Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers: game preview
CarolinaHurricanes2026-27: 2-1-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 53-22-7 · 113 pts · 2ndat
PhiladelphiaFlyers2026-27: 0-2-2 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-27-12 · 98 pts · 11thFifteen points apart last season
Carolina finished last season 2nd in the league on 113 points. Philadelphia finished 11th on 98, and the 2025-26 season series went CAR 7-0-1.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 118
Across 117 completed games, Philadelphia lead the head-to-head 61-34-21.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 2 May 2026, Carolina were 2nd in the league and Philadelphia 11th. By 3 Oct it was 12th and 26th.
Carolina out-attempted Philadelphia 364 to 216
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Carolina Hurricanes
Philadelphia Flyers
Carolina have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 4 games for Carolina, 4 for Philadelphia. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Carolina, 10 for Philadelphia.
2025-26: 86 games for Carolina, 86 for Philadelphia.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Carolina
Small samplePhiladelphia
Small sampleJackson Blake has 8 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Jackson Blake vs Philadelphia · game by game
See all: Jackson Blake vs Philadelphia · game by game →Dan Vladar has been the difference
Dan Vladar faced 136 shots across 4 appearances against Carolina and conceded 13, a .904 save percentage against a season figure of .863. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 10 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 10 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Carolina crease
CAR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 8 Oct
Dan Vladar
See all: Dan Vladar →PHI · 0-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 8 Oct
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Joseph Woll .929 (2 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 6.1 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Carolina2.753.003.612.93
Philadelphia1.254.253.052.96Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
5 on the injury lists
Carolina · injuries
Philadelphia · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed G Cayden Primeau on waivers.
Placed C Seth Jarvis on the injured non-roster list. Placed LD Juuso Valimaki on waivers.
Placed C Seth Jarvis on the injured non-roster list. Placed D Juuso Valimaki on waivers.
Reinstated C Jett Luchanko Barkey from injured reserve.
Agreed to terms with LW Garrett Wilson on a 1-Year contract. Loaned G Alexei Kolosov to Lehigh Valley (AHL).
Loaned Fs Jacob Gaucher, Cole Knuble and Jett Luchanko and D Oliver Bonk to Lehigh Valley (AHL).
Carolina · 2026 draft
See all: Carolina · 2026 draft →Philadelphia · 2026 draft
See all: Philadelphia · 2026 draft →Sunday 11 October · the full slate
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