With an assist in last night’s game, Raffl has recorded points in four of his last five contests with six points (3g-3a) in that stretch… Raffl is putting together his best month of the season with eight points (4g-4a) in nine games in March… He is one of only two players in the Flyers lineup to have appeared in all 71 games this year (Simmonds)… Raffl is fifth on the team with 12 goals, only one of which has come on the power play, and over the last two seasons he leads the Flyers with 29 even strength goals… Against the Blue Jackets, he has two goals and an assist for three points in three games of the season series, and has four points (2g-2a) in nine career games.

The 26-year-old right wing has six goals and eight points in his last nine games and leads the Blue Jackets in both goals (tied, 25) and overall points (46), both of which are new career highs, in 71 games played… At home, Atkinson has also led the charge with 10 goals and 15 points in his last 15 games at Nationwide Arena… He was the Blue Jackets 157th overall pick in the sixth around of the 2008 NHL Draft and in his fifth season in the NHL is 10 games shy of 300 games played… He has 84 goals and 74 assists for 158 points… Against the Flyers, he is scoreless in the season series and has four points (2g-2a) in 13 games.