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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (6-3-1) are home on Saturday to play Craig Berube’s Toronto Maple Leafs (5-5-1). The Flyer are 6-1-0 on home ice to date with two games remaining in their stretch of four home games in six nights.
Meanwhile, the Flyers are 3-0-0 so far during their five-game home stand. They enter this game coming off a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday. Toronto. Toronto lost 6-3 on the road to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. Previously, the Flyers earned a 4-3 (2-1) shootout victory over the New York Islanders last Sunday and a 3-2 (2-1) shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.
Both the Flyers and Penguins are dealing with notable injuries. Philadelphia captain Sean Couturier (undisclosed injury) left Thursday’s game after the first period. Goaltender Samuel Ersson (lower-body injury) went on Injured Reserve on Wednesday. In their place, the Flyers recalled forward Jacob Gaucher and goaltender Aleksei Kolosov.
Meanwhile, William Nylander (lower body) remains day-to-day. Former Flyers forward Scott Laughton (lower body) is doubtful to be ready for this game. Goaltender Joseph Woll (personal) returned to the team earlier this week but is not yet ready to play. However, defenseman Chris Tanev (upper body) has been cleared to return to play.
Where to watch
Time and broadcast: 7:00 p.m. ET on NBCSP and NHL Network
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
Keys to the game for Philadelphia: click here (after 11 a.m.)
In-game watch party (Maher Media): click here.
Projected Flyers Lineup
The projected lineup below is based off Thursday’s lineup and the current injury situation. The team did not practice on Friday. However, there will be a morning skate at Xfinity Mobile Arena at 10:30 a.m. ET on Saturday. The lineup will be adjusted accordingly thereafter.
Nikita Grebenkin – Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett – Trevor Zegras – Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Rodrigo Abols – Jacob Gaucher – Garnet Hathaway
Cam York – Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula – Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
[Aleksei Kolosov]
Scratches: Sean Couturier (upper body), Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Adam Ginning (healthy).
Let’s Go Flyers