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The Betting Public is Backing the Colorado Avalanche to Defeat the Philadelphia Flyers

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jan 23rd, 2026 · 1:26 PM EST

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DraftKings sent over some insights for Friday night’s NHL slate.

The Flyers aren’t getting much love at all against the wagon known as the Colorado Avalanche:

• moneyline: 89% of the bets and 89% of the handle on Avalanche (-290)
• puck line: 80% of the bets and 94% of the handle on Avalanche -1.5 (-115)
• total: 48% of the bets and 72% of the handle on over 6.5 goals (-110)

If you want to get in on the action, grab a DraftKings promo code and go to town. There’s not a lot of standalone value on that -290 Avalanche moneyline, but -115 on the puck line seems like a good price considering the Avalanche have lost a grand total of five regulation games this year while posting a +77 goal differential. The Flyers are -8 after the recent skid.

The only thing throwing a wrench into this one is that the Flyers should be on a two-game win streak. They grinded out a hell of a result in Vegas, killing off six power plays in a 2-1 win. Then they blew a late lead in Utah only because Garnet Hathaway decided not to shoot the puck into an empty net. Colorado, meantime, is wrapping up a seven-game homestand in which they’ve only gone 3-3 with a regulation loss, OT loss, and shootout loss. They’ve looked human since the calendar flipped to January.

Dan Vladar remains out for the Flyers, who will start Sam Ersson for a third straight game. He’s been better recently, and 6.5 is a steep over/under number, but this is a Colorado team that went to at least seven goals in four of their last six games.

For what it’s worth, the Flyers battled the Avs to a 3-2 loss in Philly back in December and that game was totally competitive.

Maybe it’s worth a sprinkle on the under. The value is there.

Or, we avoid this one like the plague and spend our weekend money with NJ online casinos and PA online casinos.