WEEK 26 of the 2024/25 Elite Ice Hockey League season and the Flyers are on the road on Saturday night as they visit the Cardiff Devils for the final time this season. On Sunday night they return home as they host the Nottingham Panthers for their final visit this campaign.
SATURDAY MARCH 1st CARDIFF DEVILS v FIFE FLYERS @ VINDICO ARENA – FACE OFF 7.00pm
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The Flyers last met the Devils a fortnight ago and following their win at Kirkaldy the Welsh side played a double header last weekend on the road to the Belfast Giants. In the first game the Devils held a fourth minute lead until five minutes into the second period before going behind early in the third. The Giants put some icing on their win with a couple of empty net goals. The following night the Devils failed to get on the scoreboard as the Giants recorded their season leading 9th shutout and hit the Devils for six which is their biggest loss on the season so far. On Wednesday night the Devils entertained the Sheffield Steelers and continued their dominant form this season over the Yorkshire side at home as they won for the fifth time this term with a 6-2 score line. Before hosting the Flyers the Devils are due to play the Clan at Braehead on Friday night.
Last League Visit to Devils
Overall Away League Record Against Devils
P 32 W 5 L 27 F 64 A 145
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The Flyers have lost all 4 meetings against the Devils so far this season being outscored 9-21 in the process.
Cole Sanford is the Devils top scorer against the Flyers this season with 4 goals whilst Massimo Carozza, Lucas Chiodo and Daniel Krenželok lead the way for the Flyers in these games with 2 goals.
12 different Devils players have found the net against the Flyers this season with 6 different Flyers on target in the four games played so far.
The Devils hold the record for the quickest goal scored this season when they netted after just 7 seconds against Coventry earlier in February. This beat the previous fastest by the Clan against the Flyers which was timed at 8 seconds.
The Devils have conceded the second most empty net goals with 9 after the Flyers 11.
The Devils and Steelers jointly have the most goals scored at even strength by forwards across all EIHL games this season.
The Flyers are 11 for 13 on the penalty kill against the Devils this season and that is 84.62 percent which is the highest against any of their opponents.
On the powerplay the Flyers are 2 for 13 which is 15.38 percent and so both teams have identical special teams records in the games against each other so far this season.
SUNDAY MARCH 2nd FIFE FLYERS v NOTTINGHAM PANTHERS @ FIFE ICE ARENA – FACE OFF 5.15pm
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Following their last meeting with the Flyers in mid-January the Panthers followed up that with a 7-4 win on home ice against the Guildford Flames before completing a four point weekend with a shutout in Manchester as they beat the Storm 4-0. The following weekend saw just the one game but the Panthers kept things rolling with a 3-2 win at the Vindico Arena against the home town Devils. The Panthers then travelled to Tayside to squeak past the Stars in a low scoring three goal game. The following night at the Motorpoint Arena the visiting Clan snapped the Panthers winning run at 7 games as they edged the two points in a shootout decision. The following midweek the Panthers met the Giants in Belfast in the first leg of their Challenge Cup semifinal with the Giants recording a 3-0 win. A home and home with the Coventry Blaze the following weekend saw the Panthers net six times in each game and take all four points on offer. A home midweek defeat against the Guildford Flames was followed up last weekend with a shootout loss in Sheffield on Saturday night before the Panthers hosted the Manchester Storm and prevailed 3-1. In midweek the Panthers had the Belfast Giants as visitors in the second leg of their Challenge Cup semifinal and narrowly failed to overturn their three goal deficit as they handed the Giants their first shutout of the season with a 2-0 win but fell short by a goal on aggregate. Before heading to Fife the Panthers host the Dundee Stars this weekend.
Last League Visit from Panthers
Overall League Home Record Against Panthers
P 32 W 13 L 192 F 102 A 117
Number Crunching
The Flyers have lost all of their encounters with the Panthers this season being outscored 6-19 and are winless in their last five against Nottingham in total.
The Panthers have won on their last 3 visits to Kirkcaldy.
12 different Panthers players have found the net against the Flyers this season with 5 different Flyers finding the net in the four games.
Kristoff Kontos with 4 goals has top scored for the Panthers against the Flyers so far this season whilst Lucas Chiodo leads for the Flyers with 2 goals.
Excluding shootout goals the Flyers next goal against the Panthers will be their 200th in all EIHL competitions against that opponent.
The Panthers, Giants and Steelers have all had 8 game winning streaks this season which is the best of all teams.
The Flyers and Panthers have the fewest goals scored by defencemen with 15 and 16 respectively across all EIHL competitions this season.
Only the Belfast Giants have conceded fewer goals than the Panthers across all EIHL games this season.
