GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 5-2-0
All-Time Record: 299gp (162-96-30-11)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - 43 pts: Jakub Voracek (9g-34a)
PIT - 57 pts: Sidney Crosby (21g-36a)
1. ABOUT LAST NIGHT
The Flyers offense exploded for seven goals - it was the first time since Feb. 7 they had scored more than five goals and first time since Feb. 28 they won by more than one goal... It was also the first time they scored seven goals on the Penguins since Jan. 7, 2010... Five Flyers recorded multi-point nights with Giroux (2g-1a), Farabee (1g-2a) and Voracek (3a) recording three-point nights... The Flyers fired a season-high 45 shots on goal and 17 of 18 skaters recording at least one shot... The Pens suffered their worst loss of the season and first loss by five goals since Feb. 29, 2020.
2. 300
It's the 300th all-time meeting between these two clubs who both entered the league in 1967... The Flyers have the most wins against the Penguins than any other team in their history (162), including most wins of any NHL team against the Penguins... The Flyers have outscored the Pens 1,070 to 913 in their 54-year history... The Flyers have won five of the seven games in the season series thus far and will now win the season series against the Pens for the 34th time in 53 seasons.
3. RIVALRY REDUX
The Pens suffered their first loss of the season in the first game of a back-to-back situation (8-1-0) and are 4-3-1 in the second game, while the Flyers are now 6-4-1 in first games and 4-5-1 in second games but have gone 0-4-1 in their last five second games... Pittsburgh hasn't dropped two games in-a-row since Apr. 3-6 while the Flyers snapped a three-game skid and are looking for wins in back-to-back games for the first time since Mar. 27-29.
4. THIS, THAT & THE OTHER
THIS: Brian Elliott will get the start in net tonight and appear in his 500th game in the NHL, an NHL milestone for goaltenders - he will be the fourth goaltender to hit the 500-career-game milestone while with the Flyers (Parent, Hextall and Hackett)... THAT: Sidney Crosby extended his point streak against the Flyers last night with his goal - he now has points in seven straight meetings with five goals and 10 points in that span... THE OTHER: After scoring three goals in the third period last night, the Flyers have scored at least one goal in the third period in five straight games with 10 goals in that stretch and now are T-3rd among all teams in the NHL in third-period scoring.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (LW: #11 - Travis Konecny)
Konecny loves playing the Pens - he has points in five of the seven games, four of which are multi-point games and he leads the Flyers against Pittsburgh with 11 points in seven games with four goals and seven assists and a +6 rating... Overall, he has three points in his last three games (1g-2a).
PENGUINS (RW: #42 - Kasperi Kapanen)
Kapanen has four points (2g-2a) in his last four games against the Flyers, including an assist in last night's loss... Since his return from injury, he has posted six points (3g-3a) in seven games, including three of his last four... The Penguins are 7-0-1 when Kapanen scores a goal, including seven straight wins.
