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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (24-18-9) are in Ohio on Wednesday to take on Rick Bowness’s Columbus Blue Jacket (24-20-7). This is the first of three meetings between the Metropolitan Division teams this season.
Coming off a 2-0-1 western road trip, the Flyers had a flat performance in a 4-0 home loss to the New York Islanders on Monday. The Flyers are 2-6-2 over their last 10 games.
The Blue Jackets, who are 6-4-0 in their last 10 games, have won back-to-back games. Coming off a 1-0 road win against the Dallas Stars, the Blue Jackets cooled off the surging Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. Monday’s scheduled home game against the Los Angeles Kings was postponed due to the winter storms affecting much of the country. The game will be made up on March 9.
Where to watch
Time and broadcast: 7:30 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 51 games)
Trevor Zegras — 46 points (19g, 27a)
Travis Konecny — 45 points (17g, 28a)
Owen Tippett — 33 points (18g, 15a)
Christian Dvorak — 32 points (12g, 20a)
Matvei Michkov — 27 points (12g, 15a)
Noah Cates — 26 points (10g, 16a)
Sean Couturier — 26 points (5g, 21a)
Bobby Brink — 22 points (13g, 9a) in 45 games
Travis Sanheim — 22 points (6g, 16a)
Cam York — 21 points (4g, 17a) in 44 games
Jamie Drysdale — 20 points (3g, 17a)
Goaltender stats
Dan Vladar — 28 GP, 16-7-4, 2.46 GAA, .905 SV%
Samuel Ersson — 23 GP, 8-9-5, 3.39 GAA, .860 SV%
Aleksei Kolosov — 4 GP, 0-2-0, 4.00 GAA, .830 SV%
Injury report: Flyers
- Tyson Foerster (right arm surgery) is likely out for the rest of the season. He has a five-month estimated timetable from December.
- Dan Vladar (undisclosed) has not played since Jan. 14. He practiced with the team in Voorhees on Tuesday. Barring a setback at the morning skate, he is expected to be ready to dress in Columbus.
- Rodrigo Abols (ankle) suffered an injury in the Jan. 17 game against the Rangers. He was placed on IR the next day.
Projected Flyers Lineup (now confirmed)
The Flyers will hold a morning skate (11:30 p.m. EST) at Nationwide Arena. Lines below reflect Tuesday’s practice combos.
Trevor Zegras — Christian Dvorak — Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov — Noah Cates — Bobby Brink
Denver Barkey — Sean Couturier — Owen Tippett
Carl Grundstrom — Lane Pederson — Nikita Grebenkin
Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York — Jamie Drydale
Nick Seeler — Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson or Aleksei Kolosov]
Scratches: Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Garnet Hathaway (healthy), Emil Andrae (healthy).
Flyers Opponent: Columbus Blue Jackets
Leading scorers (through 51 games)
Leading scorers (through 51 games)
Zach Werenski — 55 points (19g, 36a)
Kirill Marchenko — 43 points (18g, 25a)
Adam Fantilli — 33 points (13g, 20a)
Charlie Coyle — 33 points (11g, 22a)
Dmitri Voronkov — 31 points (17g, 14a)
Boone Jenner — 25 points (8g, 17a) in 37 games
Mason Marchment — 24 points (12g, 12a) in 38 games
Sean Monahan — 24 points (8g, 16a)
Denton Mateychuk — 21 points (8g, 13a)
Goaltender stats
Jet Greaves — 35 GP, 16-12-6, 2.88 GAA, .908 SV%
Elvis Merzlikins — 18 GP, 8-8-1, 3.81 GAA, .882 SV%
Injury report: Blue Jackets
- Brendan Smith (knee surgery) is on IR.
- Drante Fabbro (lower body) is likely out for at least the next week.
Projected lineup: Blue Jackets
Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli – Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner – Sean Monahan — Kent Johnson
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle –Mathieu Olivier
Dmitry Voronkov — Isac Lundestrom — Miles Wood
Zach Werenski — Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov — Denton Mateychuk
Egor Zamula — Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
[Elvis Merzlikins]
