Toronto Maple Leafs (37-19-8, third in the Atlantic Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (34-24-8, third in the Metropolitan Division)
Philadelphia; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers face the Toronto Maple Leafs in Eastern Conference action.
Philadelphia has gone 17-13-3 at home and 34-24-8 overall. The Flyers are seventh in NHL play with 276 total penalties (averaging 4.2 per game).
Toronto has gone 19-7-6 in road games and 37-19-8 overall. The Maple Leafs have a 19-6-1 record in games their opponents serve more penalty minutes.
Thursday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Maple Leafs won 4-3 in overtime in the last meeting.
TOP PERFORMERS: Travis Konecny has 27 goals and 30 assists for the Flyers. Tyson Foerster has scored six goals and added one assist over the past 10 games.
William Nylander has scored 34 goals with 50 assists for the Maple Leafs. Auston Matthews has five goals and two assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Flyers: 5-4-1, averaging 2.8 goals, 4.3 assists, 4.5 penalties and 12.3 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game.
Maple Leafs: 7-3-0, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.3 assists, 3.6 penalties and 8.2 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game.
INJURIES: Flyers: Nick Seeler: out (lower body), Egor Zamula: day to day (illness), Rasmus Ristolainen: out (upper body), Ryan Ellis: out (lower body), Jamie Drysdale: out (upper body).
Maple Leafs: Mitchell Marner: day to day (lower body), Conor Timmins: out (illness), John Klingberg: out for season (hip), Mark Giordano: out (concussion), Matt Murray: out (hip), Jake Muzzin: out for season (back).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
