Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers: Game preview, predictions and odds

Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers: Game preview, predictions and odds | March 27, 2025

By Cole Shelton

Modified Mar 27, 2025 16:18 GMT

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The Montreal Canadiens are on the road to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. EDT.

Montreal (33-28-9) is coming off a 6-1 loss to St. Louis. Philadelphia (28-36-9) is coming off a 7-2 loss to Toronto.

Canadiens vs Flyers: Head-to-head & key stats

Montreal is 97-75-30-7 all-time against Philadelphia
The Canadiens are 15-16-4 on the road
Philadelphia is allowing 3.43 goals per game
Montreal is averaging 2.98 goals per game
The Flyers are 16-19-1 at home
The Canadiens are allowing 3.3 goals per game
Philadelphia is averaging 2.69 goals per game

Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers: Preview

Montreal is battling for a playoff spot and are led by Nick Suzuki who has 73 points, Cole Caufield has 62 points, Lane Hutson has 54 points and Juraj Slafkovsky has 43 points.

The Canadiens are expected to start Sam Montembeault who's 25-22-6 with a 2.93 GAA and a .898 SV%. In his career against the Flyers, he's 2-0 with a 3.34 GAA and a .894 SV%.

Philadelphia, meanwhile, is on a six-game losing streak and fired coach John Tortorella. The Flyers will start Samuel Ersson who's 19-15-5 with a 3.10 GAA and a .882 SV%. In his career against the Canadiens, Ersson is 1-2 with a 3.47 GAA and a .824 SV%.

The Flyers are led by Travis Konecny who has 68 points, Matvei Michkov has 51 points, Sean Couturier has 37 points and Owen Tippett has 37 points.

Canadiens vs Flyers: Odds & Prediction

Montreal is a -122 favorite, while Philadelphia is a +102 underdog and the over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

The Canadiens are battling for a playoff spot, and this is a must-win for the Habs. Philadelphia will likely get a bump with an interim coach, but Montreal will come out strong and get a road win here.

The Flyers' goaltending and defense has been an issue and this Habs offense will be able to get the win.

Prediction: Canadiens 4, Flyers 2.

Canadiens vs Flyers: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Montreal ML (-122)

Tip 2: Under 6.5 goals (-130)

Tip 3: Cole Caufield 3+ shots on goal (-135)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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