The New Jersey Devils will host the Philadelphia Flyers in a 2024 NHL Stadium Series matchup on Saturday night, featuring two of the top four teams in the Metropolitan Division. The Flyers (29-19-7), who are 1-1 in their previous Stadium Series games, are looking to post their first win in the event since beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 at Lincoln Financial Field in 2019. The Devils (27-22-4), who lost their only Stadium Series game 7-3 to the New York Rangers at Yankee Stadium in 2014, are just 4-5-1 over their past 10 games. Philadelphia has won four of their past five games.
The puck will drop at 8 p.m. ET at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. New Jersey is favored at -139 (risk $139 to win $100) in the latest Flyers vs. Devils odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total goals scored is 6. Before making any Devils vs. Flyers picks, check out the NHL Winter Classic 2024 predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.
This model simulates every NHL game 10,000 times, taking into account factors like current form, individual matchups, injuries and short- and long-term trends when making NHL picks. It enters this matchup on a strong 7-2 run on top-ranked NHL money-line picks.
Now, the model has set its sights on Flyers vs. Devils. You can visit SportsLine now to see the picks. Here are the latest NHL odds from and trends for Devils vs. Flyers:
- Flyers vs. Devils money line: Philadelphia +117, New Jersey -139
- Flyers vs. Devils over/under: 6 goals
- Flyers vs. Devils puck line: New Jersey -1.5 (+171)
- PHI: The Flyers have hit the first-period money line in 39 of their last 82 games (+13.40 units)
- NJ: The Devils have hit the third-period game total over in 64 of their last 94 games (+15.50 units)
- Flyers vs. Devils picks: See picks at SportsLine
Why you should back the Devils
Veteran right wing Tyler Toffoli has been hot of late, posting six goals over the past seven games. He opened the scoring on Monday in New Jersey's 3-1 win over Seattle with a power-play goal. When Toffoli finds the net, the Devils usually win. In the 26 games the team has won when he has played, Toffoli has scored 17 goals, while adding five assists. He has one goal and one assist in the two games against the Flyers.
Center Nico Hischier is also playing well of late. He has scored three goals and added four assists in the six games this month, including a two-goal effort in the 4-2 win over Nashville on Tuesday. The 25-year-old was New Jersey's and the league's top pick in the 2017 NHL Draft. In 423 games played since then, he has registered 125 goals and 196 assists. He has three assists against Philadelphia this season. See who to back at SportsLine.
Why you should back the Flyers
Philadelphia is led by right wing Travis Konecny, who has scored at least one point in each of his last five games, and has been red hot in the month of February. In Thursday's loss at Toronto, he registered a goal and an assist. Three nights earlier against Arizona in a 5-3 win, Konecny scored a goal and added two assists. In two games against the Devils in 2023-24, he has two assists. For the year, he has registered 26 goals and 25 assists in 55 games played. He has three power-play goals and five short-handed scores.
Also helping power the Flyers' offense is 23-year-old Joel Farabee, the team's top pick in the 2018 draft. In 55 games this season, he has scored 17 goals and added 25 assists. He had an assist in Thursday's loss and has two for the month, after registering five goals and 10 assists in January. He has one assist in the two games against New Jersey. See who to back at SportsLine.
How to make Flyers vs. Devils picks
SportsLine's model is leaning Under on the total, projecting 5.9 combined goals. It also says one side of the money line has all the value. You can only get the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins Devils vs. Flyers, and which side of the money line has all the value? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the money line to jump on Saturday, all from the advanced model that has simulated this matchup 10,000 times.
