The Philadelphia Flyers face the Nashville Predators with both teams looking to build strong starts to the season. The Flyers are 3-1 but are coming off their first loss of the season while the Predators are 2-3-1 and have struggled since starting the season 0-2. Both teams are looking to improve in their divisions and the upcoming game should be a good one as a result.
The Flyers have looked promising to start the season led by an offense that is scoring 3.50 goals per game. Travis Konecny, Kevin Hayes, and James van Riemsdyk have scored six goals and 11 assists to carry the top two lines but the entire offense has looked great to start the season. Morgan Frost, Scott Laughton, and Tanner Laczynski have combined for four goals and three assists while defensemen Anthony DeAngelo and Ivan Provorov have added one goal and eight assists from the point to help open up the offense.
The offense has carried the Flyers but the defense has also stepped up, allowing only 2.50 goals per game with only eight goals in the last three games. Anthony DeAngelo and Ivan Provorov have led the top pairing but the rest of the defense has also looked great with Travis Sanheim, Justin Braun, and the rest of the defense creating turnovers in the defensive zone and limiting shots on the ne t. In addition, goaltender Carter Hart has looked great in the net with a .943 save percentage and a 2.00 goals-against average on 105 shots.