Philadelphia Flyers vs Vegas Golden Knights: Game preview, predictions and odds

Philadelphia Flyers vs Vegas Golden Knights: Game preview, predictions and odds | January 2, 2025

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The Philadelphia Flyers are on the road to play the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET. Philadelphia (17-17-4) is coming off a 4-0 shutout win over San Jose on Tuesday. Vegas (25-9-3) is coming off a 3-2 upset loss to Montreal.

Flyers vs Golden Knights: Head-to-head & key stats

Philadelphia is 6-5-2 all-time against Vegas
The Flyers are averaging 3.05 goals per game
Vegas is 15-4 at home
Philadelphia is allowing 3.5 goals per game
The Golden Knights are averaging 3.51 goals per game
The Flyers are 9-8-3 on the road
Vegas is allowing 2.72 goals per game

Philadelphia Flyers vs Vegas Golden Knights: Preview

Philadelphia is 2-2 in its last four as the Flyers are led by Travis Konecny who has 42 points, followed by Matvei Michkov (29), Owen Tippett (23) and Scott Laughton (21).

The Flyers will start Aleksei Kolosov, who is 4-7-1 with a 3.39 GAA and a .872 SV%. This will be his first start against Vegas in his NHL career.

The Golden Knights, meanwhile, had its six-game winning streak snapped last time out with its 3-2 upset loss to Montreal in a game they led 2-0. Vegas will start Adin Hill who's 16-6-2 with a 2.65 GAA and a .902 SV%. In his career against Philadelphia, he's 2-0 with a 2.09 GAA and a .930 SV%.

Jack Eichel leads Vegas with 48 points, followed by Ivan Barbashev with 30, Mark Stone with 30, Shea Theodore with 20, and Tomas Hertl with 25.

Flyers vs Golden Knights: Odds & Prediction

Philadelphia is a +170 underdog while Vegas is a -205 favorite, while the over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

The Flyers shut out San Jose, but starting goalie Samuel Ersson suffered an injury, so Philadelphia will have to turn to their backup. Vegas, meanwhile, blew a 2-0 lead to Montreal, so there will be a chip on their shoulder here.

The Golden Knights will come out strong and score on Kolosov who has struggled at times this season. Adin Hill, meanwhile, will continue his success in net as Vegas cruises to a lopsided win here.

Prediction: Vegas 4, Philadelphia 1.

Flyers vs Golden Knights: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Vegas -1.5 (+120)

Tip 2: Under 6.5 goals (-115)

Tip 3: Alex Pietrangelo 2+ shots on goal (-165)

Tip 4: Tomas Hertl 1+ point (-130)

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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