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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (6-4-1) wrap a five-game homestand on Sunday against Ryan Huska’s Calgary Flames (2-9-2). The Flyer are 6-2-0 on home ice to date but saw a three-game winning streak snapped on Saturday.
The Flyers dropped a 5-2 decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Meanwhile, the Flames lost 4-2 to the Nashville Predators.
Saturday’s game against Toronto saw the Flyers start strong and finish with a late push. Unfortunately, the Flyers got outplayed in between as their three-game winning streak came to an end. Christian Dvorak and Tyson Foerster (power play) scored in a losing cause. Dan Vladar was pulled early in the third period after Toronto scored their fourth goal of the game.
Several Flyers got banged up in the game against Toronto. Foerster blocked a shot off the inside of his left foot but returned to the game.Bobby Brink went into the boards awkwardly as he was hit from behind by the Maple Leafs’ Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
Additionally, Rodrigo Abols received five stitches after he badly bit his tongue during the second period. He returned to the game. Meanwhile, there was good news with team captain Sean Couturier (upper-body injury). Couturier did not play on Saturday but participated in the morning skate. His availability is a game-day decision against Calgary.
The Flames got two-thirds of the way back from a 3-0 deficit against the Predators but fell short. An empty-netter sealed it for Nashville.Jonathan Huberdeau and former Flyers winger Joel Farabee scored during the comeback bid.Dustin Wolf was pulled after allowing three goals on 11 shots. Former Flyers forward Morgan Frost saw a five-game point streak come to an end.
The Flames, who missed the playoffs via tiebreaker last year, have only won once since a comeback win over Edmonton on opening night. The team has regularly found ways to lose games they probably would have won a season ago.
Where to watch
Time and broadcast: 7:00 p.m. ET on NBCSP and NHL Network
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
Keys to the game for Philadelphia: click here (after 11 a.m.)
In-game watch party (Maher Media): click here.
Flyers Lineup
Below is Saturday’s lineup with one change: Aleksei Kolosov will get his first NHL start of the season. The lineup will be updated after Tocchet speaks to the media. Neither team will hold a morning skate on Sunday.
Nikita Grebenkin – Sean Couturier – Travis Konecny
Trevor Zegras – Christian Dvorak – Matvei Michkov
Owen Tippett – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Rodrigo Abols – Jacob Gaucher – Garnet Hathaway
Cam York – Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula – Noah Juulsen
Aleksei Kolosov
[Dan Vladar]
Scratches: Tyson Foerster (left foot/ankle), Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Adam Ginning (healthy).
