Boston Bruins at Philadelphia Flyers: game preview
BostonBruins2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 45-27-10 · 100 pts · 8that
PhiladelphiaFlyers2026-27: 0-2-2 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-27-12 · 98 pts · 11thTwo points apart last season
Boston finished last season 8th in the league on 100 points. Philadelphia finished 11th on 98, and the 2025-26 season series went PHI 2-1-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 261
Across 260 completed games, Boston lead the head-to-head 153-85-22.
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 29 Jan 2026, Boston were 10th in the league and Philadelphia 17th. By 5 Apr 2026 it was 9th and 11th.
Boston out-attempted Philadelphia 286 to 258
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Boston Bruins
Philadelphia Flyers
Boston 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 Boston, 4 for Philadelphia. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Boston, 10 for Philadelphia.
2025-26: 82 games for Boston, 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
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Small samplePhiladelphia
Small sampleTravis Konecny has 5 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.
Travis Konecny vs Boston · game by game
See all: Travis Konecny vs Boston · game by game →Dan Vladar has been the difference
Dan Vladar faced 52 shots across 3 appearances against Boston and conceded 2, a .962 save percentage against a season figure of .863. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 15 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 16 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Jeremy Swayman
See all: Jeremy Swayman →BOS · 2-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 15 Mar
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Michael DiPietro .897 (1 GP)
Full game logDan Vladar
See all: Dan Vladar →PHI · 0-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 15 Mar
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Joseph Woll .929 (2 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 6.0 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
Boston2.252.753.323.05
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.
4 on the injury lists
Boston · injuries
Philadelphia · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Reinstated C Matthew Poitras from injured reserve.
Placed RW Michael Eyssimont on waivers.
Placed D Henri Jokiharju on waivers. Placed C Matthew Poitras on injured reserve.
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).
Boston · 2026 draft
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