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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (38-26-12) are home on Sunday for a crucial clash with Marco Sturm’s Boston Bruins (43-26-8). This is the third and final meeting of the season between the longtime rivals. The Flyers are 1-1-0 over the first two games against Boston this season.
Game time at Xfinity Mobile Arena is 3:30 p.m. EDT. The game will be televised locally on NBCSP and nationally on TNT, TRUTV and HBOMAX
The Flyers enter this game coming off a rousing 4-1 road win over the New York Islanders. Matvei Michkov led the way offensively with a goal (17th) and two assists. Philly also got tallies from Owen Tippett (28th), Alex Bump (4th) and Travis Sanheim (10th). Dan Vladar made 20 saves for the victory.
Where to watch
Time and broadcast: 3:30 p.m. EDT on NBCSP, TNT. TRUTV, HBOMAX
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
RAV4 keys to the game for Philadelphia: click here
In-game watch party (Maher Media): click here
Leading scorers: Flyers (through 76 games)
Travis Konecny — 66 points (27g, 39a)
Trevor Zegras — 61 points (23g, 38a)
Owen Tippett — 50 points (28g, 22a)
Christian Dvorak — 47 points (16g, 31a)
Matvei Michkov — 43 points (17g, 26a)
Noah Cates — 43 points (17g, 26a)
Travis Sanheim — 35 points (10g, 25a)
Sean Couturier — 32 points (10g, 22a)
Jamie Drysdale — 30 points (8g, 22a)
Cam York — 26 points (4g, 22a) in 68 games
Tyson Forster — 14 points (11g, 3a) in 23 games
Denver Barkey — 14 points (5g, 9a) in 38 games
Nikita Grebenkin — 14 points (4g, 10a) in 55 games
Goaltender stats
Dan Vladar — 47 GP, 25-13-7, 2.47 GAA, .905 SV%
Samuel Ersson — 31 GP, 13-11-5, 3.15 GAA, .867 SV%
Aleksei Kolosov — 4 GP, 0-2-0, 4.00 GAA, .830 SV%
Flyers Lineup (subject to change)
The Flyers will not hold a morning skate on Sunday. The lines below reflect Friday’s combinations in Elmont against the Islanders. Lines will be updated after Tocchet addresses the media on game day and adjusted if needed during pregame warmups.
Tyson Foerster – Trevor Zegras – Owen Tippett
Travis Konecny – Christian Dvorak – Porter Martone
Alex Bump– Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Sean Couturier – Luke Glendening – Garnet Hathaway
Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]
Scratches: Denver Barkey (healthy), Carl Grundstrom (healthy), Emil Andrae (healthy), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body), Garrett Wilson (healthy).
Flyers Playoff Outlook
On Saturday, the Flyers were one of only two NHL teams idle on the schedule. Philly got help on the scoreboard with the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders all losing in regulation.
Nevertheless, the Flyers need to focus only on taking care of their own business. In the push for third place in the Metropolitan Division, the Flyers (88 points, 24 regulation wins) still trail the Islanders (89 points, 28 RW) but hold two games in hand.
The Bruins (94 points) hold the upper wildcard spot. In the push for the lower wildcard berth, the Flyers are in a standings points tie with Ottawa (88 points, 33 RW), Detroit (88 points, 29 RW) and Columbus (88 points, 27 RW). The Flyers hold one game in hand on the Blue Jackets but have played the same number to date as the Senators and Red Wings.
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