Flyers Game Day: Dec. 23 @ Chicago

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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (18-10-7) are in the Windy City on Tuesday to play Jeff Blashill’s Chicago Blackhawks (13-16-3). Game time at United Center is 9:00 p.m. EST.

The Flyers enter this game coming off a 5-2 victory at home against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. Nikita Grebenkin (2nd goal of the season), Carl Grundstrom (4th), Christian Dvorak (8th), Owen Tippett (11th) and Matvei Michkov (ENG, 9th) scored for the Flyers. Dan Vladar (23 saves) earned the win in goal.

Whereas, Vancouver brought a five-game winning streak into Monday’s match, the Blackhawks have lost five in a row in regulation.

Trevor Zegras notched a third-period assist on Monday to extend his career-best point streak to eight straight games. He’ll look to build a nine-gamer on Tuesday at United Center. Zegras leads all Flyers players with 36 points (15g, 21a) in 35 games. He also leads the club with five power play tallies to date.

Meanwhile, Tuesday’s game is a potential stepping stone for Matvei Michkov. He’s coming off a strong performance against Vancouver on Monday, including the empty net tally. It was his first goal since November 29. The Flyers hope the 21-year-old Russian winger can follow Monday’s effort with another solid game.

Where to watch

Time and broadcast: 9:00 p.m. ET on TNT
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 35 games)

Trevor Zegras — 36 points (15g, 21a)
Travis Konecny — 31 points (10g, 21a)
Christian Dvorak — 24 points (8g, 16a)
Owen Tippett — 22 points (11g, 11a)
Matvei Michkov — 20 points (9g, 11a)
Noah Cates — 19 points (8g, 11a)
Sean Couturier — 19 points (5g, 14a)
Bobby Brink — 17 points (9g, 8a)

Goaltender stats

Dan Vladar — 21 GP, 13-5-3, 2.39 GAA, .910 SV%
Samuel Ersson — 13 GP, 5-4-4, 3.10 GAA, .867 SV%

Injury report: Flyers

TysonFoerster (right arm surgery) is likely out for the rest of the season. He has a five-month timetable from December.

Projected Flyers Lineup

The Flyers will not hold a morning skate in Chicago on Tuesday. The lineup below reflects Monday’s combinations against Vancouver. With Tuesday’s game being the second game of a back-to-back and Dan Vladar having missed Saturday’s game due to a minor injury, Samuel Ersson is the likelier starting goalie against the Blackhawks.

Trevor Zegras- Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Denver Barkey – Sean Couturier – Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Nikita Grebenkin – Rodrigo Abols – Carl Grundstrom

Cam York – Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Rasmus Ristolainen

Samuel Ersson
Dan Vladar

PP1: York, Tippett, Dvorak, Michkov, Sanheim
PP2: Drysdale, Brink, Cates, Konecny, Zegras

Scratches: Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Garnet Hathaway (healthy).

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