Flyers-Golden Knights: Game 70 Preview

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Vegas Golden Knights	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	69	24	57	81	Jonathan Marchessault	65	22	43	65
Jake Voracek	69	16	58	74	William Karlsson	68	35	26	61
Sean Couturier	69	29	34	63	David Perron	62	16	45	61
Shayne Gostisbehere	65	10	40	50	Reilly Smith	66	22	38	60
Wayne Simmonds	62	20	18	38	Erik Haula	63	24	22	46

 

Player to Watch
14 Sean Couturier	71 William Karlsson
Last 5 Games: 0 G, 1 A, 1 P, -1	Last 5 Games: 1 G, 3 A, 4 P, +1

 

Sean Couturier has hit a bit of a wall offensively. He has gone 11 games without a goal and has just five assists in the time. Currently, Couturier is on a four-game pointless drought. Having been stuck on 29 goals for 11 games, perhaps this is the time for Couturier to break out of his slump. Against Vegas on Feb. 11, Couturier scored a goal and added two assists.

 

William Karlsson has been a surprise star for the Golden Knights this season. His new career-high of 35 goals ranks sixth in the league and he plays in all situations, making him a constant presence for Vegas.

 

Goalie Matchup
34 Petr Mrazek	29 Marc-Andre Fleury
12-10-4, 2.87 GAA, .907 SV%	24-9-3, 2.16 GAA, .930 SV%

After a four-game losing streak of his own, Petr Mrazek was back between the pipes for the Flyers on Saturday and delivered his best start in over a week, making 27 saves while looking very poised and confident. Mrazek will likely be back in goal for the Flyers on Monday night.

Marc-Andre Fleury has been pretty solid of late, winning three of his last four starts and allowing just six goals in that time. He posted a 28-save shutout against Detroit on Thursday and stopped 31 of 32 shots against Buffalo in a shootout win on Saturday. Fleury was in goal when the Flyers faced Vegas on Feb. 11, allowing three goals on 17 shots in a loss.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Brian Elliott, Michal Neuvirth, Robert Hagg, Johnny Oduya

Scratches: Jordan Weal, Dale Weise, Taylor Leier

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
54 Oskar Lindblom	19 Nolan Patrick	93 Jake Voracek
12 Michael Raffl	51 Valtteri Filppula	17 Wayne Simmonds
15 Jori Lehtera	21 Scott Laughton	24 Matt Read
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	53 Shayne Gostisbehere
6 Travis Sanheim	47 Andrew MacDonald
23 Brandon Manning	3 Radko Gudas
Goalie
34 Petr Mrazek

Lineup Notes

The Flyers will likely go with the same lineup as on Saturday. Johnny Oduya skated on Sunday, but remains day-to-day. 

Golden Knights Projected Lineup

Injuries: Reilly Smith, Will Carrier, Malcolm Subban, Luca Sbisa, James Neal, Oscar Lindberg

Scratches: Jon Merrill, Zach Whitecloud

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
81 Jonathan Marchessault	71 William Karlsson	90 Tomas Tatar
57 David Perron	56 Erik Haula	38 Tomas Hyka
40 Ryan Carpenter	21 Cody Eakin	89 Alex Tuch
92 Tomas Nosek	41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	75 Ryan Reaves
Defense
3 Brayden McNabb	88 Nate Schmidt
27 Shea Theodore	5 Derek Engelland
6 Colin Miller	77 Brad Hunt
Goalie
29 Marc-Andre Fleury

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (T-17th, 22nd at home), Golden Knights (11th, 19th on road)
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (29th, 29th at home), Golden Knights (15th, 15th on road) 
• Recent History vs. Golden Knights
  • Feb. 11, 2018 – Flyers 4, Golden Knights 1 (at VGK)
• Milestone Watch
  • Sean Couturier needs one goal to reach 100 for his career.
  • Jake Voracek needs four assists to reach 300 as a Flyer.
  • Claude Giroux needs four points to pass Eric Lindros for 5th all-time in Flyers history.

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