The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers clash Wednesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in their first game of the 2026-27 NHL season. The opening faceoff at Xfinity Mobile Arena will be at 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT / truTV). Let's analyze NHL odds around the Penguins vs. Flyers odds and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
2025-26 season series: Split 4 regular-season meetings; Flyers won 4-2 in opening round of Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Penguins went 41-25-16 last season and returned to the playoffs after a 3-year absence, and Pittsburgh is looking for more at both ends of the ice after their first-round exit vs. Philly. The Pens would love to get off to a strong start like they did last season when they went 8-2-2 with a plus-13 goal differential
across their first dozen games.
Philadelphia broke through last season at 43-27-12, reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2020 and advancing to the second round (lost 4-0 to the Carolina Hurricanes) as part of a terrific late-season surge. The last 25 games of the regular season saw the Flyers go 18-6-1.
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Penguins at Flyers odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Penguins +118 (bet $100 to win $118) | Flyers -145 (bet $145 to win $100)
- Puck line (PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Penguins +1.5 (-200) | Flyers -1.5 (+165)
- Over/Under (O/U): 6 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Penguins at Flyers projected goalies
Arturs Silovs (2025-26: 19-12-8, 3.07 GAA, .887 SV%) vs. Dan Vladar (2025-26: 24-15-7, 2.63 GAA, .899 SV%)
Silovs' 39 games last season were a career-high. The Latvian netminder's home numbers were shaky (.878 SV%), but he logged a .902 SV% in road games. Silovs faced the Flyers 4 times last season (including playoffs), going 2-1-1 with a 1.62 GAA and .936 SV%.
Vladar also played in a career-high number of games last season (52). He faced the Penguins 7 times last season, winning once in the regular season and posting a sensational .937 SV% in last year's playoff series, going 4-2 with a 1.61 GAA.
Penguins at Flyers picks and predictions
Prediction
Penguins 3, Flyers 2
Moneyline
Pittsburgh won its season opener on the road last year, and that was a part of the Penguins going 4-1-0 over their first 5 games away from home.
Philadelphia was outscored 15-6 while going 1-3-0 in the preseason. They could be at a special-teams disadvantage in this one: Philly filed a league-worst 15.7% rate on power plays last season; the Pens converted on 24.1% (seventh). Mix in some preseason expected-goal figures that point to an even matchup, and the Penguins getting this much plus return makes them a value.
TAKE PITTSBURGH (+122 at FanDuel Sportsbook).
Puck line/Against the spread
No interest; PASS.
Over/Under
The Under went 4-1-1 in last April's playoff series.
The Pens have a couple of depth offensive contributors out in LW Andrei Kuzmenko (personal) and RW Bryan Rust (upper body). The Philadelphia offense is not a juggernaut on its best day and had particular struggles at home late last season.
The UNDER 5.5 (+114 at FanDuel Sportsbook) is the value ticket here.
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