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Sportsbooks offering a decent sized slate of NHL betting opportunities for Friday, but there’s little to work with since most of the playoff spots have already been claimed.  We’ll take a look at one of the few games of any significance as the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers fight it out for the last remaining postseason berth in the Eastern Conference.

Philadelphia Flyers at New York Rangers
April 9 4:05 PM Pacific

How’s this for a dramatic set up?  The Flyers currently hold the 8th and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and lead the 9th place New York Rangers by 2 points.  Both teams have 2 games remaining–a home and home series against each other.  Rangers are playing better down the stretch having won six of their last 10 games, while the Flyers have lost 7 of 10.  The two teams have split four games this season, and the Rangers have a slight 5-4 advantage against the Flyers on their home ice over the past three years.

Not really interested in a side play on either team–the Rangers clearly have the better form but we don’t want to lay -150 with them in a game with such weighty implications.  At the same time, not a lot of value playing the Flyers with only a small underdog takeback.  So we’ll look to the total, where 3 of the 4 meetings have gone Under this season.  We’ll disregard a December game where the Flyers blitzed the Rangers 6-0 chasing usually dependable goalie Henrik Lundqvist after only one period.  The other three games saw a total of 9 goals scored, or a 3 per game average total.  With so much on the line here, we sure don’t expect a high scoring contest and will play this one Under the total.

Bet Philadelphia/NY Rangers Under 5′ -130

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