Drysdale and the Flyers backend look primed to slow down a red hot Jets offense with the help of a hot goalie
The Flyers looked beat up with losses in five of six games but are riding into Saturday on a high after two straight wins over the Wild and Habs. They now get to play the team no one wants to play in the Winnipeg Jets, who are on fire and one of the four teams in the league currently on a nine game winning streak. The Jets have looked the most dominant out of the hot teams with by far the best defense only giving up 1.64 goals per game over their last 14 games, where they haven’t given up a regulation loss.
The Broad Street Bullies will have a lot to overcome if they want to leave Canada Life Centre with a win and if you wanna win in this game, here is our best bet on the game that could tell you how the Flyers compete in this one.
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Pick: Jets under 3.5 goals (-145)
The difference-maker in this game will be Samuel Ersson, who is the Flyers backup goalie behind Carter Hart and has been playing great as of late. He has given more than three goals in only two of his 18 starts between the pipes this season as he has a 2.46 goals against average this season, which ranks fifth-best in goalies that have started 16 or more games.
He is elite and the Flyers defense has only gotten better with the addition of Jamie Drysdale, who helped his team hold the Habs and Wild both under four goals along with getting on the scoresheet with an assist in each game as well. He should give a boost to a back end that was tied for seventh-best with the Vegas Golden Knights in fewest-goals against per game with only 2.78 per game before acquiring Drysdale.