On Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers, who had won one of their biggest victories of the season, will play the hot Columbus Blue Jackets.
You can watch the Nationwide Arena game on ESPN+ (plans start at $11.99/month) starting at 7 p.m. ET.
Columbus (20-17-6, in the Metropolitan Division) is 7-2-1 in its last ten games and has won four in a row.
On Saturday night, the Blue Jackets defeated the St. Louis Blues 2-1, extending their winning run. Jet Greaves just missed recording his first career shutout as goals came from Adam Fantilli and Cole Sillinger.
With 4:22 left in the first period, Fantilli came open in front of the net and Kirill Marchenko floated a pass to him, scoring his third goal during Columbus’ longest winning streak of the season.
With 3:09 remaining in the second period, Sillinger scored a power-play goal to make it 2-0. With 10.5 seconds remaining, Colton Parayko scored to break Greaves’ shutout.
Dmitri Voronkov has nine goals and six assists in the last ten games for the Blue Jackets, while Kirill Marchenko has 18 goals and 29 assists. Zach Werenski is the team’s top scorer with 48 points and 35 assists.
Elvis Merzlikins, who has started 28 games and finished 15-10-0-3, has been the main goalie thus far. 3.12 is his goals-against average.
Despite being 4-5-1 in their last ten games, the Flyers (19-20-5, in the Metropolitan Division) defeated the Florida Panthers 4-3 at home on Monday night.
For the first time this season, Philadelphia had several power-play goals in a row, led by two goals from Noah Cates and goals from Garnet Hathaway and Morgan Frost. The Flyers won their second consecutive game with 20 saves from Sam Ersson.
After an NHL hockey game on Saturday, January 11, 2025, in St. Louis, Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Jet Greaves celebrates a 2-1 victory against the St. Louis Blues with teammates Dmitri Voronkov (10) and Mathieu Olivier (24). (Photo courtesy of Jeff Roberson)AP
Twice during the game, Philadelphia overcame a deficit.
In his last 15 games, Cates, who centers the Flyers’ third line, has scored eight goals and provided six assists.
In terms of goals (20), assists (30), and points (50), Travis Konecny leads the Flyers.
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