Philadelphia Flyers (41-21-7, second in the Metropolitan Division during the regular season) vs. Boston Bruins (44-14-12, first in the Atlantic Division during the regular season)
Toronto; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEEDING ROUND: Boston and Philadelphia square off as part of a round-robin tournament that includes the top four seeds in the conference to determine seeds in the next round.
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers take the ice in the Eastern Conference seeding round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The teams meet Sunday for the fourth time this season.
The Bruins are 26-9-9 in Eastern Conference games. Boston averages 9.7 penalty minutes per game, the sixth-most in the league. Brad Marchand leads the team serving 82 total minutes.
The Flyers are 16-4-4 against opponents from the Metropolitan Division. Philadelphia is eighth in the league recording 8.8 points per game, averaging 3.3 goals and 5.5 assists.
TOP PERFORMERS: David Pastrnak leads the Bruins with 48 goals and has 95 points. Marchand has five goals and eight assists over the last 10 games for Boston.
Travis Konecny leads the Flyers with 61 points, scoring 24 goals and collecting 37 assists. Kevin Hayes has six goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Philadelphia.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 7-3-0, averaging 2.8 goals, 5.1 assists, 4.8 penalties and 13.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game with a .910 save percentage.
Flyers: 9-1-0, averaging 3.9 goals, seven assists, 3.7 penalties and eight penalty minutes while giving up 1.9 goals per game with a .936 save percentage.
INJURIES: Bruins: Trent Frederic: day to day (undisclosed), Tuukka Rask: day to day (finger), David Pastrnak: day to day (undisclosed).
Flyers: None listed.
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