NHL On Tap: Hart likely back for Flyers at Hurricanes
Welcome to the NHL On Tap. Three NHL.com writers will share what they are most looking forward to on the schedule each day. Today, their choices from the four games Wednesday.Related: How to watch and stream NHL gamesHart expected to return for FlyersGoalie Carter Hart could start for the Philadelphia Flyers against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena 7:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT, TVAS. He missed five games with a mid body injury sustained in the first period of a 5 2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Nov. 1, and had food poisoning that caused him to miss two. Hart is 4 3 0 with a 2.52 goals against average, .913 save percentage and one shutout in eight games for the Flyers 7 7 1. Carolina 9 6 0 has won six of eight, including 4 0 at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist and has seven points three goals, four assists during a five game point streak. William Douglas, staff writerOilers eye third straight winDon't look now but the Edmonton Oilers will try for a third straight win when they host the Seattle Kraken at Rogers Place 8:30 p.m. ET; SN360, SNE, SNO, SNW, ROOT NW. The Oilers 4 9 1 won their first game under coach Kris Knoblauch, 4 1 against the New York Islanders on Monday. Knoblauch was hired to replace Jay Woodcroft on Sunday and Edmonton won at Rogers Place for the first time this season. Oilers captain Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist in the win; he entered the game with just one assist in his previous five games. Edmonton is 6 2 0 against Seattle since the latter joined the NHL in 2021 22, including a 4 1 win at Climate Pledge Arena four days ago. The Kraken 5 8 3 have lost two straight and four of five 1 3 1. Seattle defenseman Vince Dunn has four assists in a three game point streak. Mike G. Morreale, staff writerHorvat returns to Vancouver for first time with IslandersWhen the slumping Islanders visit the red hot Canucks at Rogers Arena 10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNP https://www.krakenproteamstore.com/connor-carrick-jersey, TNT, MAX , Bo Horvat will return to the place he played for nine seasons. Horvat had 420 points 201 goals, 219 assists in 621 regular season games and was captain from 2019 23, prior to being traded to New York on Jan. 30. Though it will be emotional, his task will be getting the Islanders 5 6 3 their first win since Nov. 2. They have been outscored 21 9 during a five game losing streak 0 4 1 , allowing at least four goals in each. Horvat is second on the Islanders with 11 points this season four goals, seven assists. The Canucks 11 3 1 have won six of seven and nine of 11 and have dominated on home ice, going 5 0 1, scoring the most goals per game 4.83 and allowing the fewest 1.50 among all NHL teams. Quinn Hughes Justin Schultz Jersey, who replaced Horvat as captain this season, has 23 points five goals, 18 assists and leads the NHL with a plus 18 rating. David Satriano, staff writerWednesday gamesPhiladelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes 7:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT, TVAS The Flyers are 0 5 3 in their past eight games against the Hurricanes, last winning 2 1 at Carolina on Nov. 12, 2021. Carolina defenseman Brent Burns 776 games is expected to pass Craig Ramsay 776 GP for the eighth longest consecutive games played streak in NHL history. One defenseman is ahead of Burns https://www.krakenproteamstore.com/ales-stezka-jersey, Keith Yandle 989.Seattle Kraken at Edmonton Oilers 8:30 p.m. ET; SN360, SNE, SNO, SNW, ROOT NW Forward Brandon Tanev scored a goal in 14:15 of ice time in a 5 1 home loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Monday after missing 14 games with a lower body injury. Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner is 2 0 0 with a 1.00 GAA and.961 save percentage in his past two starts.Anaheim Ducks at Colorado Avalanche 9 p.m. ET; BSSD, BSSC, ALT Defenseman Cale Makar is on a four game point streak one goal, six assists for the Avalanche 9 5 0. The Ducks 9 6 0 rallied from down 2 0 and won 3 2 at the Nashville Predators on Tuesday to become the first team in NHL history with six third period comeback victories through their first 15 games in a season.New York Islanders at Vancouver Canucks 10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNP, TNT, MAX New York has scored 2.36 goals per game, tied with the Washington Capitals for 30th in the NHL, and more than three goals twice in 14 games. Vancouver has three players Hughes, Elias Pettersson 25 and J.T. Miller 23 who have at least 20 points this season. No other team has more than one with at least 20. Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek has 13 assists in a 10 game point streak after his previous NHL high was a six game run from Nov. 12 25, 2022. He can tie a team record for the longest point streak by a defenseman shared by Jiri Bubla 11 games in 1983 84 and Dennis Kearns 11 in 1976 77.