Flyers-Hurricanes: Game 22 Preview

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Carolina Hurricanes	GP	G	A	P
Travis Konecny	21	8	12	20	Andrei Svechnikov	21	10	13	23
Oskar Lindblom	21	9	7	16	Dougie Hamilton	21	9	14	23
Sean Couturier	21	6	9	15	Teuvo Teravainen	21	5	14	19
Claude Giroux	21	5	8	13	Sebastian Aho	21	10	6	16
Jake Voracek	21	4	9	13	Martin Necas	21	5	10	15

 

Player to Watch
49 Joel Farabee	37 Andrei Svechnikov
Last 5 Games: 0 G, 1 A, 1 P, -3	Last 5 Games: 4 G, 4 A, 8 P, +4

 

Rookie Joel Farabee has hit a bit of a wall lately in his play, but in the Flyers win over the Hurricanes on Nov. 5, he was one of the best players on the ice. Farabee scored his second NHL goal in that game, and continuing to play on a high-powered line could help him get involved in that regard again on Thursday.

 

Andrei Svechnikov enters Thursday's game on a three-game goal scoring streak and five-game points streak. The 19-year-old budding star is tied for the team lead in goals with 10 and points with 23.

 

Projected Goalie Matchup
37 Brian Elliott	34 Petr Mrazek
11 GP, 4-2-2, 2.72 GAA, .913 SV%	14 GP, 10-3-1, 2.57 GAA, .907 SV%

Brian Elliott entered in relief on Tuesday and stopped all seven shots he faced. Elliott gets the start on Thursday night.

Petr Mrazek allowed four goals on 28 shots in the 4-1 loss in Philadelphia on Nov. 5 and following that up allowing three goals on 18 shots in a loss to the Rangers two days later. Since then, Mrazek has been solid, picking up three straight wins, including making 30 saves in Tuesday's win over Chicago.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Nolan Patrick, Scott Laughton

Scratches: Chris Stewart, Robert Hagg

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
23 Oskar Lindblom	14 Sean Couturier	93 Jake Voracek
28 Claude Giroux	48 Morgan Frost	11 Travis Konecny
49 Joel Farabee	13 Kevin Hayes	18 Tyler Pitlick
25 James van Riemsdyk	12 Michael Raffl	10 Andy Andreoff
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	15 Matt Niskanen
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	61 Justin Braun
6 Travis Sanheim	5 Phil Myers
Goalie
37 Brian Elliott	79 Carter Hart

Lineup Notes

There is a possibility the Flyers go with seven defensemen in the lineup. Alain Vigneault said this would be to help some of the forwards get more ice time to break out of slumps. If that is the case, Robert Hagg would enter the lineup and Andy Andreoff would come out. Scott Laughton was also cleared by doctors to return. He is not with the team, since he can't come off of long-term IR until Saturday, but it appears he will be returning to the lineup for Saturday's game.

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Injuries: Erik Haula

Scratches: Haydn Fleury

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
18 Ryan Dzingel	11 Jordan Staal	13 Warren Foegele
37 Andrei Svechnikov	20 Sebastian Aho	86 Teuvo Teravainen
21 Nino Niederreiter	71 Lucas Wallmark	88 Martin Necas
23 Brock McGinn	43 Eetu Luostarinen	48 Jordan Martinook
Defense
74 Jaccob Slavin	19 Dougie Hamilton
6 Joel Edmundson	22 Brett Pesce
51 Jake Gardiner	57 Trevor van Riemsdyk
Goalie
34 Petr Mrazek	47 James Reimer

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (14th), Hurricanes (8th)
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (T-6th), Hurricanes (T-9th)
• Recent History vs. Hurricanes
  • Dec. 31, 2018 – Hurricanes 3, Flyers 1 (at CAR)
  • Jan. 3, 2019 – Hurricanes 5, Flyers 3 (at PHI)
  • March 30, 2019 – Hurricanes 5, Flyers 2 (at CAR)
  • April 6, 2019 – Hurricanes 4, Flyers 3 (at PHI)
  • Nov. 5, 2019 – Flyers 4, Hurricanes 1 (at PHI)
• Flyers Leaders vs. Hurricanes
  • Claude Giroux – 41 GP, 11 G, 28 A, 39 P
  • Shayne Gostisbehere – 17 GP, 4 G, 10 A, 14 P
  • Jake Voracek – 37 GP, 10 G, 19 A, 29 P
  • Sean Couturier – 34 GP, 9 G, 15 A, 24 P
  • Carter Hart – 3 GP, 1-2-0, 3.40 GAA, .889 SV%
• Milestone Watch
  • Sean Couturier is playing in his 600th NHL game tonight.
  • Jake Voracek needs one goal to reach 200 for his career.
  • Kevin Hayes needs four goals to reach 100 for his career.

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