Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 25, 2008 | By Scott Burgess | Picks Articles Archive

The Philadelphia Flyers will be hoping to avoid their 11^th straight loss in a row tonight when they take on the Buffalo Sabres. The Flyers have been hit by the injury bug and they’ll be without their top goal scorer Mike Richards.

Game Philadelphia (30-25-3-4) at Buffalo (30-24-1-7)
Faceoff: Mon, Feb 25, 2008 7:00 PM ET
Line: Betway.com
Pick: Buffalo 1.90

The Buffalo Sabres(1.90) host the Philadelphia Flyers(3.25) tonight, at the HSBC Arena, for some hard hitting NHL action. Betway.com has the Buffalo Sabres as 1.80 favorites with the over/under listed at 5. The last nine meeting between these two teams the over/under has been OVER seven times. Get your free NHL Pick in now!

The Buffalo Sabres come into this game winning two of their last five games after they recently lost 3-4 to the N.Y. Rangers as 105-moneyline favs. The Sabres have averaged 2.80 GAG in their last five games and they’ve scored four goals in their last nineteen power plays. Their offense overall is good for a 6^th ranked 3 GAG while their power play sits ranked 5^th. Jason Pominville is the Sabers top producer with 55pts and Thomas Vanek is their top scorer with 26 goals. Pominville had his best game of the season against the Flyers, when he netted a goal and three assists for a career-high four points in that shootout victory.

On defense the Sabers have allowed 3.40 GAG in their last five games and their penalty kill has only allowed two goals in eighteen kills. Goalie Ryan Miller has been pretty solid in net winning two of his last three road trips and he’s now 28-20-6 with a 2.41 GAA and a .915 SVPCT. The Sabres currently sit in 4^th place in the Northeast Standings and are 16-10-0-3 at home.

The Philadelphia Flyers are in big trouble with their best producers out with injuries. Mike Richards, Jeffery Lupol and Simon Gagne are the Flyers top producers and their all out for at least 2-3 weeks. The Flyers offense has averaged 1.80 GAG in their last five and they’ve scored one power play goal in six games. Overall they usually score a 4^th ranked 3.0 GAG but that was with their top producers in the lineup. Same with their power play, it was ranked 2^nd. They aren’t going to like what’s in store for them in the next couple of weeks.

On defense they’ve allowed an average 2.60 GAG in their last five and their penalty kill has allowed three goals in their last ten games. That’s pretty good. Overall their defense allows a 20^th ranked 2.8 GAG and their penalty kill sits idly ranked 17^th. Goalie Martin Biron has three wins in his last ten starts and is now 20-16-5 with a 2.73 GAA and a .916 SVPCT. They currently sit in 4^th place in the Atlantic Standings and are 17-13-0-1 on the road.

Bottom Line: It’s not looking good for the Flyers. Despite the Sabres lack of wins, they do have what it takes to get the win tonight against a weak Flyers team. Get your free NHL Pick in now!

Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres

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