Carolina Hurricanes (5-4, second in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (4-3-1, fifth in the Metropolitan Division)
Philadelphia; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Philadelphia Flyers after Teuvo Teravainen recorded a hat trick in the Hurricanes' 3-0 win against the San Jose Sharks.
Philadelphia had a 31-38-13 record overall and went 7-13-6 in Metropolitan Division play last season. The Flyers had a 15.6% power play success rate last season, scoring 35 goals on 225 chances.
Carolina had a 52-21-9 record overall and went 27-9-1 in Metropolitan Division play last season. The Hurricanes scored 50 power-play goals last season on 253 chances for a 19.8% success rate.
INJURIES: Flyers: Ryan Ellis: out (lower body), Marc Staal: out (rib), Rasmus Ristolainen: out (undisclosed).
Hurricanes: Ryan Suzuki: out (upper body), Brett Pesce: out (lower body), Vasiliy Ponomarev: out (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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