CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:
LAST GAME The Hurricanes posted a 3-0 win against the San Jose Sharks at PNC Arena on Friday, improving to 3-0-0 on home ice this season. Teuvo Teravainen scored the third hat trick of his NHL career, and Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis each recorded assists on two of his goals. Andrei Svechnikov also made his season debut after suffering a torn ACL at the end of the 2022-23 campaign, while Antti Raanta stopped all 20 shots he faced in net to register the 20th shutout of his NHL career. INJURY REPORT Brett Pesce, lower-body, missed four games (10/21-10/27) 2023-24 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 17
RECENT TRANSACTIONS Oct. 28 Reassigned Dylan Coghlan to Springfield (AHL) Oct. 26 Reassigned Pyotr Kochetkov to Syracuse (ECHL)
HURRICANES vs. FLYERS SERIES NOTES — Carolina is facing Philadelphia in the first of four meetings between the teams during the 2023-24 season. — The Hurricanes and Flyers are meeting for the 157th time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 54-73-14-15 overall record, including a 25-39-5-9 road record. — The Hurricanes swept the season series 4-0-0 in 2022-23 (Flyers: 0-2-2), and their seven-game win streak in this matchup (11/26/21- 3/18/23) is their second-longest active win streak against any opponent (LAK: 8-0-0 since 2/26/19). Carolina is 12-4-0 in the teams’ last 16 meetings dating back to 12/31/18 (Philadelphia: 4-8-4). — Carolina posted a 4-3 overtime win over Philadelphia at Wells Fargo Center on 10/29/22. Martin Necas and Jordan Staal tallied two points (1g, 1a), and Brent Burns added the overtime winner as Antti Raanta made 26 saves in net. — The Hurricanes earned a 6-5 win over the Flyers at PNC Arena on 12/23/22. Jordan Martinook (1g, 2a) and Jordan Staal (3a) each recorded three points, while Antti Raanta made 26 saves in net. — Carolina registered a 1-0 win against Philadelphia at PNC Arena on 3/9/23. Andrei Svechnikov scored the game’s only goal on the power play, while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped all 19 shots faced in net for his fourth shutout of the season. — The Hurricanes posted a 5-4 win over the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on 3/18/23. Martin Necas (1g, 1a) scored to force overtime in the final second of regulation, and Sebastian Aho (3g) won the game with his ninth career overtime goal, capping his third hat trick of the season. Brady Skjei also recorded two points (1g, 1a), while Frederik Andersen stopped 22 of 25 shots faced in net. — Sebastian Aho has recorded 26 points (13g, 13a) in 25 career regular-season games against Philadelphia. — Martin Necas has tallied 11 points (2g, 9a) in 11 career regular-season games against the Flyers. — Teuvo Teravainen has registered 21 points (7g, 14a) in 27 career regular-season games against Philadelphia. — Tony DeAngelo is a native of Sewell, N.J., about 20 miles south of Philadelphia, and he registered 42 points (11g, 31a) in 70 games with the Flyers in 2022-23. He was traded to Philadelphia on 7/7/22, along with a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (Alexis Gendron), in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (Simon Forsmark), a third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft (Brandon Svoboda) and a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, and he re-signed with Carolina as a free agent after he was released by the Flyers on 7/15/23. — Brendan Lemieux skated in 18 games with Philadelphia in 2022-23, earning six points (2g, 4a) and — Jordan Staal’s brother, Marc, is a defenseman for the Flyers. Jordan has posted 49 points (22g, 27a) in 74 career regular-season games against Philadelphia, marking his most goals and points against any NHL opponent as well as the second-most games played against Philadelphia of any active player. — Hurricanes Head Coach Rod Brind’Amour recorded 601 points (235g, 366a) in 633 games with Philadelphia from 1991-00, and he was inducted into the Flyers Hall of Fame in 2015. He was acquired by Carolina along with Jean-Marc Pelletier and a second-round pick in the 2000 NHL Draft (Argis Saviels) in exchange for Keith Primeau and a fifth-round pick in the 2000 NHL Draft (Kristofer Ottosson) on 1/23/00. — Flyers Associate Coach Brad Shaw played 212 NHL games as a defenseman for Hartford from 1986-92, recording 95 points (11g, 84a). He also appeared in 19 playoff games for the franchise, tallying 12 points (4g, 8a).
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (ET) BROADCAST INFO.
Wed., Nov. 1 Buffalo Sabres Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m. TNT / 97.5 The Fanatic
Fri., Nov. 3 Buffalo Sabres KeyBank Center 7 p.m. NBCSP / 97.5 The Fanatic Sat.,
Nov. 4 Los Angeles Kings Wells Fargo Center 7:30 p.m. NBCSP / 97.5 The Fanatic
INJURY REPORT PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Rasmus Ristolainen (D) IR – undisclosed 10/9- 8
Marc Staal (D) upper body 10/21- 4 2023-24
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 12
HOME SWEET HOME – The Flyers fell 7-4 Saturday vs. the Ducks for their first loss on home ice this season. – Philadelphia has outscored its opponents, 16-10, at Wells Fargo Center and has outshot opposing teams, 140-102. – The Flyers went 3-0-0 at home to start a season for the first time since 2007-08 (6-0-0). – Entering the 2023-24 season, three Flyers from the opening day active roster had not scored their first NHL goals: Emil Andrae, Bobby Brink and Egor Zamula. Both Brink and Zamula scored their first NHL goals on home ice. – Per NHL Stats, Brink notched his first two career NHL goals Oct. 26 vs. MIN to become the first player in team history to record his first NHL goal as the power-play game-winning goal and became the 16th player in franchise history to register multiple goals in the same game they scored their first career NHL goal (last, Ben Eager, Dec. 26, 2005). – Zamula netted his first career NHL goal, also game-winning goal, Oct. 17 vs. VAN. Per NHL Stats, he became the 11th defenseman in team history to record his first NHL goal as the game-winner, joining Mark Botell, Jeff Chychrun, Glen Cochrane, Daryl Stanley, Jimmy Watson, Blake Wesley, Mark Eaton, Marc-Andre Bourdon, Oliver Lauridsen & Brandon Manning. DIVISIONAL PLAY – The Flyers take on the Carolina Hurricanes for just their second contest of the season against a divisional rival. – Philadelphia defeated Columbus, 4-2, in the season opener on Oct. 12. – The Flyers will play the next three games against an Eastern Conference opponent. The team concluded a season-high six-game stretch against Western Conference opponents Saturday with a 3-2-1 record.
