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Flyers-Stars: Game 80 Preview

Kevin Durso Sports Editor

Published02 Apr 2019

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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor

Three games remain for the Flyers over the final week of the 2018-19 season. For the Orange and Black, there's nothing left to play for but pride and to be a spoiler.

For the Dallas Stars, the first opponent on the week, a playoff spot is on the line, and they can clinch it with a win.

Game time is at 8:30 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Dallas Stars	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	79	21	60	81	Tyler Seguin	79	31	44	75
Sean Couturier	77	32	42	74	Alexander Radulov	67	27	39	66
Jake Voracek	75	20	44	64	Jamie Benn	76	27	25	52
Travis Konecny	79	23	24	47	John Klingberg	61	10	32	42
James van Riemsdyk	63	26	20	46	Miro Heiskanen	79	12	21	33

Player to Watch
14 Sean Couturier	47 Alexander Radulov
Last 5 Games: 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, -9	Last 5 Games: 3 G, 3 A, 6 P, -1

Sean Couturier enters the final week of another strong season individually just two points away from matching his season total from the previous season in 2017-18. Couturier has been held off the board in three of the last four games.

Alexander Radulov enters Tuesday's game with a three-goal goal streak and five-game points streak, as well as points in 10 of the last 13 games. In that time, Radulov has 10 goals and five assists.

Goalie Matchup
33 Cam Talbot	35 Anton Khudobin
34 GP, 11-16-3, 3.32 GAA, .895 SV%	39 GP, 15-16-5, 2.49 GAA, .925 SV%

Cam Talbot continues his on-ice audition to become the Flyers backup goalie next season. Talbot is making his third start with the Flyers. Talbot took the loss in Carolina on Saturday, making 27 saves on 30 shots.

Anton Khudobin remains in goal for the Stars with Ben Bishop still out with injury. Khudobin may only have a 15-16-5 record in 39 games, but his save percentage and GAA are among the league leaders. Khudobin made 29 saves in a shootout loss to Vancouver on Saturday.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Michal Neuvirth

Scratches: Shayne Gostisbehere, Justin Bailey, Andrew MacDonald, Brian Elliott

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
23 Oskar Lindblom	14 Sean Couturier	93 Jake Voracek
25 James van Riemsdyk	19 Nolan Patrick	28 Claude Giroux
11 Travis Konecny	21 Scott Laughton	38 Ryan Hartman
12 Michael Raffl	10 Corban Knight	27 Justin Bailey
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	6 Travis Sanheim
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	61 Phil Myers
5 Sam Morin	8 Robert Hagg
Goalie
33 Cam Talbot

Lineup Notes

Sam Morin returns to the lineup, as does Justin Bailey. Phil Varone is out of the lineup for Bailey, and Radko Gudas sits out on defense as the next in line in the rotation.

Stars Projected Lineup

Injuries: Ben Bishop, Mats Zuccarello, Stephen Johns, Martin Hanzel, Marc Method

Scratches: Justin Dowling, Joel L'Esperance, Brett Ritchie, Julius Honka, Jamie Oleksiak

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
13 Mattias Janmark	91 Tyler Seguin	47 Alexander Radulov
14 Jamie Benn	24 Roope Hintz	16 Jason Dickinson
17 Andrew Cogliano	12 Radek Faksa	15 Blake Comeau
43 Valeri Nichushkin	90 Jason Spezza	18 Tyler Pitlick
Defense
23 Esa Lindell	3 John Klingberg
4 Miro Heiskanen	45 Roman Polak
42 Taylor Fedun	21 Ben Lovejoy
Goalie
35 Anton Khudobin

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (T-23rd, 28th on road), Stars (15th, 16th at home)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (23rd, 23rd on road), Stars (5th, T-6th at home)
Recent History vs. Stars
- Jan. 10, 2019 – Flyers 2, Stars 1 (at PHI)
Flyers Leaders vs. Stars
- Shayne Gostisbehere – 6 GP, 3 G, 3 A, 6 P
- Claude Giroux – 16 GP, 3 G, 11 A, 14 P
- James van Riemsdyk – 16 GP, 6 G, 8 A, 14 P
- Cam Talbot – 8 GP, 3-4-1, 3.54 GAA, .881 SV%