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.

The power-play quarterback has only registered four shots on 24 attempts, with his 3.15 shots per 60 minutes trailing way behind last year’s 7.09 mark. Meanwhile, his 18.88 attempts per 60 to start the season are up from his 15.72 in 2023-24.