The Philadelphia Flyers play the New Jersey Devils for the first time tonight.
The week of Metropolitan Division Madness continues for the Philadelphia Flyers. For the first time this season they play the New Jersey Devils.
Cal Petersen.The Flyers have 23 points in the season, which puts them two points ahead of the Devils 21 points. They are fourth in the Metro Division while the Devils are sixth.
Battles to Watch
A few interesting things to note as the team's prepare to go head to head tonight:
- Special teams will be a huge factor tonight. The Devil's have the number one power play while the Flyers have the 11th best penalty kill.
- Devils are the third best team at faceoffs with 53%. The Flyers are an abysmal 47%.
- The Devils score a lot and are scored on a lot. They average 3.60 goals for per game & 3.65 goals against per game. This could be a game where we see the Flyers offence take off.
By the Numbers
- Powerplay - Devils 37% (1st) vs Flyers 10% (29th)
- Penalty Kill - Devils 76% (23rd) vs Flyers 84% (11th)
- Face Off% - Devils 53% (3rd) vs Flyers 47% (28th)
- Goals For/Per Game - Devils 3.60 (5th) vs Flyers 2.91 (20th)
- Goals Against/Per Game - Devils 3.65 (28th) vs Flyers 2.82 (11th)
The game begins at 7PM Eastern Standard Time.
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