Flyers Game Day: April 7 @ NJ

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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (39-26-12) are in Newark on Tuesday to take on Sheldon Keefe’s New Jersey Devils (40-34-3). This is the third and final meeting of the season series between the teams. The Flyers won the first two games:6-3 (home) and 5-3 (road) in late November.

The Flyers have gone 7-3-0 over their last 10 games.  The Devils are 6-3-1. Philly now controls its own fate in the push for a playoff spot.

The Flyers enter Tuesday’s game coming off a 2-1 home overtime win against the Boston Bruins on Sunday afternoon. Flyers rookie Porter Martone assisted on the game’s first goal and later notched his first NHL goal to win the game in overtime. The Devils, meanwhile, enter this game coming off a home-and-home split with the Montreal Canadiens: 4-3 home loss on Saturday and 3-0 road shutout win the next day.

Where to watch

Time and broadcast: 7:00 p.m. EDT on NBCSP and ESPN
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 77 games)

Travis Konecny — 66 points (27g, 39a)
Trevor Zegras — 62 points (23g, 39a)
Owen Tippett — 50 points (28g, 22a)
Christian Dvorak — 49 points (17g, 32a)
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 69 games
Tyson Forster — 14 points (11g, 3a) in 24 games
Denver Barkey — 14 points (5g, 9a) in 38 games
Nikita Grebenkin — 14 points (4g, 10a) in 55 games

Goaltender stats

Dan Vladar — 48 GP, 26-13-7, 2.43 GAA, .906 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 (confirmed)

The Flyers will not hold a morning skate on Tuesday. Lines below reflect Sunday’s combinations against Boston. The combinations will be updated if necessary. Note: updated at 6:45 PM with one change.

Tyson Foerster – Trevor Zegras – Owen Tippett
Travis Konecny – Christian Dvorak – Porter Martone
Alex Bump– Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Denver Barkey – Sean Couturier – Luke Glendening

Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Noah Juulsen

Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]

Scratches: Carl Grundstrom (healthy), Garnet Hathaway (healthy), Emil Andrae (healthy), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body), Garrett Wilson (healthy).

Flyers Playoff Outlook

n the Metropolitan Division standings, the third-place Flyers enter this game with a one-point lead (plus a game in hand) on the New York Islanders. Philadelphia has a two-point lead on the Columbus Blue Jackets. It is vital for the Flyers to stay ahead of the Islanders, Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals (87 points) in total points. Philly would lose the regulation wins tiebreaker with any of those three teams.

As a backup, the Flyers are still in the Eastern Conference wildcard mix if they fall out of a top-three spot in the Metro.However, that would be a more complicated path. The Ottawa Senators, like the Flyers, currently have 90 points. The Senators hold the tiebreaker advantage. Meanwhile, the Detroit Red Wings are just two points behind the Flyers and Senators.