GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 1-3-2
All-Time Record: 207gp (74-100-21-12)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - 31 pts: James van Riemsdyk (13g-18a)
BOS - 41 pts: Brad Marchand (17g-24a)
1. WHO'S ON FIRST
The Bruins have earned points in seven of their last nine games (5-2-2) to hold a three-point lead on the Flyers for the final playoff spot in the East with still two games in-hand... The Flyers have earned points in four of their last five games (3-1-1) with three of the four being decided past regulation play... Boston is tied for the NHL lead with the most games played past 60 minutes (12), while the Flyers are right behind them (11)... Six of the last 10 meetings between these two have gone past regulation play including three this season.
2. WHAT'S ON SECOND
Tonight is the second game on back-to-back nights - the seventh back-to-back this season for the Flyers and fifth for the Bruins... The Flyers own a 4-2-0 record in second games, which includes a perfect 2-0-0 mark when winning the night before... The Bruins are 1-3-0 in second games and have bounced back with a win in Game #2 one time after losing Game #1, going 1-1-0.
3. I DON'T KNOW IS ON THIRD
The Flyers are now tied for the NHL lead, along with the Bruins, with the most wins (4) when trailing after the second period... The Flyers rank second in the East Division and Top 5 in the entire NHL (T-5th) for the most third-period goals (43) and have scored six goals in the third period in their last five games, including three in the last two contests... The Bruins failed to score in the third period for the first time in three games, and have tallied at least one goal in the third period in seven of their last nine outings.
4. ON THE BOARD
The Flyers earned a come from behind, 3-2 overtime win, for their first win against the Bruins this season and snapped a six-game losing skid to the B's... Despite the loss, the Bruins have earned points in 10 straight meetings against the Flyers, going 6-0-4, with their last regulation loss coming on Jan. 16, 2019... The Bruins went 1-for-2 on the power play in Monday's game to maintain their 50% efficiency on the man advantage in the series (9-for-18)... The Flyers defense has a combined 10 points in the series with eight of those points coming from Ivan Provorov (4a) and Travis Sanheim (2g-2a) with Sanheim recording the only two goals.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (D: #9 - Ivan Provorov)
He recorded two assists in Monday's OT win which gives him five points (2g-3a) in the last four games... He leads the team's defense in both goals (6), assists (14) and overall points (20) as well as average ice time at 25:09 per-game, which is 3:27 more per-game than the next closes Flyer (Sanheim: 21:42).
BRUINS (RW: #88 - David Pastrnak)
Pastrnak has four points (2g-2a) in his last two games... Against the Flyers this season he has recorded points in all four games (9pts, 6g-3a) and currently has a six-game scoring streak with 11 points (7g-4a) and has a seven-game point streak playing in Philadelphia also with seven goals and four assists for 11 points - the last time the Flyers held him scoreless in Philly was Nov. 29, 2016.
