Philadelphia Flyers at Columbus Blue Jackets: game preview
PhiladelphiaFlyers2026-27: 0-2-2 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-27-12 · 98 pts · 11that
ColumbusBlue Jackets2026-27: 1-1-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 40-30-12 · 92 pts · 17thSix points apart last season
Philadelphia finished last season 11th in the league on 98 points. Columbus finished 17th on 92, and the 2025-26 season series went CBJ 3-0-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 60
Across 59 completed games, Columbus lead the head-to-head 34-19-6.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 28 Jan 2026, Philadelphia were 17th in the league and Columbus 24th. By 24 Mar 2026 it was 15th and 8th.
Columbus out-attempted Philadelphia 165 to 165
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Philadelphia Flyers
Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus 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 Philadelphia, 2 for Columbus. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Philadelphia, 10 for Columbus.
2025-26: 86 games for Philadelphia, 82 for Columbus.
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
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Small sampleColumbus
Small sampleSkaters to watch
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 5 Apr: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 6 Apr: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Philadelphia crease
PHI · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 5 Apr
No appearances against Columbus in the last meetings.
Columbus crease
CBJ · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 5 Apr
No appearances against Philadelphia in the last meetings.
Scoring 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
Philadelphia1.254.253.052.96
Columbus3.503.503.093.09Goals 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.
3 on the injury lists
Philadelphia · injuries
Columbus · injuries
No players listed.
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →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).
Placed LW Mikael Pyyhtia on waivers.
Placed D Ivan Provorov on injured reserve.
Assigned G Pheonix Copley to Cleveland (AHL).
Philadelphia · 2026 draft
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