Two Metropolitan Division rivals will square off when the Pittsburgh Penguins travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to face the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center with the game scheduled to start at 7:00 PM ET on Monday evening and will air on the NHL Network.

Pittsburgh has been a below-average team in the Eastern Conference this season as they enter this game in 7^th place in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 19-15-4 and 42 points which gives them the 12^th best record in the Eastern Conference. The Penguins have been a middle-of-the-pack team as far as goals per game as they rank 16^th in goals per game with an average of 3.14 goals per game while having one of the worst power-play success rates in the NHL with a success rate of 14.41% which ranks 26^th in the league. 

However, Pittsburgh has been one of the best defensive teams in the league as they are allowing the 7^th fewest goals per game while having the 9^th best penalty-kill percentage as they enter this game allowing an average of 2.76 goals per game while having a penalty-kill percentage of 82.61%. The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to bounce back following Saturday’s 1-3 loss at home against the Buffalo Sabres when they travel to face the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Philadelphia Flyers are one of the best players in the Eastern Conference this season as they enter this game with a record of 20-13-6 and 46 points which puts them in 3^rd place in the Metropolitan Division and gives them the 6^th best record in the Eastern Conference. The success for the Flyers this season can be attributed to their defensive play and goalies as they are allowing the 8^th fewest goals per game while having one of the best penalty-kill percentages in the league as they are allowing an average of 2.82 goals per game while having the 2^nd best penalty-kill percentage in the NHL with a penalty kill percentage of 85.95%. 

However, Philadelphia has been one of the lowest-scoring teams in the NHL and has the worst power-play success rate in the league as they are averaging 2.97 goals per game and have a power-play success rate of 9.84%. The Flyers have lost four of their last five games but will be looking to build off the momentum following the 3-2 win at home against the Calgary Flames when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday evening.

BookMaker has the Pittsburgh Penguins listed as -125 moneyline favorites on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday evening. Pittsburgh is 7-1-2 in the last ten while Philadelphia has won two of the previous three meetings. The Flyers have won by an average margin of 1.4 goals per game over the last ten while both teams are averaging 2.67 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Philadelphia enters this game with a better record, however, they have lost four of their last five games and have struggled in the series against Pittsburgh having lost seven of the last ten meetings while having lost by an average of 1.4 goals per game in those matchups. Take the moneyline for the Pittsburgh Penguins at -125 when they travel to face the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday evening.