The Philadelphia Flyers are about to meet the Detroit Red Wings, and honestly, that’s a great thing.

The Flyers are the -125 favorite on the money line for Thursday’s home game, the first of two games in a week between these teams.

Detroit has lost five of its last six games and its only win during that stretch came against Buffalo, also bottom of the Eastern Conference.

To put things in a bigger perspective, the Flyers play three of their next five against Detroit and Columbus before hitting the road Disney on ice Vacation road trip.

Simply put: If you want to be a playoff team, win games against weaker opponents.

The Flyers already did this in their five-goal game on Tuesday night in Columbus, and to be honest, this game shouldn’t have even been that close as they held a 5-1 lead heading into the third period.

A similar performance can be expected from the Flyers against the Red Wings.

Detroit has won just three straight games this season, they have a -15 goal difference, and captain Dylan Larkin has reportedly requested a trade.

The Red Wings conceded 3.14 goals and 30.9 shots per game.

This is an ideal matchup for points and shots on goal betting for Flyers players.

Detroit gives up the third-most shots on goal per game to both centers and defensemen.

I would consider Travis Sanheim and Morgan Frost to be the best straight position players for these trends, but most of the Flyers’ top shot rippers play on the wings.

Matvei Michkov is currently the obvious choice for all props, whether it’s New Jersey sports betting apps or Pennsylvania sports betting apps. Michkov scored eight points in four games in December. He also had eight SOGs in the last three games. Before this hot run, Michkov was racking up points but wasn’t shooting the puck consistently.

Michkov is listed at around -150 to score a point at various sportsbooks and he has plus money of more than 2.5 shots on goal.

Sanheim’s shots at the back of the net are over/under 1.5, and even though he’s been shooting less lately, the matchup is setting up for him to get more pucks in the net.

Travis Konecny ​​​​and Owen Tippett are also obvious candidates for points and SOG props, as they finish first and second in SOGs and first and fourth in points.

If anything, I would support Michkov in any capacity because not only is he the hottest player on the Flyers, but he is also one of the hottest players in the NHL right now.