Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers Prediction: Expect a Total Over

Prediction for the NHL Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers match, which will take place on January 15. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Washington is a regular participant in cup battles, but in the current regular season, the Capitals will have to work hard to make the playoffs. The main reason is the endless injuries. Most recently, Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson made their season debuts, but Connor Brown, John Carlson, and Carl Hagelin are still in the infirmary. Nevertheless, the Red and Blue have improved remarkably after a poor start to the championship, posting 13 wins in their last 18 meetings with five losses. That surge allowed Washington to advance to seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

Philadelphia is a team that has made a colossal regression in the last couple of years, going from a top contender to an outsider in the league. Now John Tortorella is trying to pull the Flyers out of the crisis, under whom they made a great debut but then stalled and returned to their usual positions. It seemed they would continue to suffer one failure after another, but in 2023 they suddenly transformed and began to win. In the last seven meetings, they have suffered only one loss to Toronto, 2:6, and have won six times, climbing to 14th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Philadelphia had six wins in their previous seven meetings, including a 5:3 victory over Washington the day before. Now, the opponents will meet again but at the Capital One Arena. As a rule, two close meetings between the same opponents are different, so this argument also speaks in favor of Peter Laviolette's wards. As a result, we suggest betting on the victory of Washington with odds of about 1.72.

Philadelphia is not the brightest team in the NHL in recent years, and under John Tortorella, the Flyers have quickly turned into a pragmatic team. Nevertheless, all of a sudden, the Pennsylvanians are playing quite efficiently. They've scored 28 goals (7.00 average per game) in their four previous games. Based on this, we see the optimal choice for the prediction of a total over 6.5 pucks at odds close to 2.00, and separately we should look at the bet on the total over 0.5 points of Dmitry Orlov for 2.

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