The Philadelphia Flyers are back home for a quick homestand, and first up are the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. The Flyers are coming off getting routed 7-0 by the Tampa Bay Lightning, in which they gave up four goals in the first ten minutes of the game. Also, during this stretch, it was the head coach, John Tortorella, getting tossed from the game. San Jose is coming off a 2-1 victory at home against the Ottawa Senators, which ended their losing streak at nine. Thomas Bordeleau scored both goals for the Sharks, and Magnus Chrona made 31 saves for his first NHL win. The question going into this game is, can the Flyers get a much-needed two points against a really bad hockey team?
Philadelphia Flyers vs San Jose Sharks Betting Odds
| Team | PuckLine | Total | Moneyline |
| Philadelphia Flyers |
-1.5 -115 |
U6 -105 |
-298 |
| San Jose Sharks |
+1.5 -105 |
O6 -115 |
+240 |
| **Odds Courtesy of DraftKings | |||
Philadelphia Flyers vs San Jose Sharks Match Details
Fixture: San Jose Sharks @ Philadelphia Flyers
Date and Time: March 12, 2024 @ 7:08 p.m.
Location: Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA
Apex Tale of the Tape
| Philadelphia Flyers | vs. | San Jose Sharks |
| 33-24-8 | Record | 16-40-7 |
| 2.89 | Goals Per Game | 2.19 |
| 2.94 | Goals Against Per Game | 3.89 |
| 12.7% | Power Play % | 20.7% |
| 85.4% | Penalty Kill % | 73.5% |
| 33.3 | Shots Per Game | 25.3 |
| 27.7 | Shots Against Per Game | 35.4 |
| 49.4% | Faceoff % | 49.3% |
| 8.7% | Shooting % | 8.7% |
Key Stats
Philadelphia Flyers
- The Philadelphia Flyers will not have John Tortorella behind the bench. The head coach was suspended on Sunday for two games and fined $50000 for not leaving the bench in a timely manner.
- The Flyers lost to the Sharks 2-1 on November 7th. Joel Farabee had the only goal for Philadelphia.
- Expect Sam Ersson back on goal after being pulled in the first period on Saturday. Ersson’s 16 home starts are 8-7-2 with a 2.65 GAA.
- Egor Zamula will be a game-time decision after falling ill on Saturday.
- Nick Seeler is week-to-week after taking a puck off of his ankle.
- Philadelphia is 2-2-1 in its last five.
San Jose Sharks
- The roster looks much different than it did a week ago. Anthony Duclair, Tomas Hertl, Radim Simek, and Nikita Okhotiuk were all traded last week in deadline deals. Arriving in San Jose are Vitek Vanecek, David Edstrom, Klim Kostin, and Jack Thompson. This team is in a rebuild, so these players, besides Vanecek, are not really known.
- On the injury front for this Philadelphia Flyers game, the team’s captain, Logan Couture is out for the season with a serious groin injury. He only played six games this year and scored only one goal. He should be ready by training camp next season. Also, Jan Rutta and Mike Hoffman are day-to-day.
- The Sharks are 1-4 in their last five.
- Tuesday’s game is the first of a five-game road trip.
Match Prediction
Philadelphia needs this game badly. The New York Islanders are creeping up on them in the division, and a few more in the wild-card chase. I am expecting, a bounceback from the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday, and a victory over the Sharks.
Final pick
Philadelphia Flyers MoneyLine (-298)
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