Dallas Stars at Philadelphia Flyers

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Dallas Stars

25-13-1

Philadelphia Flyers

17-19-5

Flyers host the Stars after Konecny's 2-goal game

Dallas Stars (25-13-1, in the Central Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (17-19-5, in the Metropolitan Division)

Philadelphia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers host the Dallas Stars after Travis Konecny's two-goal game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Flyers' 3-2 loss.

Philadelphia is 8-10-1 in home games and 17-19-5 overall. The Flyers have a -23 scoring differential, with 122 total goals scored and 145 allowed.

Dallas has a 25-13-1 record overall and a 9-8-0 record in road games. The Stars have a 14-6-1 record in games they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponents.

Thursday's game is the first time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Matvei Michkov has 12 goals and 17 assists for the Flyers. Tyson Foerster has six goals and three assists over the past 10 games.

Matt Duchene has 16 goals and 22 assists for the Stars. Roope Hintz has scored seven goals with one assist over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Flyers: 3-6-1, averaging 3.2 goals, 5.7 assists, 2.7 penalties and 6.2 penalty minutes while giving up 3.7 goals per game.

Stars: 7-2-1, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.8 assists, 2.5 penalties and 5.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game.

INJURIES: Flyers: None listed.

Stars: None listed.

Regular Season Series

Series starts 1/9

Statistics

DAL		PHI
2.54	Goals Against Average	3.54
26.2	Shots Against per Game	26.8
84.8	Penalty Kill Percentage	78.4
16	Power Play Goals Against	24
0	Short Handed Goals Against	0
3.26	Goals For per Game	2.98
31.0	Shots per Game	27.6
21	Power Play Goals	17
16.8	Power Play Percentage	14.9
2	Short Handed Goals	2
266	Penalty Minutes	357

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Samuel Ersson, G	Day-To-Day	Jan 7
Sean Couturier, C	Day-To-Day	Dec 23
Jamie Drysdale, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 6
Emil Andrae, D	Out	Nov 23
Cam York, D	Injured Reserve	Nov 22

Dallas Stars Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Mason Marchment, LW	Out	Jan 8
Ilya Lyubushkin, D	Day-To-Day	Jan 7
Nils Lundkvist, D	Day-To-Day	Dec 20
Thomas Harley, D	Day-To-Day	Dec 20
Matt Dumba, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 18