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 BUNDY & COATESY GAME-DAY PREVIEW

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1. RACKING UP POINTS
The Flyers are unbeaten in regulation in their last six games going 4-0-2 in that span, earning 10 out of a possible 12 points in the standings ... Four of the six games have been decided by one goal.

2. SKINNER 2.0
Second-year winger Jeff Skinner, who won last year’s Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie, leads the Hurricanes in points (17), goals (7) and assists (10), and has points in 10 of the team’s 17 games this season.

3. DOMINATION DOWN SOUTH
The Flyers are 1-0-0 this year against the Hurricanes, earning a 5-1 win on Oct. 29 … They have also won nine of their last ten contests against Carolina and are 16-1-3 in their last 20.

4. Player to watch out for FLYERS: Scott Hartnell
The gritty left-winger averages over a point-per-game against the Hurricanes in his career, recording 11 goals and 12 assists for 23 points in 22 games against Carolina … In their first meeting of the year, Hartnell posted a three-point night with a goal and two assists to help the Flyers to a 5-1 win on Oct. 29.

5. Player to watch out for HURRICANES: Jussi Jokinen
Jokinen has recorded points in four of his last five games (1G-4A) for the Canes… Against the Flyers he averages nearly a point-per-game pace with 12 points (7G-5A) in 13 games played and scored the only Carolina goal in their previous meeting with the Flyers.

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GAME PREVIEW

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The Philadelphia Flyers dominate the Carolina Hurricanes, and Scott Hartnell, Jaromir Jagr and Claude Giroux have already made sure that's continued into 2011-12.

They'll get a pair of opportunities to extend that success over the next two Mondays.

The high-scoring trio will be looking to shake out of a brief offensive funk when the Flyers visit the Hurricanes on Monday night.

Philadelphia (9-4-3) is 15-1-2 in its last 18 meetings with Carolina (6-8-3), including a 7-1-0 record in Raleigh. The Flyers' dominance in the series continued with a 5-1 home victory Oct. 29, as Giroux scored a goal and assisted on three others, while Hartnell had three points to go with Jagr's two goals.

Flyers coach Peter Laviolette improved to 6-1-0 in reunions with the Hurricanes, the team he led to the 2006 Stanley Cup. These clubs will meet again next Monday in Philadelphia.

Giroux has two goals and six assists in his last five games against Carolina, and he hopes the series can help snap him out of a short slump. The Flyers' leader with nine goals and 19 points has none in the last two games.

Jagr's six goals and 15 points are second to Giroux, but he doesn't have a point in the last two, either. The veteran right wing had six goals and five assists during a seven-game scoring streak before the drought.

Hartnell has just one of his 13 points in his last four games, but the left wing has 11 goals and 12 assists in 22 career games against Carolina.

Despite a lack of contributions from its offensive leaders, Philadelphia still beat Florida 3-2 on Sunday after opening this three-game trip with Wednesday's 2-1 overtime defeat to Tampa Bay.

"I thought our guys really competed well, skated well," Laviolette said Sunday. "I thought our guys responded well and played a hard-fought game."

Philadelphia is 5-1-1 on the road, and Ilya Bryzgalov may get another chance to play a role in that success. He made 31 saves Sunday to improve to 4-1-1 with a 1.99 goals-against average away from home.

Bryzgalov had 24 stops against the Hurricanes last month.

Carolina is looking to build on its best offensive performance of the season after beating Eastern Conference-leading Pittsburgh 5-3 on Saturday to end a four-game losing streak.

Jeff Skinner had a big part in the offensive outburst, contributing a goal and two assists after failing to get a point in the previous two contests.

Last season's Calder Trophy winner leads the Hurricanes with seven goals and 10 assists. He's netted three goals and set up four others in the past four home games.

Skinner, however, has just one goal and one assist in five career meetings with the Flyers.

Eric Staal had a goal and an assist Saturday, snapping a 10-game goal drought that included seven without a point. The Carolina captain still posted a minus-1 rating for the game and is last in the NHL at minus-17.

"He's worked extremely hard," goaltender Cam Ward said. "It's just a matter of time. He's too good."

Staal has no goals, three assists and a minus-3 rating in his past seven home games against Philadelphia.