Philadelphia Flyers (21-33-11, seventh at Metropolitan) vs. Nashville Predators (37-24-4, fourth at Central)
Nashville, TN; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Roman Josi and Nashville face off against Philadelphia. Josi is eighth in the league with 79 points, scoring 18 goals and registering 61 assists.
The Predators are 19-11-0 at home. Nashville ranks eighth in the league with an average of 5.7 assists per game, led by Josi with 1.0.
The Flyers are 8-18-5 on the road. Philadelphia averages 8.9 penalty minutes per game, eighth most in the Eastern Conference. Zack MacEwen leads the team in serving 96 total minutes.
Philadelphia beat Nashville 5-4 when the teams last met on March 17.
TOP PERFORMERS: Filip Forsberg leads the Predators with 36 goals and 64 points. Josi has four goals and 16 assists in Nashville’s last 10 games.
Cam Atkinson has 49 total points while scoring 23 goals and adding 26 assists for the Flyers. Kevin Hayes has 11 points in Philadelphia’s last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Predators: 6-4-0, averaged 3.8 goals, 7.1 assists, 4.4 penalties and 10.9 penalty minutes while allowing 3.2 goals per game with save percentage of 0.904.
Flyers: 4-5-1, averaging 2.8 goals, 4.9 assists, 3.9 penalties and 10.6 penalty minutes while allowing 3.1 goals per game with a .913 save percentage.
INJURIES: Predators: Thomas Novak: out (health protocols), Mark Borowiecki: out (upper body), Dante Fabbro: out (upper body).
Leaflets: Oskar Lindblom: Day to Day (undisclosed).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data write and data from sports radar.
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