GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 3-2-0
All-Time Record: 297gp (160-96-30-11)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - 34 pts: James van Riemsdyk (13g-21a)
PIT - 48 pts: Sidney Crosby (16g-32a)
1. RIVALRY RENEWED
This is the sixth meeting of the season series with the Flyers holding a 3-2 advantage... The last two games were decided by one goal and by a score of 4-3 with the Pens taking the last meeting... The Flyers have not dropped two meetings in-a-row to Pittsburgh since a four-game skid from Nov. 27, 2017 - Mar. 25, 2018... At least seven combined goals have been scored in the last six games between these two and the Flyers have outscored the Pens 8-4 in third periods this season.
2. MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
The Pens return home after a six-game road trip and have won three straight entering tonight while outscoring their opponent, 16-8... Pittsburgh has also scored four or more goals in six straight games, as well as nine of their last 10 games and have posted an 8-2-0 record in that stretch... Overall, the Pens rank third in the NHL in both goals scored (143) and goals per-game (3.40)... Since Mar. 2, they are T-2nd in the NHL for most points (33) with a 16-5-1 record.
3. SKIDS & STREAKS
The Flyers come in looking to snap a two-game losing skid - They have not dropped three straight games in regulation all season with the last time that occurring was the middle of last season (Dec. 31, 2019 - Jan. 4, 2020)... The Flyers have scored a goal in the first period in four straight games, recording six first-period goals in that span... Sean Couturier has points in three straight games (2g-1a)... Jake Guentzel has a six-game point streak, averaging nearly two points per-game with 11 points (5g-6a), while Brian Dumoulin has points in five straight with five points (2g-3a).
4. THIS, THAT & THE OTHER
THIS: Former Flyer Jeff Carter is expected to be in the lineup for his first game as a Penguin since coming to Pittsburgh in a trade with the LA Kings... THAT: The Flyers continue to rank in the Top 5 of the NHL in faceoffs (3rd) at 52.9 percent with Claude Giroux ranking 7th in the NHL at 57.9 percent... THE OTHER: The Pens have scored a goal on the power play in five straight games, going 6-for-15 (40%) - they are also operating over 40 percent (40.7%) on the man advantage in their last nine games, going 11-for-27 in that stretch.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (RW: #11 - Travis Konecny)
Konecny leads all players in the season series in both goals (4) and points (9) in five games and has four points (1g-3a) in the last two meetings against the Pens... Konecny is without a point in his last two games, but has not gone three straight without a point since before the team's break from COVID-19.
PENGUINS (C: #87 - Sidney Crosby)
It's the 75th career game against the Flyers for Crosby, who is the NHL's active leader in scoring against Philadelphia and fourth all-time with 110 points (45g-65a) in 74 games... He also has points in every game of the season series with five points in four games (2g-3a) and comes into tonight with points in five of his last six games with nine points (2g-7a).
