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Flyers, Hurricanes seeking 17th win

Dec 15, 2007 - 3:27 PM Carolina (16-14-3) at Philadelphia (16-11-2) 7:00 pm EST

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday with both teams hoping to cement a place atop their respective divisions.

The Hurricanes currently reside at the top of the Southeast Division despite three straight losses. Carolina is the only team in the NHL to be in first place with a negative goal differential as the club has been outscored by its opponents 101-104.

The Hurricanes have been outscored 15-7 during their current slide, including a 6-0 setback to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday and a 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames.

The Flyers - three points back of first-place New Jersey in the Atlantic Division - have been hard pressed to put a streak of any kind together recently, trading wins and losses for the past month.

Philadelphia cruised to an 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday and following it up with a 4-1 loss to Montreal on Thursday.

The Flyers are second in the Eastern Conference in power play percentage at 22.9 percent. Three of their eight goals against the Penguins came on the man-advantage, as did their lone goal against the Canadiens.

Philadelphia has won each of the previous three meetings between the teams this season.