What - Game 32 (20-9-2)
When - 5 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14
Where - Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South, NBCSP

The Carolina Hurricanes will look to cap off their back-to-back, home-and-home series against the Philadelphia Flyers tonight with yet another win.

The Hurricanes are coming off of a short two-game road trip where they collected consecutive shootout wins, most recently last night in Philadelphia.

Jackson Blake was the shootout hero on Saturday and Pyotr Kochetkov came through with four straight saves as the Canes handed the Flyers their first shootout loss of the year (5-1).

Despite an early 2-0 hole, Carolina found a way to fight back in the second period and eventually got it done in the shootout.

The Hurricanes are also now the top team in the Eastern Conference.

Streaks

• Nikolaj Ehlers (2g, 1a) and Alexander Nikishin (1g, 1a) has points in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

• Jesperi Kotkaniemi is one point shy of 200 career points.
• Jaccob Slavin is one point shy of 300 career points.
• Jordan Martinook is one goal shy of 100 career goals.

Game Notes

• Carolina is 2-0-0 against Philadelphia this season, having won 4-3 in overtime on Oct. 11 in Raleigh and 4-3 in a shootout Dec. 13 in Philadelphia.
• Sebastian Aho (15g, 35pts in 34gp) and Taylor Hall (14g, 37pts in 36gp) are point-per-game players against the Flyers for their career.

Key Matchups

Projected Starting Goalies

• Frederik Andersen: 5-7-2; 0.875 Sv%; 3.15 GAA
• Dan Vladar: 11-5-2; 0.906 Sv%; 2.52 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Seth Jarvis (18) / Trevor Zegras (12)
• Points - Sebastian Aho & Seth Jarvis (26) / Trevor Zegras (30)

Power Play

• Carolina - 15.1% (29th)
• Philadelphia - 17.3% (23rd)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 78.8% (19th)
• Philadelphia - 81.5% (14th)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Nikolaj Ehlers - Logan Stankoven - Jackson Blake
William Carrier - Jordan Staal - Jordan Martinook
Taylor Hall - Mark Jankowski - Eric Robinson

K'Andre Miller - Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere - Jalen Chatfield
Alexander Nikishin - Joel Nystrom

Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi

Injuries and Scratches: Mike Reilly, Pyotr Kochetkov, Jesperi Kotkaniemi (LBI), Jaccob Slavin (LBI)

Flyers Projected Lineup

Trevor Zegras - Christian Dvorak - Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov - Sean Couturier - Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin - Noah Cates - Bobby Brink
Carl Grundstrom - Rodrigo Abols - Garnet Hathaway

Nick Seeler - Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae - Jamie Drysdale
Ty Murchison - Noah Juulsen

Dan Vladar
Sam Ersson

Injuries and Scratches: Egor Zamula, Nicolas Deslauriers, Tyson Foerster (UBI), Rasmus Ristolainen (triceps), Cam York (UBI)

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