Philly Leader

John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers will face Sheldon Keefe's New Jersey Devils on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark. The game is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on NBCSP, with radio coverage available on 97.5 The Fanatic.

This matchup marks the first of four meetings this season between these Metropolitan Division rivals. They are set to meet again on January 27, January 29, and March 9.

The Flyers have been performing well recently, securing seven out of eight possible points in their last four games with a record of 3-0-1. Despite this success, they have struggled to gain ground in the Eastern Conference wildcard race. They approach Saturday's game following a victory over the New York Islanders, holding a current away record of 10-9-5.

In contrast, the Devils are positioned second in their division, just one point ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes but trailing behind the Washington Capitals by seven points. Over their last ten games, they have a record of 3-4-3 and maintain a home ice record of 13-6-4.

Flyers captain Sean Couturier is close to reaching a milestone as he needs just one more goal to achieve 200 goals in his NHL career. Couturier has scored more goals against the Devils than any other team during his career.

The Devils rank high defensively with one of the lowest team goals against averages and possess strong puck control statistics. Offensively, both teams are closely matched with similar average goals scored per game.

Ryan Poehling from the Flyers will miss Saturday's game due to an upper-body injury sustained from a hit by Maxim Tsyplakov during Thursday's match against the Islanders. Scott Laughton is expected to fill Poehling's role as center for this game.

Morgan Frost is currently experiencing a five-game point streak while playing alongside Owen Tippett and Travis Konecny. This trend aligns with Frost’s history of improving performance later in each season.

The Flyers' power play has shown some improvement recently but still ranks low overall at only 16 percent success rate leaguewide entering Saturday’s game against Newark where they will face off against strong special teams from New Jersey including their third-ranked power play unit operating at nearly 29 percent efficiency rate without key player Poehling available due largely imparted additional responsibility onto other regular penalty-killing forwards such as Noah Cates Laughton Konecny Garnet Hathaway who must step up significantly should situations arise necessitating shorthanded gameplay during competition involving top-performing opposition setup offensively challenging conditions present require effective management order secure favorable outcome sought ultimately triumph within upcoming engagement anticipated