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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Winnipeg Jets at Philadelphia Flyers: game preview

Puck drop30 Jan · 1:00 PM ET
VenueXfinity Mobile Arena
All-time meetings31 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Sixteen points apart last season

Winnipeg finished last season 26th in the league on 82 points. Philadelphia finished 11th on 98.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 32

Across 31 completed games, Philadelphia lead the head-to-head 18-10-3.

All-time record18-10-3Philadelphia's record in the series
Meetings played31This is number 32
2025-26 series—
Last 53-2Philadelphia
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
11 Apr 2026PHI 7 – WPG 1——PHI
16 Oct 2025WPG 5 – PHI 2——WPG
6 Mar 2025WPG 4 – PHI 1——WPG
1 Mar 2025PHI 2 – WPG 1 SO——PHI
8 Feb 2024WPG 1 – PHI 4——PHI
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateWinnipegPhiladelphia
16 Oct 20253-1-0 · 6 pts5th1-2-1 · 3 pts25th
11 Apr 202635-32-12 · 82 pts23rd41-27-12 · 94 pts11th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 16 Oct 2025, Winnipeg were 5th in the league and Philadelphia 25th. By 11 Apr 2026 it was 23rd and 11th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Winnipeg out-attempted Philadelphia 101 to 86

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Winnipeg Jets

101 att · 43 on goal · 6 G · 14.0%
Crease9 att · 0 G
Slot37 att · 3 G
Wing39 att · 2 G
Point14 att · 0 G
Neutral zone2 att · 1 G

Philadelphia Flyers

86 att · 40 on goal · 9 G · 22.5%
Crease9 att · 1 G
Slot24 att · 2 G
Wing41 att · 5 G
Point12 att · 1 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Winnipeg 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.

WinnipegPhiladelphia
3.37xG for per game1.95
3.37xG against per game4.51
50.0%xG share30.2%
−1.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals−2.8
+2.1GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.0

This season: 3 games for Winnipeg, 4 for Philadelphia. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

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

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Philadelphia

Small sample
Power play · 2026-270.0%
Power play · 2025-2615.7% · 32nd
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2773.3%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 22nd
Faceoffs · 2026-2753.6% · 133/248
Drawn · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2715 (3.75/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
14Sean Couturier40220.50
11Travis Konecny40220.50
74Owen Tippett41010.25
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
24Nick Seeler40110.25
Defencemen stats

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 28 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 28 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 27 Jan

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1
Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against Philadelphia in the last meetings.

Philadelphia crease

PHI · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 27 Jan

Dan Vladar.8632 GP · 0-2-0 · GSAx −1.6
Joseph Woll.9292 GP · 0-0-2 · GSAx +3.2

No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 5.9 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

11 Apr 20268 · PHI 7–1 WPG
16 Oct 20257 · WPG 5–2 PHI
6 Mar 20255 · WPG 4–1 PHI
1 Mar 20253 · PHI 2–1 WPG
8 Feb 20245 · WPG 1–4 PHI

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17
Philadelphia1.254.253.052.96

Goals 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.

Scoring rates suggest5.9Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings5.6Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

7 on the injury lists

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct

Philadelphia · injuries

Helge GransLower BodyIRReturn8 Oct
Nikita GrebenkinUpper BodyIRReturn8 Oct
Rasmus RistolainenUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct
10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

5 Oct · PHI

Reinstated C Jett Luchanko Barkey from injured reserve.

27 Sep · PHI

Agreed to terms with LW Garrett Wilson on a 1-Year contract. Loaned G Alexei Kolosov to Lehigh Valley (AHL).

25 Sep · PHI

Loaned Fs Jacob Gaucher, Cole Knuble and Jett Luchanko and D Oliver Bonk to Lehigh Valley (AHL).

Injury report
#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC
#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG
#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW
#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD
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Philadelphia · 2026 draft

See all: Philadelphia · 2026 draft →
#27Maksim SokolovskiiRound 1 · LondonD
#53Brek LiskeRound 2 · EverettD
#62Martin PsohlavecRound 2 · Karlovy Vary Jr.G
#120Marek SklenickaRound 4 · SeattleG
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