Flyers-Red Wings: Game 59 Preview

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Detroit Red Wings	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	58	17	44	61	Dylan Larkin	58	24	31	55
Sean Couturier	56	24	28	52	Gustav Nyquist	59	15	33	48
Jake Voracek	58	15	35	50	Andreas Athanasiou	53	20	17	37
Travis Konecny	58	17	18	35	Frans Nielsen	54	9	21	30
James van Riemsdyk	42	15	13	28	Tyler Bertuzzi	50	14	16	30

 

Player to Watch
93 Jake Voracek	39 Anthony Mantha
Last 5 Games: 3 G, 2 A, 5 P, -1	Last 5 Games: 2 G, 2 A, 4 P, E

 

Jake Voracek is currently on a nine-game points streak, extended on Saturday with a goal in the third period. Voracek has 12 points on the nine-game points streak.

 

Saturday's game was an eventful one for Anthony Mantha. He scored the final two goals of the third-period comeback to tie the game, including the equalizer with seven seconds left. Mantha also delivered a dangerous hit on Claude Giroux in the third between his two goals. A hit like that will remain fresh in the minds of the Flyers, who did not like the non-call on the play.

 

Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	45 Jonathan Bernier
19 GP, 12-6-1, 2.62 GAA, .921 SV%	23 GP, 6-13-3, 3.37 GAA, .897 SV%

Carter Hart allowed five goals on 38 shots on Saturday. He will get his first shot in back-to-back games, going again on Sunday evening. Hart is making his third career start against the Red Wings.

Jonathan Bernier made seven saves in relief of Jimmy Howard in the third period of Saturday's game, but still took the loss, giving up the overtime game-winner to Travis Konecny. Bernier will likely get the start this time on Sunday. He made 30 saves on 33 shots in the loss to the Flyers on Dec. 18.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Michal Neuvirth, Brian Elliott

Scratches: Justin Bailey, Mikhail Vorobyev, Cam Talbot

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
25 James van Riemsdyk	28 Claude Giroux	11 Travis Konecny
23 Oskar Lindblom	14 Sean Couturier	93 Jake Voracek
21 Scott Laughton	19 Nolan Patrick	17 Wayne Simmonds
12 Michael Raffl	44 Phil Varone
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	6 Travis Sanheim
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	47 Andrew MacDonald
8 Robert Hagg	3 Radko Gudas	61 Phil Myers
Goalie
79 Carter Hart

Lineup Notes

Phil Myers makes his NHL debut. Justin Bailey comes out of the lineup. The Flyers will go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen on Sunday.

Red Wings Projected Lineup

Injuries: Evgeny Svechnikov

Scratches: Martin Frk, Luke Witkowski, Denis Cholowski, Jacob De La Rose

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
59 Tyler Bertuzzi	71 Dylan Larkin	14 Gustav Nyquist
26 Thomas Vanek	51 Frans Nielsen	39 Anthony Mantha
43 Darren Helm	41 Luke Glendening	72 Andreas Athanasiou
8 Justin Abdelkader	70 Christoffer Ehn	27 Michael Rasmussen
Defense
55 Niklas Kronwall	25 Mike Green
65 Dan Dekeyser	3 Nick Jensen
52 Jonathan Ericsson	83 Trevor Daley
Goalie
35 Jimmy Howard

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (21st, 30th on road), Red Wings (24th, T-27th at home)
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (28th, 28th on road), Red Wings (24th, T-28th at home) 
• Recent History vs. Red Wings
  • Dec. 20, 2017 – Flyers 4, Red Wings 3 (at PHI)
  • Jan. 23, 2018 – Flyers 3, Red Wings 2 (F/OT) (at DET)
  • March 20, 2018 – Red Wings 5, Flyers 4 (F/SO) (at DET)
  • Dec. 18, 2018 – Flyers 3, Red Wings 2 (at PHI)
  • Feb. 16, 2019 – Flyers 6, Red Wings 5 (F/OT) (at PHI)
• Flyers Leaders vs. Red Wings
  • Claude Giroux – 22 GP, 7 G, 19 A, 26 P
  • Sean Couturier – 18 GP, 6 G, 8 A, 14 P
  • Jake Voracek – 35 GP, 7 G, 18 A, 25 P
  • Carter Hart – 2 GP, 2-0-0, 3.47 GAA, .883 SV%
• Milestone Watch
  • Radko Gudas needs two points to reach 100 for his career.
  • Jake Voracek needs three goals to reach 200 for his career.
  • Sean Couturier needs five points to reach 200 for his career.

Where to Watch
TV: NBCSN
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic