DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 1 at ISLANDERS 4 (3/4/23)
1ST PERIOD: No scoring
2ND PERIOD: DET Larkin (Seider, Fabbri) 18:59-PP
3RD PERIOD: NYI Parise (Aho, Palmieri) 2:11-EV; NYI Lee (Fasching, Cizikas) 4:39-EV; NYI Palmieri (Dobson, Nelson) 15:41-PP; NYI Lee (Bailey) 17:22-EV
SHOTS: DET 23 (6-6-11) / NYI 36 (16-9-11)
GOALIES: DET Hellberg (L, 32-36) / NYI Sorokin (W, 22-23)
PP: DET 1-3 / NYI 1-2
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Michael Rasmussen – lower body (6 / Feb. 25)
Ville Husso – undisclosed (3 / March 3)
Total Man Games Lost: 241
Individual Man Games Lost: Filip Zadina (37), Robby Fabbri (35), Jakub Vrána (33), Matt Luff (32), Tyler Bertuzzi (31), Robert Hägg (15), Elmer Söderblom (13), Gustav Lindström (11), Lucas Raymond (8), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Olli Määttä (4), Jake Walman (3), Jordan Oesterle (2), Dylan Larkin (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/3 – Recalled goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic from Grand Rapids under emergency conditions … Signed forward Alex Chiasson and goaltender John Lethemon to one-year contracts for the remainder of the 2022-23 season … Acquired a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for forward Oskar Sundqvist … Acquired a seventh-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft and forward Dylan McLaughlin from St. Louis in exchange for forward Jakub Vrána (Detroit will retain 50 percent of Vrána’s salary) … Loaned forward Dylan McLaughlin to Springfield (AHL)
3/2 – Recalled forward Adam Erne from Grand Rapids … Activated defenseman Jordan Oesterle from injured reserve … Placed forward Michael Rasmussen on injured reserve … Acquired a first-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft from Boston in exchange for forward Tyler Bertuzzi (Detroit will retain 50 percent of Bertuzzi’s salary)
3/1 – Signed forward Dylan Larkin to an eight-year contract extension with an average annual value of $8.7 million … Acquired a conditional first-round pick and a second-round pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft from Vancouver in exchange for defenseman Filip Hronek and a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft … Signed forward Alexandre Doucet to a three-year entry-level contract
TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS at FLYERS / 6:00 P.M. EST / Wells Fargo Center / TV: NHLN, BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 149th all-time meeting, 73rd at Philadelphia … Second of three games this season, first of two at Philadelphia
ALL-TIME vs. PHI: 55-67-21-5 / AWAY: 15-44-11-2 / LAST 10: 4-5-1 / IN 2021-22: 3-0-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-1-0
DET top scorers vs. PHI: Dylan Larkin (4-11-15 in 18 GP), David Perron (5-6-11 in 20 GP), Robby Fabbri (7-3-10 in 9 GP), Lucas Raymond (3-2-5 in 4 GP), Pius Suter (1-4-5 in 4 GP), Moritz Seider (1-3-4 in 4 GP), Dominik KubalÃk (0-3-3 in 5 GP), Gustav Lindström (0-2-2 in 3 GP), Joe Veleno (1-1-2 in 4 GP)
PHI top scorers vs. DET: Rasmus Ristolainen (2-16-18 in 28 GP), James van Riemsdyk (11-7-18 in 30 GP), Kevin Hayes (4-8-12 in 17 GP), Scott Laughton (6-4-10 in 14 GP), Tony DeAngelo (3-6-9 in 12 GP), Joel Farabee (1-2-3 in 4 GP), Noah Cates (1-0-1 in 1 GP), Wade Allison (0-1-1 in 1 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES ET)
Wed., March 8: RED WINGS vs. BLACKHAWKS / 7:30 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: TNT / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Sat., March 11: RED WINGS at BRUINS / 1:00 p.m. / TD Garden / TV: ESPN+, ABC / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Sun., March 12: RED WINGS vs. BRUINS / 1:30 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: TNT / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
March 4 at New York Islanders – 4-1 L
Detroit fell against the New York Islanders to move to 28-25-9 overall and 13-13-5 on the road … The Red Wings are 6-2-1 on the road against Metropolitan Division opponents this season … Detroit is 19-1-2 this season when leading after two periods, and 10-1-2 when doing so on the road … The Red Wings are 18-9-7 this season when scoring first, and 8-4-5 when doing so on the road … Detroit is 20-8-5 this season when scoring a power play goal … Dylan Larkin opened the scoring on the power play with his team-leading 23rd goal of the season … Larkin continues to pace the Red Wings in goals (23), assists (36), points (59), power play goals (12), power play points (22) and shots (188) through 61 games … Eight of Larkin’s 12 power play goals this season have come on the road … Larkin has recorded 26 points (10-16-26) and seven power play goals in 24 games since Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg … Larkin’s goal was his 10th game-opening goal of the season, tying Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen for the league lead in that category … Larkin has scored 20 gameopening goals since the beginning of the 2021-22 campaign, which is the most of any NHL skater in that span … Moritz Seider logged the primary assist on Larkin’s power play goal … It marked Seider’s 71st career assist, tying Sergei Fedorov for the sixth-most assists by any Red Wings skater prior to their 22nd birthday … Seider has accumulated 19 points (2-17-19) and a plus-seven rating in 24 games since Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg … Robby Fabbri also picked up an assist on Larkin’s power play goal, giving him 11 points (3-8-11) in 12 games since Feb. 11 vs. Vancouver … Larkin (1-1-2 in 2 GP), Seider (0-2-2 in 2 GP) and Fabbri (0-2-2 in 2 GP) all have points in back-to-back games … Alex Chiasson made his Red Wings debut, tallying one shot in 10:41 time on ice … Chiasson was signed to a one-year contract by Detroit on Friday after collecting 20 points (9-11-20), a plus-six rating and 14 penalty minutes in 29 games with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
Detroit Red Wings vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Wells Fargo Center
TV: NBCSP | Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (ET) BROADCAST INFO.
Tue., March 7 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena 7:00 p.m. NBCSP+, 93.3 WMMR
Thur., March 9 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 7:00 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic
Sat., March 11 Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena 3:30 p.m. ABC/ESPN+, 97.5 The Fanatic
CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 62
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 62
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 62
Travis Konecny IR-upper body 2/21-present 4
Tanner Laczynski lower body 12/7-present 36
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 330
FLYERS VS. RED WINGS: HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS RED WINGS
72-53-23 ALL-TIME RECORD 55-67-26
46-14-12 HOME 40-23-13
26-39-11 ROAD 15-44-13
2-3-0 LAST 5 MEETINGS 3-2-0
6-3-1 LAST 10 MEETINGS 4-5-1
516 GOALS SCORED 463
30.5% POWER PLAY 27.7%
72.3% PENALTY KILL 69.5%
Ristolainen: 18 pts (2-16=18) in 28 GP
van Riemsdyk: 18 pts (11-7=18) in 30 GP
Hayes: 12 pts (4-8=12) in 17 GP
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Larkin: 15 pts (4-11=15) in 18 GP
Perron: 11 pts (5-6=11) in 20 GP
Fabbri: 10 pts (7-3=10) in 9 GP
Hart: 5-3-0, 2.77 GAA, .911 SV% in 8 GP
Sandstrom: Has not faced DET
TEAM GOALTENDERS Nedeljkovic: 2-1-0, 3.33 GAA, .888 SV% in 3 GP
Husso: 0-1-0, 2.13 GAA, .920 SV% in 1 GP
2022-23 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
January 21 Little Caesars Arena PHI (2), DET (1)
March 5 Wells Fargo Center 6 p.m.
March 25 Wells Fargo Center 1 p.m.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/3 – Acquired a 2023 Sixth-Round Draft Pick from Ottawa in exchange for F Patrick Brown
3/3 – Acquired F Brendan Lemieux and a 2024 fifth-round draft pick from Los Angeles in exchange for F Zack MacEwen
3/3 – Activated F Tanner Lacyznski and F Zack MacEwen from Injured Reserve
3/2 – Re-assigned F Elliot Desnoyers and F Olle Lycksell to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
TEAM NOTES
QUICK HITS
- The Flyers are 12-11-4 in their last 27 games.
- Philadelphia has allowed the opposing team to score first in 37 of its 62 games this season. Philadelphia ranks T-12th in the NHL with 11 wins when trailing first in a game. The Flyers have scored first in 14 of their last 25 games, ranking T-12th in the NHL in wins (9) when scoring first since Jan. 2.
- The Flyers tallied 40 hits Feb. 11 vs. NSH for their sixth game of 40-plus hits this season. The six games of 40-plus hits are the most in a single season since recording 13 games during the 2014-15 season.
- Philadelphia recorded a franchise-best 59 hits Nov. 12 vs. OTT. The 59 hits are tied for the ninth-most in a regular season game in NHL history.
- Philadelphia registered 30 blocked shots Monday at CGY for its fifth game of the season with 30-plus blocked shots
– the most 30-plus blocked shot games in a Flyers season since 2005-06. The Flyers tallied a season-high 32 blocked shots Oct. 27 vs. FLA.
- The Flyers rank second in the NHL with 1,086 blocked shots and rank third with 1,742 hits.
HOME COOKIN’
- Philadelphia will play nine of its 13 games in March at home, including a season-high seven-game homestand, March 14-28.
- The Flyers have played in four extra session games in the last seven home contests, posting a 1-0-3 record in those games. Flyers are 1-0-4 in extra play games at home this season.
- Philadelphia is 5-6-3 in its last 14 home games and 11-15-4 in 30 home games this season.
- The Flyers have scored three-plus goals in nine of its last 17 home games. The Flyers are 10-3-2 at home this season when scoring three-plus goals.