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By: BoDog Sportsbook
Date: Mar 29, 2011
   
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The division-rival Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins are in a heated battle for both the Atlantic Division and first place in the Eastern Conference. They’ll play for the sixth and final time on Tuesday in a key battle on the NHL betting board.

Pittsburgh (45-23-8) has won consecutive games—including a win over Philly last week—and is 8-2-0 in its past 10 outings. The Pens topped Florida 2-1 on Sunday.

The Penguins have been winning thanks to absolutely absurd play from Marc-Andre Fleury. Fleury has just completed arguably the best three-game stretch of his career. The netminder went 3-0-0 while allowing just two goals—despite all three games going to overtime and a shootout. Fleury stopped 77 of the 79 shots he faced and turned away nine of the 10 shots he faced in the shootout.

Now Pittsburgh has to find him some offensive support. The club has managed just two regulation goals in the past three games, so it’s hard to find a Penguin who isn’t completely ice cold right now. Alex Kovalev and James Neal each have just one goal since being acquired by the Penguins, but they’ve at least contributed in shootouts. Neal has won three games in shootouts this week alone.

The Flyers (45-20-10) are just 5-1-4 in their past 10 games. While it’s nice to collect a point for overtime and shootout losses, the slump has still allowed Pittsburgh to narrow the gap in the Atlantic Division. Philly lost 2-1 to the Boston Bruins on Sunday.

Philadelphia is struggling offensively. The Flyers committed a season-high 20 turnovers against Boston, compared to a season average of just eight per game. Philly is trying too hard to make long, aggressive passes. That’s also giving other teams chances to score, and the Flyers have allowed 30-plus shots in three straight games.

At least the club is getting improved play in net. Sergei Bobrosky had struggled over the past few weeks, but the rookie and backup Brian Boucher are back on track now. They combined to allow just four goals on a .961 save percentage in their past three starts.

Philly is 3-2 against the Penguins this season, but Pittsburgh won 2-1 when they met last Thursday. Fleury made 19 saves in the victory.

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