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Flyers-Sabres: Game 63 Preview

Kevin Durso Sports Editor

Published26 Feb 2019

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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor

Monday's trade deadline came and went without much change for the Flyers. The one roster move made was a significant one, with Wayne Simmonds heading to Nashville in a trade that returned forward Ryan Hartman and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2020.

The rest of the Flyers move forward with the remainder of the season, trying to continue the playoff push. They can leapfrog one team ahead of them in the standings on Tuesday night, as they face the Buffalo Sabres.

Game time is at 7 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Buffalo Sabres	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	62	18	45	63	Jack Eichel	59	21	47	62
Sean Couturier	60	25	33	58	Sam Reinhart	62	18	39	57
Jake Voracek	62	16	37	53	Jeff Skinner	62	36	20	56
Travis Konecny	62	18	19	37	Rasmus Ristolainen	62	5	33	38
James van Riemsdyk	46	16	14	30	Rasmus Dahlin	62	8	28	36

Player to Watch
38 Ryan Hartman	23 Sam Reinhart
Last 5 Games: 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, E	Last 5 Games: 5 G, 2 A, 7 P, -3

Ryan Hartman makes his Flyers debut and gets his first chance to make an impression on his new team. He has just two points in his last five games, but should see an uptick in minutes, which should help.

Sam Reinhart has four goals in the last two games and seven points in his last five games. While there have been others that have put together better seasons, Reinhart has been one of Buffalo's hottest players lately.

Goalie Matchup
37 Brian Elliott	35 Linus Ullmark
17 GP, 7-7-0, 2.54 GAA, .917 SV%	28 GP, 13-8-4, 3.03 GAA, .909 SV%

Brian Elliott made 40 saves in the win on Saturday in the Stadium Series, his first start since Nov. 15. That has earned him another start on Tuesday against Buffalo.

With regular starter Carter Hutton going against Toronto on Monday night, Linus Ullmark gets the start on Tuesday against the Flyers. Ullmark has lost his last three starts, allowed four goals or more in two of them.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Carter Hart, Michal Neuvirth, Sam Morin

Scratches: Phil Varone

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	19 Nolan Patrick	11 Travis Konecny
23 Oskar Lindblom	14 Sean Couturier	93 Jake Voracek
25 James van Riemsdyk	21 Scott Laughton	38 Ryan Hartman
12 Michael Raffl	10 Corban Knight
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	6 Travis Sanheim
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	3 Radko Gudas
8 Robert Hagg	47 Andrew MacDonald	61 Phil Myers
Goalie
37 Brian Elliott

Lineup Notes

After a series of roster moves on Monday, the Flyers will have Ryan Hartman in the lineup. The Flyers will use seven defensemen and 11 forwards in the lineup. The assumption is Phil Varone will be the forward out of the lineup, though nothing was officially announced.

Sabres Projected Lineup

Injuries: Casey Mittelstadt

Scratches: Casey Nelson, Matt Hunwick

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
53 Jeff Skinner	9 Jack Eichel	29 Jason Pominville
43 Conor Sheary	71 Evan Rodrigues	23 Sam Reinhart
72 Tage Thompson	17 Vladimir Sobotka	21 Kyle Okposo
20 Scott Wilson	22 Johan Larsson	28 Zemgus Girgensons
Defense
19 Jake McCabe	55 Rasmus Ristolainen
26 Rasmus Dahlin	4 Zach Bogosian
6 Marco Scandella	62 Brandon Montour
Goalie
35 Linus Ullmark

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (T-21st, 15th at home), Sabres (18th, T-26th on road)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (28th, 23rd at home), Sabres (5th, T-16th on road)
Recent History vs. Sabres
- Nov. 21, 2018 – Sabres 5, Flyers 2 (at BUF)
- Dec. 8, 2018 – Flyers 6, Sabres 2 (at BUF)
Flyers Leaders vs. Sabres
- Claude Giroux -35 GP, 7 G, 28 A, 35 P
- Jake Voracek – 28 GP, 3 G, 17 A, 20 P
- James van Riemsdyk – 34 GP, 14 G, 7 A, 21 P
- Brian Elliott – 16 GP, 12-2-2, 1.81 GAA, .939 SV%
Milestone Watch
- Sean Couturier needs one assist to reach 200 for his career.
- Radko Gudas needs two points to reach 100 for his career.