FLYERS (3-3-0) at BLUE JACKETS (3-2-0) 7 p.m. ET; FS-O, NBCSP, NHL.TV
Bobrovsky is 1-2-0 with a 4.38 goals-against average and .860 save percentage in three games after allowing eight goals on 31 shots in an 8-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Backup Joonas Korpisalo is 2-0-0 with a 2.95 GAA and .902 save percentage in two games. Goalie Calvin Pickard will start for the Flyers. He replaced Brian Elliott with 14:54 remaining in the third period of an eventual 6-5 shootout win against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.
Players to watch
Flyers forward Jakub Voracek, who played with the Blue Jackets from 2008-11, is tied with Claude Giroux for the Philadelphia lead with eight points (two goals, six assists). Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno has scored more goals against the Flyers, 14 in 33 games, than any other NHL team.
They said it
"It's a little bit early in the year so the biggest thing is to really work as a group to play a complete, 60-minute hockey game." -- Flyers coach Dave Hakstol "We had some brain-dead reads against Tampa. I don't think our penalty kill was that bad." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella on Columbus' penalty kill going for 3-for-7 in an 8-2 loss to the Lightning on Saturday
Knight makes his season debut after he was out with an upper-body injury. He replaces Vorobyev. … Hakstol is hopeful Patrick can return against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. Patrick was injured against the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 10 and was expected to miss 7-10 days. ... Hakstol said this was a scheduled start for Pickard.
Stat pack
Simmonds has four points (three goals, one assist) in his past four games. … Panarin has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past three games.
