Hurricanes play the Flyers after Necas’ 2-goal game

Carolina Hurricanes (13-4, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (8-9-2, in the Metropolitan Division)

Philadelphia; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Philadelphia Flyers after Martin Necas scored two goals in the Hurricanes’ 4-1 win against the St. Louis Blues.

Philadelphia has an 8-9-2 record overall and a 0-3-0 record in Metropolitan Division games. The Flyers are 4-5-2 in games they score at least three goals.

Carolina is 5-0-0 against the Metropolitan Division and 13-4 overall. The Hurricanes are 2-1-0 in one-goal games.

The teams meet Wednesday for the second time this season. The Hurricanes won the last meeting 6-4. Necas scored two goals in the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Matvei Michkov has scored six goals with nine assists for the Flyers. Travis Sanheim has over the last 10 games.

Necas has scored 11 goals with 19 assists for the Hurricanes. Jackson Blake has over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Flyers: 6-3-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.8 assists, 4.2 penalties and nine penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game.

Hurricanes: 8-2-0, averaging 4.5 goals, 7.5 assists, 3.1 penalties and 6.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game.

INJURIES: Flyers: None listed.

Hurricanes: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.