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Flyers-Bruins: Game 47 Preview

Kevin Durso Sports Editor

Published16 Jan 2019

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(Photo: Kate Frese)

By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor

The Flyers were back in the win column in a big way on Monday with a 7-4 defeat of the Minnesota Wild.

A stretch that saw six of eight games played on home ice comes to an end on Wednesday night for the Flyers. Their opponent is the Boston Bruins, a team riding a hot streak, yet sitting in third in the Atlantic behind Toronto and Tampa Bay.

Game time is at 7:30 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Boston Bruins	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	46	14	36	50	David Pastrnak	46	26	28	54
Jake Voracek	46	11	26	37	Brad Marchand	45	17	32	49
Sean Couturier	44	16	19	35	Patrice Bergeron	30	14	25	39
Travis Konecny	46	11	13	24	David Krejci	46	10	26	36
Wayne Simmonds	46	15	6	21	Torey Krug	35	4	25	29

Player to Watch
28 Claude Giroux	88 David Pastrnak
Last 5 Games: 1 G, 3 A, 4 P, +2	Last 5 Games: 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, -4

Claude Giroux had a pair of assists in Monday's scoring outburst. Giroux has maintained a steady level of play throughout the season and looks to come through in a big way against Boston.

It's not often you see David Pastrnak with just one goal in a five-game stretch, but he's in a bit of a scoring drought. Against the Flyers, a team he has had success against in the past, look for him to be dangerous as usual.

Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	41 Jaroslav Halak
10 GP, 4-5-1, 2.69 GAA, .913 SV%	24 GP, 13-7-2, 2.39 GAA, .924 SV%

Carter Hart allowed four goals in his last start, but really battled back in that game after falling behind 2-0 early, finishing the night with 34 saves. This will be his fourth straight start, and while the Flyers are still decimated with goalie injuries, that is a sign that Hart is taking over the starting job.

Jaroslav Halak has allowed three goals or more in the last three games, but overall, his season has been excellent. In the past, Tuukka Rask was the clear cut starter, but Boston has been splitting the duties this season and it has worked out really well. Halak made 26 saves in a shutout win over the Flyers on Oct. 25.

Flyers Projected Lineup

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

Scratches: Dale Weise, 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
12 Michael Raffl	44 Phil Varone	15 Jori Lehtera
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

No changes are expected to the Flyers lineup from Monday's game.

Bruins Projected Lineup

Injuries: Urho Vaakanainen, Joakim Nordstrom

Scratches: David Backes, Steven Kampfer, John Moore

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
63 Brad Marchand	37 Patrice Bergeron	88 David Pastrnak
22 Peter Cehlarik	46 David Krejci	74 Jake DeBrusk
52 Sean Kuraly	55 Noel Acciari	14 Chris Wagner
43 Danton Heinen	23 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	17 Ryan Donato
Defense
33 Zdeno Chara	73 Charlie McAvoy
48 Matt Grzelcyk	86 Kevan Miller
47 Torey Krug	25 Brandon Carlo
Goalie
41 Jaroslav Halak

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (30th, 25th at home), Bruins (3rd, 10th on road)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (28th, 22nd at home), Bruins (T-11th, 22nd on road)
Recent History vs. Bruins
- Dec. 2, 2017 – Bruins 3, Flyers 0 (at PHI)
- March 8, 2018 – Bruins 3, Flyers 2 (at BOS)
- April 1, 2018 – Flyers 4, Bruins 3 (F/OT) (at PHI)
- Oct. 25, 2018 – Bruins 3, Flyers 0 (at BOS)
Flyers Leaders vs. Bruins
- Jake Voracek – 26 GP, 6 G, 16 A, 22 P
- James van Riemsdyk – 32 GP, 14 G, 11 A, 25 P
- Claude Giroux – 34 GP, 9 G, 17 A, 26 P
Milestone Watch
- Travis Konecny needs one point to reach 100 for his career.
- Claude Giroux needs one assist to reach 500 for his career.
- Radko Gudas needs two points to reach 100 for his career.