On Wednesday night, two clubs that have experienced a roller coaster start to the National Hockey League season will square off at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena.
Starting at 7 p.m. ET, the Philadelphia Flyers (14-13-4 in the Metropolitan Division) will travel to play the Red Wings (12-14-4 in the Atlantic Division).
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This season’s second meeting between these teams will take place on Wednesday. The last meeting was won 4-1 by the Flyers. In the win, Scott Laughton scored four goals.
Kirill Kaprizov scored twice to reach 20 goals for the season as Philadelphia lost 4-1 to the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
The Wild briefly seized the league lead in points with 44, thanks to goals from Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi as well as 20 of 21 saves from Marc-Andre Fleury.
Against Minnesota’s 30th-ranked penalty kill, the Flyers’ power play failed to score any points. This season, they have a 7-5-3 away record.
This season’s second meeting between these teams will take place on Wednesday. The last meeting was won 4-1 by the Flyers. In the win, Scott Laughton scored four goals.
Matvei Michkov is in second place with 11 goals and 27 points, while Travis Konecny leads the Flyers with 15 goals and 36 points. Over the past ten games, Owen Tippett has five goals and one assist.
The team’s top goalie, Samuel Ersson, has 14 starts. His record is 6-4-2 and his goals-against average is 2.87.
The Red Wings also last played on Saturday and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs by a score of 4-2 as Jeff Petry scored his first two goals of the season and Ville Husso made 23 saves for his first victory in more than a year.
Petry hadn t scored since April 11 against Pittsburgh. He had three goals in 73 games last season after being acquired in an offseason trade with Montreal.
Husso s last victory came on Dec. 12 of last season. He entered 0-4-2 this season. He s technically the team s third-string goalie he had a stint in the American Hockey League this season but continues to get starts with Cam Talbot and Alex Lyon injured.
Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond also scored for the Red Wings, who won for just the second time in eight games. Raymond s empty-netter was his 10th goal in the last 12 games.
Lucas Raymond leads the team with 31 points and is tied for the team lead in goals with Dylan Larkin and Alex DeBrincat. The three have 12 goals apiece.
Cam Talbot has gotten a majority of the starts in goal. He leads the Red Wings in wins (6) and goals-against average (2.69).
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