GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 4-2-0
All-Time Record: 298gp (161-96-30-11)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - 40 pts: Jakub Voracek (9g-31a)
PIT - 56 pts: Sidney Crosby (20g-36a)
1. FINAL WEEK
The Flyers enter their final week of the season in which they will play five games in an eight-day span including two sets of back-to-backs beginning tonight with the Penguins... The Flyers have dropped three straight, all in regulation, but have not lost four consecutive games in regulation since the end of the 2018-19 season when they dropped five in-a-row (Mar. 30-Apr. 6, 2019).
2. MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
The Pens come in owning the top spot in the East Division with 71 points... They have won two in-a-row and six of their last seven games, as well as six of their last seven road games... Since their win on Mar. 2 over the Flyers, the Penguins have been the NHL's best team by posting a 23-7-2 record for 48 points... Overall on the season, the Pens have scored the NHL's most goals (175) and are T-2nd in goals per-game (3.37).
3. BATTLE OF PA
The Flyers and Pens meet in a two-game set on back-to-back nights to close out their season series and it will be the 299th and 300th all-time meeting between the two clubs... This is the first meeting at Wells Fargo Center since the opening two games of the season on Jan. 13 & 15 with the Flyers sweeping the two-game set... Each of the last three meetings have been decided by one goal, including the last meeting in which the Flyers earned a 2-1 shootout win in Pittsburgh... The Flyers have also won four straight meetings at home against the Penguins with their last loss coming on Feb. 11, 2019.
4. FIRST THING'S FIRST
The Flyers have allowed the first goal of the game in 10 straight and 19 of their last 21 games, but they have also scored seven goals in the third period in their last four games... The Pens have led after the first period the more than any other teams this season (24) and are tied for the most wins when leading after the first period with a 20-3-1 record.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (LW: #86 - Joel Farabee)
Farabee scored the lone goal in the loss to the Devils and now is tied for the team lead in goals (16) which is also double the amount of goals he had all of last year having two less games... Against the Pens, Farabee averages over a point per-game with six points (3g-3a) in five games, which included a four-point night in the opening game on Jan. 13.
PENGUINS (C: #87 - Sidney Crosby)
Crosby has been held without a point in each of his last three games for the first time this season, but he has recorded a point in all five games he has played against the Flyers with six points (3g-3a) this year... He is the NHL's active leader in scoring against the Flyers, including fourth all-time, with 111 points (46g-65a) in 75 games and is the all-time leading scorer against the Flyers on the road with 50 points (20g-30a) in 35 games.
