Flyers-Ducks: Game 52 Preview

 

 

The Philadelphia Flyers (23-19-8) return home to take on Ryan Getzlaf and the Anaheim Ducks  (25-19-7) on Tuesday night. This is the second and final meeting between the two clubs this season. Game time from the wells Fargo Center is 7:00.

 

The Ducks handed the Flyers a 4-2 loss in Anaheim back on December 27th. That game was the first loss of a California swing that saw the Flyers lose all three games against Pacific Division foes.

 

 

 

Player to Watch
23 Brandon Manning	10 Corey Perry
last 5 games, 0G, 0A, 0Pts, even	last 5 games, 2G, 3A, 5Pts, -2

 

The Anaheim Ducks are a big team. They have just one forward in their regular lineup under six foot tall. The pair of Brandon Manning and Radko Gudas are going to have to be strong in the corners and in front of the net for the Flyers to be successful tonight.

Goalie Matchup
35 Steve Mason	31 Frederik Andersen
12-13-7, 2.69 GAA, .916 SV%	10-8-5, 2.33 GAA, .918 SV%

Steve Mason will make his fifth consecutive start for the Flyers tonight. He is 2-1-1 in his last four games. Mason played both ends of a back to back this past weekend. He was solid in both starts but was unable to get the win in either. Tracking the puck will be a big key tonight for the Flyers goalie as the Ducks will certainly have the big bodies in front. 

Frederik Andersen will be between the pipes for Anaheim. The starter for most of last season, Andersen has split time with youngster John Gibson this season. Andersen is a solid goalie though and was on the winning end of both victories against Philadelphia last season.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Scratches: R.J. Umberger, Brandon Manning, Michal Neuvirth, Jordan Weal, Sean Couturier

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
93 Jake Voracek	28 Claude Giroux	17 Wayne Simmonds
89 Sam Gagner	52 Nick Cousins	10 Brayden Schenn
76 Chris VandeVelde	78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	25 Ryan White
24 Matt Read	21 Scott Laughton	12 Micheal Raffl
Defense
15 Michael Del Zotto	53 Shayne Gostisbehere
32 Mark Streit	55 Nick Schultz
23 Brandon Manning	3 Radko Gudas
Goalie
35 Steve Mason

The Flyers will use the same lineup as they did on Sunday in Washington.

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (17th, 26th at home), Ducks (20th,19th on road) 
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (23rd, 23rd at home), Ducks (1st, 1st on road)
• The Flyers are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games overall. 
• Philadelphia is 10-14-5 all time against the Ducks and are 4-6-3 at home

Where to Watch
TV: CSN
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic

Bill Minchin is a contributing writer for Flyerdelphia. Follow Bill on Twitter @wtfd103074.