PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
Philadelphia Flyers at Ottawa Senators
Canadian Tire Centre
TV: NBCSP | Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 73
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 73
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 73
Carter Hart lower body 3/28-present 1
Travis Konecny IR-upper body 2/21-present 15
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 383
FLYERS VS. SENATORS HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS SENATORS
51-37-16 ALL-TIME RECORD 45-45-14
30-16-6 HOME 25-19-8
21-21-10 ROAD 20-26-6
2-3-0 LAST 5 MEETINGS 3-1-1
5-5-0 LAST 10 MEETINGS 5-3-2
317 GOALS SCORED 293
16.0% POWER PLAY 20.1%
79.9% PENALTY KILL 84.0%
van Riemsdyk: 34 pts (17-17=34) in 41 GP
Ristolainen: 13 pts (1-12=13) in 27 GP
Hayes: 12 pts (5-7=12) in 22 GP
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Brassard: 16 pts (10-6=16) in 30 GP
Tkachuk: 13 pts (6-7=13) in 11 GP
Chabot: 10 pts (2-8=10) in 12 GP
Hart: 2-2-0, 2.28 GAA, .917 SV% in 4 GP
Ersson & Sandstrom: Have not faced OTT
TEAM GOALTENDERS Talbot: 6-4-1, 2.01 GAA, .937 SV%, 3 SO in 11 GP
Forsberg & Sogaard: Have not faced PHI
2022-23 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
November 5 Canadian Tire Centre PHI (2), OTT (1)
November 12 Wells Fargo Center OTT (4), PHI (1)
March 30 Canadian Tire Centre 7 p.m.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/28 – Recalled G Samuel Ersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL) on emergency conditions
3/27 – Signed D Emil Andrae to a three-year, entry-level contract
3/26 – Loaned F Tyson Foerster and D Egor Zamula to Lehigh Valley (AHL)
TEAM NOTES
QUICK STATS
- Philadelphia is on a season-high six-game point streak, 5-0-1 – their longest point streak since recording a seven-game point streak, Dec. 10-30, 2021.
- The Flyers are also on a four-game win streak, tying their season best from Dec. 29-Jan. 5.
- Philadelphia has outscored their opponents, 25-16 (not including shootout goals), during the six-game point streak.
- The Flyers have four players with 40-plus points this season, the first campaign of four-plus players with 40-plus points since 2020-21.
- Philadelphia tied its season-high six goals March 21 vs. FLA, including three second period goals in a span of 2:01. Per NHL Stats, the last time Philadelphia scored as many goals in 121 seconds or fewer was Feb. 8, 2020 at WSH (105 seconds).
- The Flyers rank third in the NHL with 1,282 blocked shots and fourth with 2,010 hits.
- Philadelphia has reached 2,000-plus hits in a season for the sixth time in franchise history and for the first since 2016-17. The franchise record is 2,511 hits set in 2014-15.
- 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.
- The Flyers’ 1,282 blocked shots this season are the fourth-most in franchise history. The franchise record is 1,317 set during the 2010-11 campaign.
- Philadelphia registered 30 blocked shots Feb. 12 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.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
- The Flyers hit the road Thursday after posting a 5-1-1 record in their season-high seven-game homestand, March 14-28.
- Philadelphia will play six of its final nine regular season games on the road, March 30-April 13.
- The Flyers are 8-8-1 in their last 17 road games, including a season-high five-game road win streak, Dec. 29-Jan. 14.
- The Flyers have scored three-plus goals in 11 of their last 22 road games. Philadelphia is 9-3-4 on the road this season when scoring three-plus goals.
OTTAWA SEANTORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: March 27, 5-2 win vs. Florida: Ottawa scored the first two and last two goals of the contest to claim a 5-2 victory at Canadian Tire Centre. Tkachuk had the lone multi-point game for Ottawa (one goal, one assist) to equal Alfredsson for the third most points through an Ottawa skater’s first five seasons. Brassard added his 13th of the season (his most since the 2019-20 campaign), DeBrincat tallied on the power-play for his team-high equaling 28th point with the extra attacker this season, Stützle and Pinto also found the back of the net for the Senators. Chabot recorded one assist to reach 30 on the season, becoming the third defenceman in team history to reach the mark in each of at least four seasons with the club. Forsling had both goals for the Panthers. Sogaard earned the win for Ottawa with 32 saves while Bobrovsky took the loss for Florida in turning aside 22 shots. Scratches: Gauthier, Kleven;
Injuries: Chychrun, Forsberg, Greig, Joseph, Kelly, Norris, Talbot; Shots: OTT – 27, FLA – 34; PP: OTT – 3-4, FLA – 0-4.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Philadelphia will be broadcast regionally on TSN5 and RDS2. On the radio, the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French).
WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa concludes a three-game homestand against Toronto on Saturday evening at 7 p.m. The contest will mark the fourth of four regular-season meetings and the second of two matchups at Canadian Tire Centre.
INJURY REPORT: G Forsberg and C Norris are on IR and will not oppose the Flyers this evening. F Kelly has missed the last eight games with a lower-body injury. D Chychrun and C Greig have missed the last two games with a lower body and upper body injury respectively. Total man-games lost: 271.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Re-assigned G Ferguson to Belleville (AHL) on March 28.
OTTAWA vs. PHILADELPHIA – History:
2022-23 (1-1-0): Nov. 5 @ Ottawa (2-1 loss), Nov. 12 @ Philadelphia (4-1 win), March 30 @ Ottawa
2021-22 (2-0-1): 12/18/21 @ Philadelphia (4-3 OT loss), 3/18/22 @ Ottawa (3-1 win), 4/29/22 @ Philadelphia (4-2 win)
Series record: Overall: 45-45-8-6; Home: 25-19-6-2; Away: 20-26-2-4
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 3/18/22 (3-1); @ Philadelphia: Nov. 12 (4-1)
Last Philadelphia win: @ Ottawa: Nov. 5 (2-1); @ Philadelphia: 12/18/21 (4-3 OT)
Last OT result: 12/18/21 (4-3 OT loss) @ Philadelphia
Last shootout: 12/21/19 (5-4 SO loss) @ Ottawa
Most goals, game: Scored: 7, (2x, Last: 1/3/10, 7-4 win); Allowed: 8, (3x, Last: 2/26/97, 8-5 loss); Both teams: 13, (2/26/97, 8-5 loss)
Last Game: Nov. 12, 4-1 win @ Philadelphia; OTT Goals: DeBrincat (x2), Chabot, Stützle; PHI Goal: Hayes; OTT Scratches: Gambrell, Zaitsev; OTT Injuries: Norris, Zub; OTT Goalie: Talbot; PHI Goalie: Hart; OTT PP: 2-3; PHI PP: 0-3; Shots: 27-38.
Career vs. Philadelphia: Hamonic leads all players in career games played (32) and in penalty minutes (25); Brassard leads in goals (10) and in points (16); Chabot leads in assists (eight) against Philadelphia.
HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 21-13-3 at home this season … Tim Stützle is the Senators leader with 23 goals at home while also maintaining the club lead with 29 assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through 37 home games, Stützle leads the team with 52 points on home ice … The Senators earned a record of 15-22-4 at home through 41 home contests in 2021-22.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: Ottawa will play back-to-back games on 12 occasions in 2022-23 and will open their 12th set of the season on Saturday when Toronto visits Canadian Tire Centre ahead of visiting Columbus the following evening … The Senators played 17 back-to-back sets last season and earned a record of 6-9-2 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights (7-4-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (6-5-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 68 for 276 (24.6%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with 14 powerplay goals while Alex DeBrincat and Tkachuk maintain the club lead with 28 points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals 18 times in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.
ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 219 of the 266 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 82.3% through 74 regular-season games … The team has registered nine (Stützle x3, Watson x3, Joseph x2, Motte) shorthanded markers this season after recording nine such goals in 2021-22.
