The Philadelphia Flyers are back playing hockey once again. Less than 24 hours after hosting the Hurricanes, the Flyers are down visiting them in Carolina to start a four-game road trip. They battled hard the last time around but could they do that all over again against the top team in the Eastern Conference?
Puck drop: 5:00 p.m.
How to watch/listen:
📺: NBCSP
📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
- In case you missed yesterday’s game, we got you covered with all the major takeaways from that 4-3 shootout loss to these Hurricanes. [BSH]
- There’s a whole lot going on about Matvei Michkov’s usage. So we looked at what his minutes were in the first 30 games last season, and compared it to this season. [BSH]
Pregame watching
By the numbers
Philadelphia Flyers – 16-9-5 (4th in Metro)
Goals: Trevor Zegras (12)
Assists: Trevor Zegras/Travis Konecny (18)
Points: Trevor Zegras (30)
Carolina Hurricanes – 20-9-2 (1st in Metro)
Goals: Seth Jarvis (18)
Assists: Shayne Gostisbehere (21)
Points: Sebastian Aho/Seth Jarvis (26)
Projected lineups
Trevor Zegras – Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Nikita Grebenkin – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Matvei Michkov – Sean Couturier – Owen Tippett
Nic Deslauriers – Rodrigo Abols – Garnet Hathaway
Cam York??? – Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler?? – Noah Juulsen
Ty Murchison???
Dan Vladar
(Sam Ersson)
Andrei Svechnikov – Sebastian Aho – Seth Jarvis
Nikolaj Ehlers – Logan Stankoven – Jackso Blake
William Carrier – Jordan Staal – Jordan Martinook
Taylor Hall – Mark Jankowski – Eric Robinson
K’Andre Miller – Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere – Jalen Chatfield
Alexander Nikishin – Joel Nystrom
Brandon Bussi
(Pyotr Kochetkov)
Storylines to watch
Can the Flyers prevent a potential collapse?
The Flyers were able to control the game surprisingly well in the first period yesterday, keeping it to that low-event style that just suits them too well — and is basically the opposite of what the Hurricanes want to do. That led them to a justifiable 2-0 lead after 20 minutes but just like they always tend to do, Carolina roared back, dominating possession and taking boatloads of shots for the rest of the game and that is what ended up giving them the full two points.
Can the Flyers just somehow prevent this from happening once again? Even if they get started on the right foot, can they keep the game in their control?
Cam York might return, maybe
Both Cam York and Rasmus Ristolainen are with the Flyers on the road trip so their return to the ice could be coming at any time. But, it seems like York is much closer out of the two and there are little minor whispers that he could be back in the lineup for this second half of a back-to-back. While the Flyers’ blue line has not been dreadful in his absence, it would be a major lift for the team to have their top pairing back together.
