Philadelphia visits Minnesota after Laughton’s 4-goal game

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Philadelphia Flyers' Joel Farabee (86) and Minnesota Wild's Ryan Hartman (38) collide during the third period of an NHL hockey game, March 3, 2022, in Philadelphia.
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The Minnesota Wild host the Philadelphia Flyers after Scott Laughton scored four goals in the Flyers' 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings.

Minnesota has gone 7-4-1 in home games and 19-6-4 overall. The Wild have gone 9-2-2 when scoring a power-play goal.

Philadelphia has a 14-12-4 record overall and a 7-4-3 record in road games. The Flyers have allowed 100 goals while scoring 89 for a -11 scoring differential.

Saturday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Flyers won the previous matchup 7-5. Laughton scored four goals in the victory.

The Wild’s Kirill Kaprizov has scored 18 goals with 25 assists. Matthew Boldy has one goal and seven assists over the past 10 games.

As for the Flyers, Travis Konecny has 15 goals and 21 assists. Matvei Michkov has scored five goals and added seven assists over the past 10 games.

In the last 10 games, the Wild are at 6-3-1, averaging 2.5 goals, 3.7 assists, 3.3 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game. For the Flyers’ last 10 games, they have a record of 6-2-2, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.5 assists, 3.2 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.