The Colorado Avalanche (16-8-2) host the Philadelphia Flyers (14-10-2), who have won three in a row, on Saturday, December 9 at 9:00 PM ET on ALT, NBCS-PH, and ESPN+.
Avalanche vs. Flyers Game Info
- Game Day: Saturday, December 9, 2023
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
- TV: Altitude Sports (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Avalanche and Flyers Stats, Key Players, and Injuries
Avalanche Insights
- The Avalanche’s 91 total goals (3.5 per game) make them the third-best scoring team in the league.
- Defensively, the Avalanche are giving up 76 total goals (2.9 per game) to rank 14th in league action.
- Their goal differential (+15) makes them seventh-best in the league.
- The 19 power-play goals the Avalanche have scored this season are 10th-best in the NHL (on 101 power-play chances).
- The Avalanche are 18th in the league with an 18.81% power-play conversion rate.
- The five shorthanded goals the Avalanche have scored this season rank fifth among NHL squads.
- The Avalanche have the league’s seventh-best penalty-kill percentage (85.11%).
- The Avalanche win 47.7% of their faceoffs (25th in the NHL)
- The Avalanche have an 11% shooting percentage as a team, which ranks eighth in the league.
- The Avalanche have shut out opponents once this season. They average 15.1 hits and 14.3 blocked shots per game.
Avalanche Key Players
- A leading offensive player this season for Colorado, Nathan MacKinnon has recorded 36 points.
- Cale Makar has seven goals and 27 assists for Colorado to compile 34 total points (1.3 per game).
- On 77 shots (for 12 goals) and 19 assists, Mikko Rantanen has contributed 31 points this season.
- Ivan Prosvetov (2-1-1) has a 2.4 goals against average and a save percentage of .919 for Colorado.
Avalanche Injuries
Gabriel Landeskog: Knee (Out),
Pavel Francouz: Groin (Out For Season),
Valeri Nichushkin: Illness (Questionable),
Samuel Girard: Personal (Out),
Chris Wagner: Achilles (Out),
Artturi Lehkonen: Undisclosed (Out)
Flyers Insights
- The Flyers’ 76 goals on the season (2.9 per game) rank them 19th in the league.
- The Flyers’ total of 71 goals given up (2.7 per game) is 11th in the league.
- Their +5 goal differential is 13th in the league.
- With 10 power-play goals (on 82 chances), the Flyers are 27th in the NHL.
- The Flyers have the NHL’s 27th-ranked power-play percentage (12.2).
- The Flyers lead the league in shorthanded goals with seven.
- The 85.88% penalty-kill percentage of the Flyers is sixth in the league.
- The Flyers are 27th in faceoff win percentage in the NHL (47.1%).
- The Flyers’ 9% shooting percentage is 25th in the league.
- The Flyers have held their opponents scoreless two times.
Flyers Key Players
- Travis Konecny has recorded 14 goals and eight assists in 26 games for Philadelphia, good for 22 points.
- Sean Couturier has collected 18 points this season, with six goals and 12 assists.
- Philadelphia’s Travis Sanheim is among the leading scorers on the team with 18 total points (two goals and 16 assists).
- Samuel Ersson has a 5-3-1 record this season, with an .885 save percentage (55th in the league). He has 192 saves, and has conceded 25 goals (2.8 goals against average).
Flyers Injuries
Noah Cates: Foot (Out),
Ryan Poehling: Illness (Questionable),
Ryan Ellis: Lower Body (Out)