GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 2-1-0
All-Time Record (as NJD): 217gp (91-92-15-19)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - 37 pts: James van Riemsdyk (16g-21a)
NJD - 25 pts: Pavel Zacha (10g-15a), Jesper Bratt (5g-20a) & Jack Hughes (11g-14a)
1. GET USED TO THIS
The Flyers and Devils kick off the first of four straight meetings, a first in Flyers regular season history, while the Devils just faced the NY Rangers four straight times from Apr. 13-18... The Flyers have played the Devils the least amount of times (3), winning the first two meetings of the year but dropping the last meeting (4-3) on Mar. 23... The Flyers have outscored the Devils 7-1 in the third period and have six players who have averaged at least a point per-game in the series led by James van Riemsdyk with five points (2g-3a).
2. LATELY...
The Flyers come in looking to rebound after a 4-1 loss to the Rangers on Friday night... The Flyers are 10-4-4 in games following a regulation loss... The Devils will be playing their second game in as many days and after a 4-2 loss vs. Penguins on Saturday, they have lost, in regulation, eight straight games by a combined score of 41-19 and have given up five or more goals in six of the eight games... The Devils are one of three teams in the NHL who have already been eliminated from the playoffs.
3. AT HOME ON THE ROAD
The Flyers return home where they have played just five times in their last 14 contests... They have the NHL's fifth best power-play on home ice over the last two months (since Feb. 24) operating at 27.9% (12-for-43) and scoring in 10 of the 14 games... New Jersey has a significantly better record on the road (10-10-3) compared to home (4-17-3) and have averaged nearly a goal per-game more on the road (2.96 gpg) than at home (2.08 gpg).
4. US, THEM, US & THEM
US: The Flyers are T-2nd in the NHL with the most games decided past regulation (14) and are T-5th with the most overtime wins (5)... THEM: 10 of the Devils 14 wins have come by one-goal decisions, while 11 of the 14 wins have come when they score the first goal... US & THEM: Since the 2015 NHL Draft, The Devils have had 20 draft picks play at least one NHL game for them which is the most in the NHL - Columbus is second with 15, while the Flyers have had 14 debut in Orange & Black since then.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (C: #14 - Sean Couturier)
Couturier has points in two straight games (2a) and is T-3rd on the team in scoring with 33 points (13g-20a) in 36 games despite missing 11 games with injury and leads the team in game-winning goals (4)... He leads all Flyers forwards in average ice-time by over a full minute with 19:20 per-game... Against the Devils, Couturier has two goals in just one meeting on the year.
DEVILS (C: #86 - Jack Hughes)
Already in his second year in the NHL, the 19-year-old forward is tied for the team lead in points (25) and has four more points than he did last year having played 14 less games... He has four points (2g-2a) in his last five games... He also leads all players in the NHL in takeaways (52) which is 10 more than he had all of last year in 61 games.
