PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (ET) BROADCAST INFO.
Tue., Oct. 24 Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 11 p.m. ESPN / 97.5 The Fanatic
Thur., Oct. 26 Minnesota Wild Wells Fargo Center 7:30 p.m. ESPN+, Hulu / 93.3 WMMR
Sat., Oct. 28 Anaheim Ducks Wells Fargo Center 1 p.m. NBCSP / 97.5 The Fanatic
INJURY REPORT
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Rasmus Ristolainen (D) IR – undisclosed 10/9- 4
2023-24 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 4
HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS STARS
76-49-33 ALL-TIME RECORD 50-73-35
49-15-16 HOME 35-25-18
27-34-17 ROAD 15-48-17
0-5-0 LAST 5 MEETINGS 5-0-0
2-7-1 LAST 10 MEETINGS 8-1-1
525 GOALS SCORED 441
21.8% POWER PLAY 21.1%
78.9% PENALTY KILL 78,2%
Atkinson: 6-5=11 in 23 GP
TEAM SCORING LEADERS
Seguin: 10-21=31 in 27 GP
Three Players tied at 6 points Pavelski: 16-10=26 in 23 GP
Duchene: 10-8=18 in 20 GP
Hart: 1-3-0, 2.54 GAA, .915 SV% in 4 GP
TEAM GOALTENDERS
Oettinger: 3-0-0, 1.00 GAA, .967 SV% in 3 GP
Ersson: Has not faced DAL Wedgewood: 1-3-0, 3.52 GAA, .872 SV% in 4 GP
Sandstrom: 0-1-0, 5.00 GAA, .839 SV% in 1 GP
2023-24 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES ET)
October 21 American Airlines Center 8 p.m.
January 18 Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m.
QUICK HITS
- The Flyers are 3-1-0 in their first four games of the season. Per NHL Stats, the team has won three of its first four games in a season for the third time in the last four years (last, 2022-23 & 2020-21).
- Philadelphia has outshot its opponents, 112-81, in its three wins.
- The Flyers (Walker) scored their first shorthanded goal of the season Thursday. Philadelphia ranked T-4th in the NHL last season in SHG (11).
VS. THE WEST
- The Flyers continue their six-game stretch against Western Conference opponents Saturday (2-0-0). The longest streak against the West this
season and longest such streak since a seven-game stretch, Feb. 9-21, 2023 (2-4-1). - Philadelphia went 14-13-5 against the Western Conference last season, including a 7-7-2 record against the Pacific Division.
- The Flyers are 12-9-3 in the last 24 games against a Western Conference opponent.
DALLAS STARS NOTES:
LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
Oct. 19, 2023 – STARS 3 at DUCKS 2
Battling back from a one-goal deficit in their final game of the road trip, the Stars earned their first regulation victory of the season on Thursday night against Anaheim. Defenseman Miro Heiskanen (1-2—3) tied his career high for points in a game and notched his ninth career game-winning goal to give Dallas five out of a possible six points in its first three contests of the season. Forward Joe Pavelski (1-1—2) tallied his second goal of the 2023-24 campaign as part of a multi-point night, while linemate Roope Hintz (1-0—1) lit the lamp for the first time this season. Forwards Jason Robertson (0-1—1) and Tyler Seguin (0-1—1) picked up assists, while former Ducks first-round pick Sam Steel (0-1—1) earned the primary helper on Heiskanen’s game-winning goal. Dallas finally struck on the power play, going 2-for-5 with the man advantage while remaining perfect on the penalty kill (4-for-4 vs. Anaheim; 11-for-11 overall). Goaltender Jake Oettinger stopped 27 of 29 shots and improved his career mark against the Ducks to 6-0-0 with a 1.64 goals-against average and .940 save percentage.
PP: 2-5 | PK: 4-4 | SF: 24 | SA: 29 | DAL TOI: Heiskanen (23:27 – game high) | Attendance: 14,274
Three Stars: 1. DAL – M. Heiskanen 2. ANA – L. Carlsson 3. ANA – T. Terry
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Sat., Oct. 21, 2023 Philadelphia Flyers 7 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Tue., Oct. 24, 2023 Pittsburgh Penguins 6:30 p.m. PPG Paints Arena BSSW/KTCK
Thu., Oct. 26, 2023 Toronto Maple Leafs 7 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Mon., Oct. 30, 2023 Columbus Blue Jackets 7 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSWX/KTCK
Wed., Nov. 1, 2023 Calgary Flames 7:30 p.m. Scotiabank Saddledome BSSWX/KTCK
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 9 – Loaned C Riley Damiani to Texas (AHL)
INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2023-24: 1
NAME INJURY # OF GAMES DATES
C Roope Hintz Upper body 1 Oct. 12
DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: After a road trip out West, the Stars are back home to host the Philadelphia Flyers tonight at American Airlines Center. (7 p.m. CT, Bally Sports Southwest, The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). One of two meetings against the Flyers this season, the Stars will visit Wells Fargo Center in late January in the opener of a four-game road trip that will make stops in New Jersey, New York (Islanders) and Detroit. Following tonight’s contest, the Stars will go back on the road for a one-game trip to Pittsburgh on Tuesday before opening a two-game homestand next Thursday against Toronto.
2023-24 SCHEDULE VS. PHILADELPHIA
Oct. 21 vs. Philadelphia
Jan. 18, 2024 at Philadelphia
I CAME OUT SWINGING FROM A SOUTH PHILLY BASEMENT
- The Stars went 2-0-0 against the Flyers last season, outscoring them 9-2.
- Dallas is 50-73-35 all-time vs. Philadelphia, including a 35-25-18 mark at home.
- The Stars have won six consecutive games vs. the Flyers on home ice and have points in eight straight at American Airlines Center (7-0-1).
- Overall, Dallas has won its past six contests vs. Philadelphia dating back to April 2, 2019.
- Forward Joe Pavelski had six points (2-4—6) in the two games against the Flyers last season, earning a goal and two assists in each game.
- Pavelski leads active Stars in goals (16) and ranks second in points (16-10—26) in 23 career games vs. Philadelphia. Pavelski also paces the club in power-play goals (9) and shares first in game winners (3; Tyler Seguin).
- Forward Jason Robertson has three goals and six points (3-3—6) in four career games against the Flyers, earning at least one point in each of those contests.
-Among active Stars, forward Tyler Seguin ranks first in assists (21) and points (10-21—31) and shares second in goals (10) in a team-high 27 career games vs. Philadelphia. - Captain Jamie Benn enters tonight’s game with six goals and 15 points (6-9—15) in 21 career contests against the Flyers.
- Forward Matt Duchene shares second in goals (10) and ranks third in points (10-8—18) in 20 career games vs. Philadelphia.
- Forward Evgenii Dadonov has 12 points (7-5—12) in 16 career games against Philadelphia.
- Forward Roope Hintz is averaging better than a point a game vs. the Flyers in his career with seven points (3-4—7) in six games.
- Forward Craig Smith enters tonight’s matchup with five goals and 15 points (5-10—15) in 25 career games against the Flyers.
- Defenseman Esa Lindell tied his career high for points in a game (1-2—3) on Nov. 13, 2022 at Wells Fargo Center. Lindell enters tonight’s game with seven points (3-4—7) in 11 career contests vs. Philadelphia.
- Defenseman Ryan Suter has 11 points (2-9—11) in 24 career games vs. the Flyers. Suter is averaging 26:18 TOI against the Flyers, his third highest TOI/GP against any opponent (26:39 TOI/GP in 25 GP vs. Washington and 26:47 TOI/GP in 42 GP vs. Nashville).
- Goaltender Jake Oettinger is 3-0-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average and .967 save percentage in three career appearances vs. Philadelphia.
- Netminder Scott Wedgewood is 1-3-0 with a 3.52 GAA and .872 SV% in four career appearances against the Flyers.
A STAT YOU ‘OTTER KNOW
- Goaltender Jake Oettinger (80-34-20 in 142 GP) earned his 80th career win on Thursday against Anaheim and required the second-fewest games in franchise history (1967-present) to reach the mark, behind Ed Belfour (140 GP).
