Flyers-Canadiens: Game 63 Preview

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Montreal Canadiens	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	62	22	52	74	Max Pacioretty	61	17	20	37
Jake Voracek	62	13	56	69	Brendan Gallagher	61	21	15	36
Sean Couturier	62	29	32	61	Alex Galchenyuk	61	12	22	34
Shayne Gostisbehere	58	10	40	50	Jonathan Drouin	56	9	21	30
Wayne Simmonds	59	20	17	37	Jeff Petry	61	10	20	30

 

Player to Watch
93 Jake Voracek	92 Jonathan Drouin
Last 5 Games: 2 G, 2 A, 4 P, +2	Last 5 Games: 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, E

 

Jake Voracek hasn't been lighting up the scoresheet of late, but in last Tuesday's game against Montreal, he really took things into his own hands in the final two minutes of regulation and into overtime. Voracek had the game-tying and game-winning goals against Montreal, turning the game in the favor of the Flyers late.

 

The Canadiens have already announced that Shea Weber is out for the rest of the season with injury, Carey Price has a concussion and is out indefinitely and traded Tomas Plekanec to Toronto, and there's still a chance that the roster goes through more changes before puck drop. One player who is safe is Jonathan Drouin, who has the skillset to be dangerous at all times despite a year with only nine goals and 30 points. 

 

Goalie Matchup
34 Petr Mrazek	39 Charlie Lindgren
10-7-3, 2.81 GAA, .910 SV%	3-4-1, 2.43 GAA, .924 SV%

Saturday's start for Petr Mrazek was a very solid one until a pair of late goals marred the overall performance. Still, the newcomer to the Flyers net has two wins in his first two appearances and looks to continue his recent success.

With Carey Price going down with injury, Charlie Lindgren was called back up by the Canadiens, but has yet to make a start. Look for him to get his first action since his call-up with his first NHL game since Nov. 21.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Brian Elliott, Michal Neuvirth, Wayne Simmonds

Scratches: Taylor Leier, Johnny Oduya

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
54 Oskar Lindblom	19 Nolan Patrick	93 Jake Voracek
40 Jordan Weal	21 Scott Laughton	12 Michael Raffl
15 Jori Lehtera	51 Valtteri Filppula	22 Dale Weise
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	53 Shayne Gostisbehere
8 Robert Hagg	47 Andrew MacDonald
23 Brandon Manning	3 Radko Gudas
Goalie
34 Petr Mrazek

Lineup Notes

The Flyers did claim defenseman Johnny Oduya off waivers from Ottawa and lost defenseman Mark Alt through waivers, but that won't change anything with the lineup for Monday night. Expect the same lineup as in Saturday's win in Ottawa.

Canadiens Projected Lineup

Injuries: Shea Weber, Andrew Shaw, Ales Hemsky, Carey Price

Scratches: Logan Shaw, Mike Reilly

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
67 Max Pacioretty	92 Jonathan Drouin	62 Artturi Lehkonen
27 Alex Galchenyuk	24 Philip Danault	54 Charles Hudon
41 Paul Byron	25 Jacob de la Rose	11 Brendan Gallagher
20 Nicolas Deslauriers	42 Byron Froese	43 Daniel Carr
Defense
53 Victor Mete	26 Jeff Petry
22 Karl Alzner	58 Noah Juulsen
21 David Schlemko	8 Jordie Benn
Goalie
39 Charlie Lindgren

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (8th, T-3rd on road), Canadiens (T-11th, 13th at home)
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (29th, 23rd on road), Canadiens (T-25th, 6th at home) 
• Recent History vs. Canadiens
  • Feb. 8, 2018 – Flyers 5, Canadiens 3 (at PHI)
  • Feb. 20, 2018 – Flyers 3, Canadiens 2 (F/OT) (at PHI)
• Flyers leaders vs. Canadiens
  • Shayne Gostisbehere – 7 GP, 2 G, 9 A, 11 P
  • Jake Voracek – 24 GP, 7 G, 19 A, 26 P
  • Claude Giroux – 29 GP, 10 G, 13 A, 23 P
  • Petr Mrazek – 8 GP, 2-2-2, 3.25 GAA
• Milestone Watch
  • Sean Couturier needs one goal to reach 100 for his career.
  • Claude Giroux needs two points to pass Tim Kerr for 6th all-time in Flyers history.

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