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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 
After dropping four straight games, including three in regulation, the Flyers have responded over the last few days with a pair of wins, albeit not pretty ones. Regardless, the Flyers are back in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race and have a big weekend back-to-back on the West coast.
The Flyers take on the Arizona Coyotes, the team bringing up the rear in the NHL standings, but the Flyers learned the hard way that a night off against this team will do no good. The Flyers lost to Arizona in their first meeting of the season in October in overtime, managing to get to the extra session only because of a frantic rally in the third. Arizona is also coming off a win in Minnesota where they erased a three-goal deficit.
Game time is set for 8 p.m.
Team Leaders
| Philadelphia Flyers | GP | G | A | P | Arizona Coyotes | GP | G | A | P |
| Jake Voracek | 54 | 11 | 52 | 63 | Clayton Keller | 54 | 15 | 22 | 37 |
| Claude Giroux | 54 | 16 | 45 | 61 | Derek Stepan | 54 | 10 | 24 | 34 |
| Sean Couturier | 54 | 27 | 26 | 53 | Christian Dvorak | 54 | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 50 | 10 | 30 | 50 | Alex Goligoski | 53 | 5 | 20 | 25 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 54 | 18 | 16 | 34 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 54 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| Player to Watch | |
| 11 Travis Konecny | 9 Clayton Keller |
| Last 5 Games: 3 G, 2 A, 5 P, +5 | Last 5 Games: 1 G, 0 A, 1 P, -1 |
| Goalie Matchup | |
| 37 Brian Elliott | 32 Antti Raanta |
| 21-11-7, 2.72 GAA, .909 SV% | 9-14-5, 2.63 GAA, .915 SV% |
After picking up the win in back-to-back starts, the Flyers turn back to Brian Elliott for Saturday's game. Elliott played very well on Tuesday in Carolina and followed that up with another win over the Canadiens on Thursday.
The Coyotes are expected to use Antti Raanta in goal. Raanta was in net for the Coyotes comeback win over the Wild on Thursday, making 25 saves on 28 shots. Raanta had lost his previous two starts before Thursday's game, including allowing four goals on 23 shots to Winnipeg on Tuesday.
Flyers Projected Lineup
Scratches: Taylor Leier, Mark Alt
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| 28 Claude Giroux | 14 Sean Couturier | 11 Travis Konecny |
| 93 Jake Voracek | 19 Nolan Patrick | 17 Wayne Simmonds |
| 40 Jordan Weal | 21 Scott Laughton | 12 Michael Raffl |
| 22 Dale Weise | 51 Valtteri Filppula | 15 Jori Lehtera |
| Defense | ||
| 9 Ivan Provorov | 53 Shayne Gostisbehere | |
| 8 Robert Hagg | 47 Andrew MacDonald | |
| 23 Brandon Manning | 3 Radko Gudas | |
| Goalie | ||
| 37 Brian Elliott |
Lineup Notes
The Flyers lines will remain the same with Dale Weise staying in and Taylor Leier being the healthy scratch at forward. Mark Alt remains the healthy scratch on defense.
Coyotes Projected Lineup
Injuries: Dave Bolland
Scratches: Freddie Hamilton, Tobias Rieder, Luke Schenn
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| 11 Brendan Perlini | 21 Derek Stepan | 9 Clayton Keller |
| 14 Richard Panik | 18 Christian Dvorak | 45 Josh Archibald |
| 34 Zac Rinaldo | 16 Max Domi | 36 Christian Fischer |
| 48 Jordan Martinook | 15 Brad Richardson | 25 Nick Cousins |
| Defense | ||
| 23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 55 Jason Demers | |
| 6 Jakob Chychrun | 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson | |
| 44 Kevin Connauton | 33 Alex Goligoski | |
| Goalie | ||
| 32 Antti Raanta |
Game Notes
- Power Play: Flyers (T-10th, 4th on road), Coyotes (25th, 31st at home)
- Penalty Kill: Flyers (29th, 25th on road), Coyotes (T-18th, 28th at home)
- Recent History vs. Coyotes
- Oct. 30, 2017 – Coyotes 4, Flyers 3 (F/OT) (at PHI)
- Flyers leaders vs. Coyotes
- Claude Giroux – 13 GP, 4 G, 7 A, 11 P
- Sean Couturier – 11 GP, 3 G, 5 A, 8 P
- Ivan Provorov – 3 GP, 0 G, 4 A, 4 P
- Brian Elliott – 13 GP, 9-2-1, 2.18 GAA
Where to Watch
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia+
Radio: 93.3 WMMR
