GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 3-0-0 (2019-20)
All-Time Record: 300gp (131-123-37-9)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - James van Riemsdyk: 18-pts (7g-11a)
NYR - Artemi Panarin: 15-pts (5g-10a)
1. DAYS GO BY
The Flyers play their first game in 10 days, last taking on the Washington Capitals on Feb. 7, which snapped a two-game skid... The Flyers have earned points in six of their last seven games (5-1-1) and despite not playing in 10 days, they remain in third place in the East Division with 18 points and are seventh in the NHL in win percentage (.692)... With seven players on Wednesday's COVID-Protocol list, three Flyers are set to make their season debut tonight, all forwards - David Kase, Andy Andreoff and Maksim Sushko - for Sushko it will be his NHL debut... After earning points in four straight games from Jan. 28-Feb. 4, going 3-0-1, the Rangers come into tonight on a four-game losing skid where they have gone 0-3-1 and have been outscored 11-4.
2. TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT
The Flyers rank third in the NHL in goals per-game, averaging 3.54, which also leads the East Division... The Flyers are T-2nd among all NHL teams for most third-period goals (21), while the Rangers rank last in the NHL with the fewest goals in the third (7)... The Rangers have scored the same amount of goals in the second period (16) as they have in the first (9) and third (7) periods combined... The Flyers have the league's lowest shots per-game average at 23.7 while the Rangers have the second-most shots per-game, averaging 32.1 through 14 games.
3. POWER STRUGGLE
The Rangers have not scored on the power play in their last five games, going 0-for-14, but also have the best in the NHL on the penalty kill over the last two and half weeks, killing off 22 of 23 times shorthanded... The Flyers have allowed at least one goal on the PK in three of their last four games (8-for-13) and have scored twice on the power play in that span, going 2-for-15.
4. BATTLE WITH THE BLUESHIRTS
The Flyers have won three straight against the Rangers, all of which were in last year's season series and scored five goals in each of the wins... The Flyers have also earned wins in nine of their last 10 meetings, outscoring them by a 20-goal margin (38 to 18)... Travis Sanheim has nearly a point per-game against the Rangers with eight points (2g-6a) in nine meetings while Nicolas Aube-Kubel has three points (1g-2a) in three career games, including his first NHL goal on Dec. 23, 2019... The Flyers will face off against the most recent No. 1 overall pick tonight, Alexis Lafreniere, who has just one goal in his first 14 NHL games.
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (LW: #25 - James van Riemsdyk)
James van Riemsdyk is coming off a two-point game (1g-1a) on Feb. 7 and is currently riding a seven-game point streak with 13 points (4g-9a)... He has appeared in all 13 games this season and recorded at least a point in 10 of them... A point in tonight's game will be his 500th career point in the NHL.
RANGERS (LW: #10 - Artemi Panarin)
Panarin is likely to return to the lineup after missing the last two games with an injury... He leads the Rangers in goals (5), assists (10) and 15 points, and leads Rangers forwards in ice time, averaging nearly 21 minutes per-game (20:51)... Against the Flyers, he has 20 points (6g-14a) in 15 career meetings, including seven multi-points games.
