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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (15-8-3) will host Jared Bednar’s Colorado Avalanche (20-2-6) on Sunday afternoon. This is the third game of a six-game homestand for the Flyers. The Flyers have posted a 9-4-2 record at home to date. Meanwhile, the Avalanche will play their third East Coast road game in a span of less than four nights. Colorado is 9-2-4 on the road to date.
Tocchet’s club skated to a 5-2 home win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. Five different Flyers players scored one goal apiece: Travis Konecny (PPG, 6th), Trevor Zegras (PPG, 10th), Bobby Brink (7th), Noah Cates (6th), and Owen Tippett (9th).
Colorado got third-period and overtime goals from Nathan MacKinnon (23rd and 24th) to defeat the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Saturday afternoon. 3-2. The Avalanche also received a second period goal from Parker Kelly (6th) to open the scoring.
Leading scorers: Flyers (through 26 games)
Trevor Zegras — 26 points (10g, 16a)
Travis Konecny — 22 points (6g, 16a)
Owen Tippett — 18 points (9g, 9a)
Matvei Michkov — 16 points (8g, 8a)
Christian Dvorak — 16 points (6g, 10a)
Sean Couturier — 16 points (4g, 12a)
Noah Cates — 15 points (6g, 9a)
Top goal scorers — Zegras (10g, 26 points) and Tyson Foerster (10g, 13 points) are tied
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 is doubtful for this game.
- Rasmus Ristolainen has been on IR all season while rehabbing from triceps surgery. He has begun practicing with the full team.
Leading scorers: Avalanche (through 28 games)
Nathan MacKinnon — 48 points (24g, 24a)
Martin Necas — 38 points (14g, 24a)
Cale Makar — 34 points (9g, 25a)
Artturi Lehkonen — 25 points (10g, 15a)
Brock Nelson — 18 points (9g, 9a)
Victor Olofsson — 17 points (6g, 11a)
Sam Malinski — 15 points (2g, 13a)
Gabriel Landeskog — 14 points (5g, 9a)
Injury report: Avalanche
- Scott Wedgewood is day-to-day with an upper-body injury
- Gavin Brindley is week-to-week with an upper-body injury
- Logan O’Connor (hip surgery) is on IR.
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
Projected Flyers lineup
The Flyers had an off-day on Tuesday. The lineup below has been updated since after the morning skate.
Trevor Zegras- Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov – Sean Couturier – Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Nicolas Deslauriers – Rodrigo Abols – Garnet Hathaway
Nick Seeler – Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae – Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula — Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
Samuel Ersson
Projected Scratches: Carl Grundstrom (healthy), Ty Murchison (healthy), Cam York (upper body injury)
PP1: Sanheim, Zegras, Michkov, Konecny, Tippett
PP2: York, Drysdale, Cates, Brink, Couturier
Tocchet’s Take (Post-Practice, Dec. 6)
Let’s Go Flyers