Game Overview
The top-seeded Carolina Hurricanes look to complete the sweep of their best-of-seven series when they meet the third-seeded Philadelphia Flyers in a 2026 NHL playoff second-round Game 4 matchup on Saturday. Carolina took a commanding 3-0 series lead with a 4-1 win on Thursday night.
The Hurricanes (53-22-7), who won the Metropolitan Division with 113 points, are looking to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year in a row. The Flyers (43-27-12), who finished third in the Metropolitan Division with 98 points, have not advanced to the conference finals since 2009-10.
Face-off: 6 p.m. ET at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia
Betting Odds
The Hurricanes are the -198 favorites (risk $198 to win $100), while the over/under for total goals scored is 5.5.
Money line: Hurricanes -198, Flyers +164
Puck line: Hurricanes -1.5 (+131)
Key Matchup Predictions
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NHL game 10,000 times. After 10,000 simulations of Hurricanes vs. Flyers, the model is going Under on the total (5.5). The Under has hit in seven of the past 10 head-to-head matchups, including each of the last five.
The Under has also hit in nine of the past 10 Hurricanes games and seven of the past 10 Flyers games. Philadelphia finished the regular season 21st in offense, scoring 2.93 goals per game.
Player Projections
The model is projecting Carolina's Seth Jarvis to score .39 goals and .42 assists, while goaltender Frederik Andersen will make 20.2 saves and allow 2.21 goals.
Philadelphia's Travis Konecny is projected to score 0.30 goals and 0.45 assists. Goalie Dan Vladar will make 24.7 saves and allow 2.78 goals.
It projects 5.2 combined goals between the teams, making the Under the play 62% of the time.