Philadelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes: game preview
PhiladelphiaFlyers2026-27: 0-2-2 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-27-12 · 98 pts · 11that
CarolinaHurricanes2026-27: 2-1-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 53-22-7 · 113 pts · 2ndFifteen points apart last season
Philadelphia finished last season 11th in the league on 98 points. Carolina finished 2nd on 113, 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, Philadelphia were 11th in the league and Carolina 2nd. By 3 Oct it was 26th and 12th.
Carolina out-attempted Philadelphia 364 to 216
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Philadelphia Flyers
Carolina Hurricanes
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 Philadelphia, 4 for Carolina. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Philadelphia, 10 for Carolina.
2025-26: 86 games for Philadelphia, 86 for Carolina.
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
Philadelphia
Small sampleCarolina
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 3 Apr: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 3 Apr: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Dan Vladar
See all: Dan Vladar →PHI · 0-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 2 Apr
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Joseph Woll .929 (2 GP)
Full game logCarolina crease
CAR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 2 Apr
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
Carolina2.753.003.612.93Goals 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
Philadelphia · injuries
Carolina · injuries
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 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.
Philadelphia · 2026 draft
See all: Philadelphia · 2026 draft →Carolina · 2026 draft
See all: Carolina · 2026 draft →
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