PHILADELPHIA vs ARIZONA NHL Odds, Pick & Preview

The PHILADELPHIA and the ARIZONA will both be gunning for a victory on 11/5/2018 at 9:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS vs ARIZONA COYOTES
When: 9:00 PM  ET, Monday, November 5, 2018
Where: Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona

TV: 9:05 PM
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: ARIZONA , PHILADELPHIA

Oddsmakers currently have the PHILADELPHIA listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the ARIZONA, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.5.

A five-game winning streak is unfamiliar territory for the Arizona Coyotes, who last accomplished the feat on Oct. 26-Nov. 5, 2013 – when they were known as the Phoenix Coyotes. The current pack of Coyotes aim to continue their successful ways on Monday when they conclude a five-game homestand with the opener of a home-and-home series against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Antti Raanta has provided sparkling goaltending by turning aside 103 of 108 shots during the homestand, including a career-high 48 in Arizona’s 4-3 overtime win over Carolina on Friday. “He’s just been terrific. He’s a leader. You could put a ‘C’ on his chest. He’s that type of guy,” coach Rick Tocchet told reporters of the 29-year-old Finn, who sports a 2-1-2 mark with one shutout, a 1.96 goals-against average and .943 save percentage in five career encounters against Philadelphia. While the Coyotes are allowing an NHL-best 2.0 goals per game and boast the league’s second-ranked penalty kill (92.1 percent) entering Sunday’s games, the Flyers are listed at 29th (3.86) and 30th (68.6), respectively, in those categories. Philadelphia yielded a power-play goal for the seventh consecutive contest on Saturday and saw a third-period lead go by the boards in a 4-3 overtime loss to San Jose, dropping it to 2-0-1 on its four-game trek.

TV: 9 p.m. ET, NBCS Philadelphia, FS Arizona

ABOUT THE FLYERS (6-7-1): Nolan Patrick (two goals, three assists), rookie Oskar Lindblom (one goal, four assists) and defenseman Ivan Provorov (two goals, one assist) have dented the scoresheet during each game of the road trip. Jordan Weal has nearly surpassed his October point total (three) in November (two) after notching an assist in Thursday’s 5-1 win at Los Angeles and scoring his second goal of the season versus the Sharks, although the 26-year-old felt Philadelphia should be perfect after three games on its road trip. “We should have six out of six; you go into the third with a lead, you should win those,” Weal told Philly.com.

ABOUT THE COYOTES (7-5-0): Offseason acquisition Michael Grabner scored 1:17 into overtime on Friday to extend his point streak to four games (three goals, two assists). Brad Richardson and defenseman Alex Goligoski also are enjoying a run of recording a point in four consecutive contests, with the former scoring a goal in back-to-back games and three total to go along with two assists during his run while the latter has six assists in his last three to go along with his first goal of the season. “We’re not going to keep scoring at this type of pace, it’s insane,” Richardson said of the Coyotes’ outscoring the opposition 24-7 on their five-game winning streak. “We’re just happy to kill the plays off and if we happen to score, it’s good.”

OVERTIME

1. Philadelphia has scored the first goal in each of the last three games after failing to do so in 10 of its previous 11.

2. Arizona has score a short-handed goal in four straight contests.

3. Provorov notched three assists in a 4-3 overtime loss against the Coyotes on Oct. 30, 2017.

PREDICTION: Coyotes 3, Flyers 1

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