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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (16-9-4) conclude their six-game homestand on Saturday against Rod Brind’Amour’s Carolina Hurricanes (19-9-2). The game marks the start of a home-and-home set between the teams.
The Flyers enter this game coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. Philly played Vegas evenly at 5-on-5 for the most part, and pushed back from 1-0 (first period) and 2-1 (second period) deficits.Trevor Zegras (11th goal of the season) and Noah Juulsen (1st) scored in regulation.
Carolina is 9-4-1 on the road to date and 6-4-0 over the last 10 games. On Thursday, Brind’Amour’s club earned a 3-2 (1-0) road shootout win against the Washington Capitals. As with the Flyers, Carolina recorded from 1-0 (2nd period) and 2-1 (third period) deficits. Nikolaj Ehlers (7th) and Logan Stankoven (6th) scored in regulation. Seth Jarvis netted the shootout winner.
Leading scorers: Flyers (through 29 games)
Trevor Zegras — 28 points (11g, 17a)
Travis Konecny — 25 points (8g, 17a)
Christian Dvorak — 21 points (7g, 14a)
Owen Tippett — 19 points (9g, 10a)
Sean Couturier — 17 points (5g, 12a)
Matvei Michkov — 16 points (8g, 8a)
Noah Cates — 16 points (7g, 9a)
Top goal scorers —Zegras (11g, 28 points), Tyson Foerster (10g, 13 points)
Injury report: Flyers
- Foerster is on IR for two to three months with an upper-body injury.
- Cam York is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. He will travel with the team on the upcoming road trip
- Rasmus Ristolainen has been on IR all season while rehabbing from triceps surgery. He, too, will travel on the road trip.
Where to watch
Time and broadcast: 1:00 p.m. ET on NBCSP
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
RAV4 keys to the game for Philadelphia: click here
In-game watch party (Maher Media): click here
Confirmed Flyers lineup
The Flyers held a morning skate in Voorhees on Saturday, due to the afternoon Wings lacrosse game at the arena. Samuel Ersson will get the start in goal on Saturday. Consequently, Dan Vladar will start the rematch in Raleigh on Sunday. There are no other personnel or line combination changes from Thursday. However, Carl Grundstrom played a significant portion of Thursday’s game on the third line. He’s likely to see shifts there again against Carolina at various junctures.
Trevor Zegras- Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov – Sean Couturier – Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Carl Grundstrom – Rodrigo Abols – Garnet Hathaway
Nick Seeler – Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae – Jamie Drysdale
Ty Murchison – Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]
Projected scratches: Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Egor Zamula (healthy).
Flyers Daily: Weekend edition
In the weekend edition of Flyers Daily, Jason Myrtetus breaks down Thursday’s game against Vegas. His analysis is right in sync with my Good, Bad, and Ugly takeaways from the game. Jason also previews the home-and-home with Carolina. In a special segment, local goaltender Justin Kowalkoski is a special guest. Justin, the Flyers’ in-house emergency backups goaltender, filled in as San Jose’s backup in Tuesday’s game against the Flyers.
