Boston Bruins (30-9-9, first in the Atlantic Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (25-18-6, third in the Metropolitan Division)
Philadelphia; Saturday, 12:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins visit the Philadelphia Flyers after the Bruins knocked off the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime.
Philadelphia has a 25-18-6 record overall and an 11-11-2 record in home games. The Flyers have an 8-5-0 record in games they score at least one power-play goal.
Boston has a 30-9-9 record overall and a 14-5-6 record in road games. The Bruins are 12-1-2 when they commit fewer penalties than their opponent.
Saturday's game is the first time these teams match up this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Joel Farabee has 17 goals and 23 assists for the Flyers. Morgan Frost has one goal and eight assists over the last 10 games.
Brad Marchand has 24 goals and 23 assists for the Bruins. David Pastrnak has seven goals and seven assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Flyers: 5-5-0, averaging 2.8 goals, 4.8 assists, 3.6 penalties and eight penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.
Bruins: 6-1-3, averaging 3.7 goals, 5.7 assists, 4.5 penalties and 9.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game.
INJURIES: Flyers: Carter Hart: out (personal), Ryan Ellis: out (lower body), Owen Tippett: out (lower-body).
Bruins: Kevin Shattenkirk: day to day (undisclosed), Milan Lucic: out (personal), Jakub Lauko: day to day (undisclosed).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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