PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
INJURY REPORT
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Noah Cates IR – lower body 11/28-current 6
Ryan Poehling Illness 12/7-current 2
2023-24 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 49
QUICK HITS
– The Flyers are on a five-game point streak (4-0-1) and a four-game win streak. The four-game win streak is the longest active win streak among Metro Division teams and tied for the second-longest in the NHL (EDM – 7, WPG – 4). – The Flyers are 13-1-0 when scoring first this season and rank T-3rd in the NHL in wins when scoring first. – Philadelphia is 10-2-0 when leading after the first period and rank T-3rd in the NHL in wins when leading after the first. – The Flyers are 12-1-2 when scoring three-plus goals in a game this season. – Philadelphia ranks seventh in the NHL with 881 shots and with a 32.6 shot-per-game average.
PENALTY KILLERS
– Philadelphia ranks T-1st in the NHL with seven shorthanded goals. – The Flyers have allowed just two power-play goals against in their last 12 games, going 40-for-42 on the penalty kill since Nov. 11. – Philadelphia leads the NHL with a 95.2 penalty kill percentage and in PPGA since Nov. 11. – The Flyers are 21-for-21 on the penalty kill on the road since Nov. 11 to rank T-1st in the League with CAR and TOR in road penalty kill percentage. – Philadelphia ranks fifth overall in the NHL with an 86.2 penalty kill percentage.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
– Philadelphia concludes its three-game road trip Tuesday (2-0-0) and will play nine of its 13 games this month on the road. – The Flyers are 8-2-0 in their last 10 road games, outscoring opponents, 33-18 (not including shootout goals), in those contests. – Philadelphia has netted four-plus goals in eight of its 14 road games (including shootout goals) this season, posting a 7-0-1 road record when scoring four-plus goals. – The Flyers lead in the NHL in road wins since Nov. 3.
VS. THE WEST
– The Flyers close out their three-game stretch against a Western Conference team and have seven of their 13 games this month against a team in the West. – The Flyers are 8-4-1 against the West this season including a 3-0-1 record against the Central Division teams and a 5-4-0 record against the Pacific Division. – Philadelphia is 18-13-4 in the last 35 games against a Western Conference opponent. – Philadelphia went 3-2-1 in a season-long six-game stretch against a Western Conference team, Oct. 17-28.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS NOTES:
ALL-TIME vs. PHILADELPHIA
OVERALL (32 GP) 14-12-(3)-3
HOME (15 GP) 7-5-(2)-1
ROAD (17 GP) 7-7-(1)-2
LAST MEETING Feb. 11, 2023 at PHI (OTW, 2-1)
PLAYOFFS Never Met
− The Predators are 14-12-(3)-3 all-time against the Flyers, including a 7-5-(2)-1 record at Bridgestone Arena. − This is the first of two matchups between Nashville and Philadelphia in 2023-24; it is the first and only at home. − The Predators are 3-2-0 in their last five games against the Flyers; they are 6-4-0 in their last 10; and 3-2-0 in their last five at home. − The Predators went 1-1-0 against the Flyers last season, picking up a 2-1 OT win on the road in their most recent meeting on Feb. 11, 2023.
NOTABLES vs. PHILADELPHIA
− Ryan O’Reilly has recorded more than a point-per-game in 22 career meetings with the Flyers, tallying nine goals and 23 points. − Yakov Trenin notched his first career regular-season multi-goal game (2g) on March 27, 2022 against the Flyers. − Jeremy Lauzon made his NHL debut on Oct. 25, 2018 vs. Philadelphia. − Luke Schenn played parts of four seasons for Philadelphia from 2012-16, recording 42 points (12g-30a) in 213 games. He has 11 points (2g-9a) in 23 career games against his former team.
QUICK HITS
− The Predators are 11th in the NHL in expected goal percentage (5-on-5) at 51.8 percent and expected goal differential (5- on-5) at 4.01 per MoneyPuck.com. Nashville is also tied for third in the NHL in high-danger shots for at 5-on-5 (68). − Nashville’s forward line of Forsberg-O’Reilly-Nyquist is fifth in the NHL in expected goal percentage (at least 200 minutes together at 5-on-5) at 58.6 percent per MoneyPuck.com. − The Predators have two defensive pairs (who have spent at least 140 minutes together at 5-on-5) in the Top 10 in expected goals percentage, per MoneyPuck.com: McDonagh-Carrier (seventh, 60.7 percent) and Josi-Fabbro (10th, 57.5 percent). − The Predators are tied for eighth in the NHL in power-play goals with 22. Nashville has scored multiple power-play goals in the same game five times this season; the Predators did so nine times in 2022-23. The Predators have also scored a powerplay goal in 10 of their last 15 games. − Nine players 25-years-old or younger have played in a game for Nashville in 2023-24: Marc Del Gaizo, Luke Evangelista, Dante Fabbro, Samuel Fagemo, Liam Foudy, Cody Glass, Juuso Parssinen, Spencer Stastney and Philip Tomasino. − Nashville leads the NHL in hits per 60 minutes (21.9) and hits (615).
