The Blue Jackets and Flyers meet at Nationwide Arena with both looking to stop a slide and a 4-3 season-series result already in Columbus’s favor.
Saturday’s matchup puts Columbus (7-10-0, 14 points) against Philadelphia (5-10-6, 16 points), with the Blue Jackets carrying a three-game losing streak and the Flyers coming off one loss. Columbus is 2-3 across its last five; Philadelphia is 1-4. The Blue Jackets hold the power-index edge at No. 25 to the Flyers’ No. 30, and already beat Philadelphia 4-3 in their season meeting. Kent Johnson leads Columbus with 15 points in 15 games, while Matvei Michkov has 13 points and a team-high eight goals for Philadelphia. The key is whether Johnson and Columbus can turn their edge into pressure against Michkov’s finishing threat and a Flyers team allowing 4.2 goals per game over its last five.