The Sens start this home stand the same way they ended the last - with a visit by the Philadelphia Flyers.
Since that last visit, the Flyers have surged somewhat with three wins in four games. Two of those wins came against teams noticeably higher in the standings.
The scoring has been up a bit. All three of their recent wins came with three goals each. Despite that, they're still dead last in the league for goals per game with an absolutely dismal 1.83 GF/G. The recent scoring is partially tied to another improvement that hasn't moved the needle much on the overall stats yet, the power play - in their last four games they are running at over 30% efficiency and it accounts for 40% of their goals in those games, but they still rank 25th in the league.