last five battles in a row. At the same time, the Flyers play with mixed success on the road, and they have lost three of their last four head-to-head meetings at Rogers Arena.

Vancouver lately not only beats almost everyone in its path, but also plays great on offense. In their previous six games on home ice, the Pacers have scored 26 pucks (4.33 average per game). In the upcoming battle, Rick Tocchet's wards will have to prove themselves offensively, and the pause in the championship should help them rest, recharge and rush into battle with renewed vigor.