Flyers vs. Sharks Best Bet For NHL on Thursday, December 29, 2022

Our NHL handicapper provides his best bets from the Thursday, December 29, 2022 slate, featuring the game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the San Jose Sharks. Not only do we give you picks from one of the best hockey handicappers out there, but we also provide the results from our predictive analytics model, known as DimersBOT, which runs over 10,000 simulations of every major pro and college sport being played on Thursday, December 29 to identify the bets worth placing, and where we may have identified an edge against the sportsbooks' odds. We assess our probabilities against the money line odds, the puck line and the total, otherwise known as the Over/Under, and then tell you where the best odds and lines are available, allowing you to bet like a sharp and maximize your profits.

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Before Tone shares his wisdom, check out our below predictions from DimersBOT, our predictive analytics model. It has run 10,000 simulations for each game on the December 29, 2022 slate to give you the most accurate look at what you'll be betting on at SAP Center at San Jose. These probabilities will continue to update right up until puck drop, so keep an eye on them and see if you can get yourself some value.

Flyers vs. Sharks Predictions

• 57% chance the Sharks win on the money line
• 66% chance the Flyers cover the +1.5 puck line
• 56% chance Flyers-Sharks goes Under 6.5 total goals

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Flyers vs. Sharks Best Bets

Thursday, December 29, 2022 - 10:30PM ET

PICK: Philadelphia Flyers at San Jose Sharks Over 6 (-124)

PICK: Tomas Hertl Over 2.5 SOG (+114)

The Philadelphia Flyers return from the break to take on the San Jose Sharks tonight at the SAP Center.

Both of these teams have struggled this season and both will be part of the draft lottery after the season, with Phenom Connor Bedard being the top prize.

I am going to keep this play really simple and target the Over 6 tonight. The Flyers were dealt a tough blow as Carter Hart was placed on injured reserve yesterday and will most likely miss at least a week.

That leaves rookie Samuel Ersson to get his 2nd career start. His first one didn't go too well as he got pulled in the 2nd period after allowing 5 goals on 22 shots against the Hurricanes on Friday night.

The Sharks have had goaltending issues themselves this year as they will go to Kaapo Kahkonen tonight. Kaapo has been terrible on home ice as he has a .860 Save Percentage and a 3.90 Goals Against Average.

In 9 overall starts since November 1st, Kahkonen has allowed 35 goals, an average of 3.9 per game, and that includes a shutout mixed in. On the road this season, where Overs are 9-9, the Flyers are averaging 2.5 goals per game and allowing 3.4 per game.

At home this season, where Overs are 13-5, the Sharks are averaging 3.1 goals per game and allowing 3.9 per game.

The goal lamp should be on overload tonight in this matchup.I am also going to add Tomas Hertl to eclipse his shot on goal prop tonight. After a very slow start, Hertl has increased his production recently.

Hertl has hit this mark in 9 of his last 12 games, averaging 3.8 shots per game on 5.1 attempts per game. Tomas has also hit this mark in each of his last 3 home games, totaling 16 shots on goal on 21 attempts.

He draws a nice matchup tonight as the Flyers are allowing 9th most shots on goal amongst road teams, at 33.8.

Bet Flyers at San Jose Sharks Over 6 (-124) and Tomas Hertl Over 2.5 SOG (+114) BetMGM.

MORE: Dimers' full betting preview for Flyers vs. Sharks

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