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Flyers-Kings: Game 13 Preview

Kevin Durso Sports Editor

Published01 Nov 2018

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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor

It wasn't a pretty win, but perhaps Nolan Patrick's late goal in Anaheim is the spark the Flyers need.

A 3-2 win in Anaheim snapped the three-game losing streak with the Flyers beating a Ducks team with a lot of players out of the lineup and riding a losing streak.

The Los Angeles Kings are in a similar position. Until Sunday's late game-winning goal by Alec Martinez, the Kings were riding a six-game losing streak. The 5-7-0 Flyers come into Los Angeles to face the 3-7-1 Kings.

Game time is at 10:30 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Los Angeles Kings	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	12	3	10	13	Ilya Kovalchuk	11	3	5	8
Jake Voracek	12	3	9	12	Drew Doughty	11	1	7	8
Wayne Simmonds	12	6	1	7	Alex Iafallo	11	2	5	7
Robert Hagg	12	2	4	6	Tyler Toffoli	11	3	3	6
Scott Laughton	12	4	1	5	Jeff Carter	11	2	3	5

Player to Watch
28 Claude Giroux	17 Ilya Kovalchuk
Last 5 Games: 0 G, 3 A, 3 P, -2	Last 5 Games: 1 G, 3 A, 4 P, -7

The Flyers captain factored into two goals on Tuesday night with assists on Sean Couturier's power-play goals and Ivan Provorov's first goal of the season. If anyone can take the message about needing a spark and try to action, it's Claude Giroux.

Ilya Kovalchuk leads the Kings in scoring with eight points, and can be lethal on the power play, despite LA's ranking of 28th on the power play so far this season. The Flyers need to remain disciplined to keep Kovalchuk and teammates Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter off the ice with the man advantage.

Goalie Matchup
37 Brian Elliott	36 Jack Campbell
3-5-0, 3.22 GAA, .889 SV%	3-4-0, 2.72 GAA, .912 SV%

The Flyers have not announced a goalie for Thursday's game, though it seemed like a place for Michal Neuvirth to get a start. Expect Brian Elliott to go as the team's No. 1, but nothing is certain at this point. Elliott did have a solid game in Anaheim in the win on Tuesday.

With Jonathan Quick out of the lineup long-term, the Kings will stick with Jack Campbell in net. Campbell has already made seven starts this season in Quick's absence. This is his first career game against the Flyers.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: James van Riemsdyk, Michael Raffl

Scratches: Andrew MacDonald, Tyrell Goulbourne, Cal Pickard

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
23 Oskar Lindblom	19 Nolan Patrick	93 Jake Voracek
22 Dale Weise	40 Jordan Weal	17 Wayne Simmonds
21 Scott Laughton	15 Jori Lehtera	62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	8 Robert Hagg
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	26 Christian Folin
6 Travis Sanheim	3 Radko Gudas
Goalie
37 Brian Elliott

Lineup Notes

The Flyers made no chances to the lineup in Wednesday's practice, so expect the same lines as in Tuesday's win.

Kings Projected Lineup

Injuries: Jonathan Quick, Jonny Brodzinski

Scratches: Oscar Fantenberg, Paul LaDue

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
19 Alex Iafallo	11 Anze Kopitar	23 Dustin Brown
70 Tanner Pearson	77 Jeff Carter	73 Tyler Toffoli
17 Ilya Kovalchuk	9 Adrian Kempe	22 Trevor Lewis
13 Kyle Clifford	44 Nate Thompson	51 Austin Wagner
Defense
24 Derek Forbort	8 Drew Doughty
6 Jake Muzzin	27 Alec Martinez
3 Dion Phaneuf	61 Sean Walker
Goalie
36 Jack Campbell

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (22nd, 20th on road), Kings (28th, T-9th at home)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (30th, 25th on road), Kings (19th, 19th at home)
Recent History vs. Kings
- Oct. 5, 2017 – Kings 2, Flyers 0 (at LA)
- Dec. 18, 2017 – Kings 4, Flyers 1 (at PHI)
Flyers Leaders vs. Kings
- Claude Giroux – 15 GP, 3 G, 8 A, 11 P
- Jake Voracek – 23 GP, 5 G, 10 A, 15 P
- Travis Konecny – 3 GP, 0 G, 2 A, 2 P
- Brian Elliott – 16 GP, 5-7-2, 2.36 GAA, .917 SV%
- Michal Neuvirth – 6 GP, 1-3-1, 1.88 GAA, .928 SV%