Flyers vs. Canucks Prediction, NHL Odds & Best Bets (11/9)

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Odds as of 8:31 AM ET, Nov 9, 2026

The Flyers (4-10-5) visit the Canucks (3-15-1) at Rogers Arena, with puck drop at 9:30 PM ET. Philadelphia scores 2.21 goals a game, 31st in the league, and tonight it draws the defense most likely to help. Vancouver has allowed 4.58 goals a game, the most in the NHL, and gets outshot by more than nine shots a night, the worst margin in the league. The Canucks have lost five straight and are 1-7-0 at home. Philadelphia's offense should finally find some room here, and both picks need exactly that: Flyers goals and a Flyers win.

The schedule is what keeps the price honest. Philadelphia is on the second night of a back-to-back after losing 4-3 in overtime in Calgary last night, a game in which it held three one-goal leads and kept none of them. Dan Vladar started that one, and Joseph Woll is expected in net tonight, though nothing is confirmed. Vancouver hasn't named a starter either. Leevi Merilainen (.889 save percentage) and Kevin Lankinen (.808) have both struggled, and Thatcher Demko is on injured reserve.

Flyers vs. Canucks Predictions

• Pick #1: Flyers Moneyline (-136)
• Pick #2: Jamie Drysdale Over 0.5 Points (+125)

PICK #1: Flyers Moneyline (-136)

Vancouver gets buried in shots. The Canucks average 21.8 shots a game, the fewest in the league, and allow 31.2, the most. They also kill only 63.5% of penalties, second-worst in the NHL. Philadelphia gives up 3.37 goals a game, more than a goal fewer than Vancouver's 4.58, so even a quiet Flyers attack has some margin.

At -136, the price implies a 57.6% chance. The public has sided heavily with Philadelphia, with 88% of the moneyline money on the Flyers from 74% of the bets.

The back-to-back is the reason this isn't a bigger number. Philadelphia is 1-6-2 on the road and plays the night after an overtime game. But Woll is the fresh goalie, with a .899 save percentage, and he only needs an ordinary night against a team that rarely tests him. If he doesn't start, or Vancouver's goalie steals one, the gap between these teams shrinks.

PICK #2: Jamie Drysdale Over 0.5 Points (+125)

Drysdale has a point in each of his last four games and in 7 of his last 10. He has six assists in those four, three of them against Utah and one in Calgary last night. He plays on the top pair with Travis Sanheim, has logged between 21 and 27 minutes a night over the 10-game stretch, and projects to run the first power-play unit.

The run is recent. He had no points in his first nine games this season, and last season he had a point in 28 of 78 games. That longer record falls short of the 44.4% chance that +125 implies, so the case rests on tonight's opponent. Drysdale has been in on 9 of Philadelphia's 42 goals this season, about one in five. Vancouver allows 4.58 goals a game and kills 63.5% of penalties, so the Flyers should beat their usual two goals, and every extra one is another chance at a point for him.

All six of his recent assists came at even strength, which makes the power play a bonus for this bet. If Philadelphia scores once or twice, this probably loses. The lines and power-play units are also only projected for tonight.

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