Flyers assistant coach Ian Laperriere played four seasons in Colorado from 2005-2009... Forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel spent seven seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers organization. He was claimed off waivers by the Colorado Avalanche this season.
HISTORY
The Avalanche are 34-40-2 all-time when facing the Flyers. When on home ice they are 20-13-1, while on the road they are 14-27-1
The Flyers were able to win on home ice in the two team's last matchup, beating Colorado by a score of 6-3. Andre Burakovsky took home two points, a goal, and an assist, while Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin, Gabriel Landeskog, and Nazem Kadri tallied one point each.
ROSTER REPORT
Rookie call-up from the Colorado Eagles Justus Annunen made 17 saves in his debut for the Avs against the Senators. Pavel Francouz made his second conditioning start for the Colorado Eagles on Saturday, stopping all 27 shots in a 4-0 win.
INJURY REPORT
Cale Makar was a late scratch against the Senators with an upper-body injury and is considered day-to-day. Nazem Kadri is operating day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Bowen Byram missed his second straight game after a brief return from a head injury and is also considered day-to-day. Darcy Kuemper is operating on a day-to-day basis, still dealing with an upper-body injury. Ryan Murray is out indefinitely. Stefan Matteau continues to rehab a lower-body injury and will be sidelined for weeks. Pavel Francouz has played conditioning games with the Colorado Eagles, ramping up to a return with the Avalanche.
SCOUTING THE FLYERS
Philadelphia is hosting Colorado for the second night of a back-to-back, the first of which was played against the Tampa Bay Lightning and ended in a score of 7-1 favoring Tampa. Following Monday's matchup, the Flyers begin a three-game road trip.
Philadelphia currently stands at seventh in the Metropolitan division with a record of 8-10-4. They will be looking to snap an eight-game losing streak against the Avs. The Flyers operate at 30th in the league in power play percentage, at 13.4 percent, and 14th in the league at penalty kill percentage, at 82.6 percent.
(OPPOSING) PLAYER TO WATCH:Claude Giroux
Center Claude Giroux leads the Flyers in points at 19 (12 assists and seven goals) and has five power-play goals. In their last matchup, Giroux posted an assist towards the only goal of the game.
NUMBERS GAME
31:17
Devon Toews spent 31 minutes and 17 seconds on ice against Ottawa, the most by an Avalanche player since April 7, 2009 (Scott Hannan, 32:33 at San Jose).
6x3
Since returning from injury, Nathan MacKinnon has tallied six assists in three games.
250
Against the Senators, forward Andre Burakovsky recorded his 250th career point.
NOTEBOOK
Justus Annunen became the 57th goalie to appear in franchise history on Saturday against the Ottawa Senators... On this day in Avs history, Sandis Ozolinsh scored three times to record the first hat trick by a defenseman in Avalanche history, as Colorado defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 at home.
