Edmonton’s elite record and star-powered attack make Wednesday’s matchup a steep test for Philadelphia.
Edmonton enters Wednesday’s Rogers Place matchup 13-3-3 with 29 points, while Philadelphia is 5-10-5 with 15; the power index ranks the Oilers fourth at 80.3 and the Flyers 30th at 36.3. Edmonton is 3-2 over its last five and has won two straight, while Philadelphia is 2-3 in that span after beating Vancouver 3-1. Connor McDavid has 36 points and Leon Draisaitl 26 in 15 games apiece, compared with Philadelphia’s leading scorers Matvei Michkov and Trevor Zegras at 12 points each. The key is whether the Flyers can contain Edmonton’s top-end production and make their own chances count; the Oilers’ 8.42 top-six points per game in the power-index metrics dwarfs Philadelphia’s 3.47.