The Rebels will travel to the Middletown Sports Complex to take on the New Jersey Titans for the eighth and final time this season. It will be Philadelphia’s last road game of the 2023-24 regular season. Tonight’s contest begins at 7:00 PM.
Titans vs. Rebels Overview
As stated in the aforementioned paragraph, this is the eighth and final game between these teams this season. The Titans have won five of the previous seven, outscoring the Rebels 26 to 19. The last time they met was a week ago when New Jersey won 4 – 0.
New Jersey has failed to convert on any of their man advantages (23 attempts) in the seven games. Dominik Bartecko (5 goals and 4 assists) and Nikita Meshcheryakov (3 goals and 6 assists) each have nine points to lead the Titans in scoring against the Rebels while Bartecko has the most goals (five). New Jersey’s netminders have a combined 2.64 goals against average and .906 save percentage against the Rebels with one shutout.
The Rebels are 7 for 23 (30%) on the man advantage against New Jersey. Charles Panchisin has nine total points (5 goals and 4 assists) to lead Philadelphia against New Jersey. Jared Coccimiglio and Panchisin each have five goals against the Titans. Rebels netminders have a combined 3.20 goals against average and .908 save percentage with no shutouts.
Titans Overview
New Jersey is currently in fifth place in the East Division with a 32-22-3-0 record for 65 points. They have clinched a playoff spot and will enter the post season fifth place. They are coming off of a split at home against the Johnstown Tomahawks. They have won eight out of their last ten games. New Jersey has scored 209 goals (5th in the league), and they have allowed 173 (17th in the league). They are 19.4% on the powerplay (13th in the league), and they are .779% on the penalty kill (30th in the league).
Bartecko leads the Titans with 76 total points (28 goals and 48 assists). He is fourth overall in the league for total points. Dominick Rivelli has scored the most goals with 29. Bartecko also has scored the most game winning goals with six. Jack Hillier has a team best +23. Jake Geraci leads the team in penalty minutes with 159.
Titans’ goalies have a combined 2.91 goals against average and a .904 save percentage with three shutouts (Zak Brice).
Rebels Overview
The Rebels are in seventh place in the East Division with a 24-28-0-4 record for 52 points. The Rebels are still in the hunt for the sixth and final East Division playoff spot. They are currently tied with the same number of points as the Northeast Generals yet the Rebels have a game in hand. If, at the end of the season the teams are still tied with the same number of points, the team with the most wins will advance to the Robertson Cup playoffs. If the teams have the same number of wins, then the deciding factor would be head-to-head matchup which is in the Rebels favor since they won three of the four games against the Generals.
The Rebels are coming off of a home sweep of the New Hampshire Mountain Kings, and they have won four out of their last six games. Philadelphia has scored 165 goals (20th in the league), and they have allowed 193 (23rd in the league). They have converted on 15.1% of the chances on the man advantage (25th in the league), and their penalty kill is at .827% (10th in the league).
Panchisin leads the team with 53 total points (21 goals and 32 assists). Coccimiglio and Panchisin have 21 goals apiece. Paddy Fortune, Brock Jones and Otto Polakovs each have two game winning goals. Panchisin also has a team best +17. Julian Brown has the most penalty minutes with 96.
Rebels netminders have a combined 3.30 goals against average and .906 save percentage with two shutouts.
