This western Canada road swing is a trip that comes up somewhat frequently for NHL teams, as the league looks for efficiencies in travel. In the previous three seasons, there have been 27 such road trips in which a team,

The Oilers are a -210 favorite at BetMGM as of Tuesday afternoon. While acknowledging that the Oilers are in a different class compared to the Flyers in terms of roster talent, you’d be hard-pressed to pick a team you’d want to play less than Philadelphia in this situation.

Turning to Blackhawks second-line center Philipp Kurashev, his offensive numbers plummet when he’s not skating with Bedard. Kurashev has been on the ice for just 1.15 goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 without Bedard dating back to last season, compared to 2.2 goals when they’re jumping the boards together.