The Flyers enter the month of March, where they have 14 games in 28 days including three sets of back-to-backs in which five of those six games are played on the road… They are three points behind Pittsburgh for the final playoff spot with three games remaining against the Penguins… The Flyers are in the midst of a six-game homestand, having won all three games and scoring an average of four goals per-game thus far… They have also scored a goal on the power play in all three games, operating at 50 percent (4-for-8)… The Flyers have won five of their last seven (5-1-1) and have earned points in 18 of 26 games since the start of the new year, going 14-8-4.

The Oilers come into tonight having won two straight games… They have not won three games in-a-row since they had a six-game winning streak from Dec. 2-14… This is also the first game in back-to-back nights for the Oilers, who own a 4-2-2 record in the opening contest of back-to-back sets… The Oilers have not scored on the power-play in seven straight games, going 0-for-16 in that stretch… Taylor Hall leads the team in scoring with 20 goals and 54 points in 65 games… Goaltender Cam Talbot has made eight straight starts and has appeared in 20 of the Oilers last 21 games… He’s won two straight and faced over 30 shots in each of his last four games, stopping 133 of 139 shots and recording a .957 save percentage in that span… The Oilers have been outshot by their opponent in 43 of their 65 games (66.1%), but have 16 of their 24 wins when they are out-shot (16-22-5).