Last Updated on April 14, 2010 10:00 am by drew
Devils-Flyers Pick
Two teams looking to add some more history to their storied franchises collide Wednesday when the Philadelphia Flyers meet the New Jersey Devils in the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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The Devils are the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference while the Flyers are the No. 7 seed.
Oddsmakers from online sports book SPORTSBETTING.com have made New Jersey the favorites to win the series with a money line of -240 while the Flyers have a line of +180.
In six meetings this season, the Flyers won five games against the Devils, with the lone New Jersey win coming on Dec. 12, 2009 in a 4-1 victory. Three of the games in the series were decided by one goal. In the season series, the Devils took equal or more shots in the four games, but couldn’t quite find the net.
New Jersey scored 222 goals on the year and allowed an NHL low 191. The Devils won 48 games this season to acquire 103 points. New Jersey was 27-10-4 at home this season as they won the Atlantic Division. The Devils were led this season by Zach Parise, who scored 38 goals and had 44 assists. Parise had a plus/minus of +24 on the season. Travis Zajac added 25 goals and 42 assists for the Devils while Brian Rolston had 20 goals. Martin Brodeur won 45 games in net for New Jersey, posting nine shutouts and a goals against average of 2.24. Broduer stopped 92 percent of his shots.
The Flyers scored 236 goals this season while allowing 225. Philadelphia won 41 games on the season for 88 points and they were 24-14-3 at home and 17-21-3 on the road. Mike Richards scored 31 goals and had 31 assists to lead the Flyers this season. Jeff Carter added 33 goals and 28 assists while Chris Pronger had 45 assists. Danny Briere also added 26 goals and 27 assists. The Flyers have had to use three different goalies on the season, but now two are injured, forcing Brian Boucher to lead the way in net. Boucher won just nine games on the year and has a goals against average of 2.76 with a save percentage of .900.
Had the Flyers not had injury issues at goalie, this series would be more intriguing. While the Flyers dominated the season series, the playoffs are all about goaltending and Brodeur is the more reliable net minder. For that reason, we like the Devils to move on to the second round.
Our Stanley Cup Series Free Pick for this matchup is: NEW JERSEY -240
Stanley Cup Playoffs Betting Trends
PHILADELPHIA is 42-41 ATS (-14.2 Units) in all games this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 12-21 ATS (-10.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 7-15 ATS (-8.9 Units) in road games second half of the season this season.
NEW JERSEY is 22-10 ATS (+4.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
NEW JERSEY is 20-23 ATS (-17.2 Units) second half of the season this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
NEW JERSEY is 10-10-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
11 of 19 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.3 Units)
Stanley Cup Playoffs Injury Report
PHILADELPHIA
[GO] 02/08/2010 – Ray Emery out for season ( Hip )
[GO] 04/08/2010 – Johan Backlund doubtful Sunday vs. NY Rangers ( Groin )
[GO] 03/18/2010 – Michael Leighton out 8-10 weeks ( Ankle )
NEW JERSEY
[RW] 04/10/2010 – Vladimir Zharkov "?" Sunday vs. Buffalo ( Undisclosed )
Stanley Cup Playoffs Series Odds
New Jersey Devils -240
Philadelphia Flyers +180
Devils vs. Flyers Series Schedule:
Wednesday, April 14 at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. TSN
Friday, April 16 at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. TSN
Sunday, April 18 at Philadelphia, 6:00 p.m. TSN
Tuesday, April 20 at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. TSN2
*Thursday, April 22 at New Jersey, 7:00 p.m. TSN
*Sunday, April 25 at Philadelphia, TBD TSN
*Tuesday, April 27 at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. TSN
*If Necessary
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Posted: 4/14/10 10:00AM ET