Flyers-Jets: Game 49 Preview

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Winnipeg Jets	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	48	14	38	52	Blake Wheeler	48	9	52	61
Sean Couturier	46	19	20	39	Mark Scheifele	48	25	34	59
Jake Voracek	48	11	28	39	Kyle Connor	48	19	19	38
Travis Konecny	48	12	14	26	Patrik Laine	48	25	9	34
Wayne Simmonds	48	15	8	23	Bryan Little	48	11	18	29

 

Player to Watch
19 Nolan Patrick	55 Mark Scheifele
Last 5 Games: 4 G, 2 A, 6 P, +5	Last 5 Games: 1 G, 4 A, 5 P, E

 

Nolan Patrick notched a pair of multi-goal games last week against Minnesota and Montreal, and that has him playing with some real confidence as the season turns to the second half. Getting that confidence to carry over is very important to his development as an athlete.

 

Mark Scheifele returns from his first All-Star Game, tied for the team lead with 25 goals. He also has three goals and seven assists in the last nine games. Scheifele has also constantly hurt the Flyers. He had three assists in the first meeting between the two teams this season and has three goals and 10 assists for 13 points in 10 career games against the Flyers.

 

Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	30 Laurent Brossoit
12 GP, 6-5-1, 2.66 GAA, .918 SV%	12 GP, 10-1-1, 2.01 GAA, .943 SV%

Back from a brief tune-up in the minors, Carter Hart is ready to go and looks to pick up where he left off before the break. He's won his last three starts and four of the last five, making at least 33 saves in all four wins.

Laurent Brossoit has been stellar when called upon as the Jets backup, winning 10 of his 12 starts, including the last seven. He allowed three or more goals in the first four games of that streak, but in his last three, he has allowed just three goals combined, including a 40-save shutout over Vancouver.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Michal Neuvirth, Brian Elliott, Anthony Stolarz, Corban Knight

Scratches: Jori Lehtera, Christian Folin

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
44 Phil Varone	44 Phil Varone	12 Michael Raffl
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	6 Travis Sanheim
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	47 Andrew MacDonald
8 Robert Hagg	3 Radko Gudas
Goalie
79 Carter Hart

Lineup Notes

With the changes made to the roster on Sunday, the Flyers altered the fourth line with Mikhail Vorobyev slotting in at center and Phil Varone moving to the wing. Jori Lehtera will come out of the lineup.

Jets Projected Lineup

Injuries: Dustin Byfuglien, Nikolaj Ehlers, Ben Chiarot

Scratches: Nic Petan 

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
81 Kyle Connor	55 Mark Scheifele	26 Blake Wheeler
29 Patrik Laine	18 Bryan Little	28 Jack Roslovic
85 Mathieu Perreault	17 Adam Lowry	13 Brandon Tanev
48 Brendan Lemieux	9 Andrew Copp	82 Mason Appleton
Defense
44 Josh Morrissey	8 Jacob Trouba
5 Dmitry Kulikov	57 Tyler Myers
83 Sami Niku	70 Joe Morrow
Goalie
30 Laurent Brossoit

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (29th, T-21st at home), Jets (4th, T-23rd on road)
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (28th, 22nd at home), Jets (11th, 8th on road) 
• Recent History vs. Jets
  • Nov. 16, 2017 – Jets 3, Flyers 2 (F/SO) (at WPG)
  • March 10, 2018 – Flyers 2, Jets 1 (at PHI)
  • Dec. 9, 2018 – Jets 7, Flyers 1 (at WPG)
• Flyers Leaders vs. Jets
  • Claude Giroux – 28 GP, 8 G, 19 A, 27 P
  • Jake Voracek – 22 GP, 6 G, 13 A, 19 P
  • James van Riemsdyk – 25 GP, 4 G, 13 A, 17 P
• Milestone Watch
  • Travis Konecny is playing in his 200th NHL game tonight.
  • Radko Gudas needs two points to reach 100 for his career.

Where to Watch
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia/NBCSN
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic