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Flyers-Senators: Game 30 Preview

Kevin Durso Sports Editor

Published07 Dec 2019

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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor

The Flyers five-game winning streak came to an end on Thursday night in a 3-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes. Following the loss, the message was about a solid game played on the ice and maintaining the level of gameplay for the next game to start a new streak.

This is the new sense of accountability the Flyers have. They feel like there is a need to stop the bleeding before this snowballs into a losing streak. The Flyers get the chance to get back in the win column when they face the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center.

Game time is at 1 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Ottawa Senators	GP	G	A	P
Travis Konecny	29	10	17	27	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	29	15	6	21
Sean Couturier	29	8	14	22	Anthony Duclair	29	11	6	17
Jake Voracek	29	6	15	21	Connor Brown	29	3	14	17
Claude Giroux	29	9	11	20	Thomas Chabot	29	3	14	17
Oskar Lindblom	29	11	7	18	Brady Tkachuk	29	9	7	16

Player to Watch
28 Claude Giroux	10 Anthony Duclair
Last 5 Games: 2 G, 1 A, 3 P, +1	Last 5 Games: 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, -2

Claude Giroux was silenced in Thursday's game like most of his teammates, but his two early penalties also cut his ice time down a bit. Against Toronto two games ago, Giroux was one of the best players on the ice for the Flyers, scored the game-winning goal and had five shots.

Anthony Duclair has found a home in the Senators top six. He may have just two points in the last five games, but he's a player who is striving to find his place in an NHL lineup and establishing his career.

Projected Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	41 Craig Anderson
18 GP, 9-5-3, 2.35 GAA, .910 SV%	15 GP, 5-8-0, 2.89 GAA, .905 SV%

Carter Hart continued his great play of late in his last start, stopped 27 of 28 shots by the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 6-1 win that was a lot closer than the score indicates. Hart allowed two goals on just 19 shots in a loss to the Senators.

Craig Anderson returned to the Senators lineup after a week on the injured list and played excellent in Edmonton, making 24 saves in a win. That was Anderson's first start since Nov. 25.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Michael Raffl, Nolan Patrick

Scratches: Chris Stewart, Robert Hagg

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
23 Oskar Lindblom	14 Sean Couturier	93 Jake Voracek
28 Claude Giroux	48 Morgan Frost	11 Travis Konecny
49 Joel Farabee	13 Kevin Hayes	21 Scott Laughton
25 James van Riemsdyk	24 Mikhail Vorobyev	18 Tyler Pitlick
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	15 Matt Niskanen
6 Travis Sanheim	61 Justin Braun
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	5 Phil Myers
Goalie
79 Carter Hart	37 Brian Elliott

Lineup Notes

Alain Vigneault said after Friday's practice that the Flyers would likely go back to the usual 12-forward, six defensemen lineup. That would mean Mikhail Vorobyev comes back into the lineup. Robert Hagg played the fewest minutes in the seven-defensemen rotation on Thursday, so he could be the one who exits the lineup.

Senators Projected Lineup

Injuries: Cody Goloubef, Scott Sabourin

Scratches: Mikkel Boedker, Nick Paul, Bobby Ryan, Cody Goloubef

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
7 Brady Tkachuk	44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau	28 Connor Brown
90 Vladislav Namestnikov	71 Chris Tierney	63 Tyler Ennis
10 Anthony Duclair	51 Artem Anisimov	36 Colin White
64 J.C. Beaudin	21 Logan Brown	17 Jonathan Davidsson
Defense
72 Thomas Chabot	81 Ron Hainsey
74 Mark Borowiecki	22 Nikita Zaitsev
58 Maxime Lajoie	2 Dylan DeMelo
Goalie
41 Craig Anderson	31 Anders Nilsson

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (17th), Senators (31st)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (10th), Senators (14th)
Recent History vs. Senators
- Oct. 10, 2018 – Flyers 7, Senators 4 (at OTT)
- Nov. 27, 2018 – Senators 4, Flyers 3 (at PHI)
- March 11, 2019 – Flyers 3, Senators 2 (at PHI)
- Nov. 15, 2019 – Senators 2, Flyers 1 (at OTT
Flyers Leaders vs. Senators
- Jake Voracek – 28 GP, 12 G, 15 A, 27 P
- James van Riemsdyk – 36 GP, 14 G, 14 A, 28 P
- Sean Couturier – 25 GP, 9 G, 9 A, 18 P
- Shayne Gostisbehere – 13 GP, 1 G, 8 A, 9 P
- Claude Giroux – 37 GP, 8 G, 17 A, 25 P
- Carter Hart – 1 GP, 0-1-0, 2.11 GAA, .895 SV%