Flyers-Maple Leafs: Game 77 Preview

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Toronto Maple Leafs	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	76	20	60	80	Mitch Marner	76	25	65	90
Sean Couturier	74	31	42	73	John Tavares	76	45	41	86
Jake Voracek	72	20	44	64	Morgan Rielly	76	20	50	70
Travis Konecny	76	22	24	46	Auston Matthews	62	35	34	69
James van Riemsdyk	60	26	18	44	Kasperi Kapanen	72	19	24	43

 

Player to Watch
14 Sean Couturier	91 John Tavares
Last 5 Games: 3 G, 3 A, 6 P, -3	Last 5 Games: 6 G, 3 A, 9 P, +1

 

Sean Couturier is on his way to another career season production-wise, just three points shy of his career high for points and needing one goal to set a new career high in goals. He has six points in his last five games, but has also is a minus-3 in the last five games with a mixed bag on on-ice results. In the last two losses, Couturier is a minus-5.

 

John Tavares only scored four goals in his last game to reach 45 for the season and has an outside chance at 50 this season if he can keep his hot stretch going. In the last five games, Tavares has scored six goals to lead the Leafs top line.

 

Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	31 Frederik Andersen
27 GP, 15-11-1, 2.72 GAA, .921 SV%	56 GP, 35-15-5, 2.76 GAA, .917 SV%

Carter Hart gets back in goal for what will be one of his final starts this season. Hart is putting the finishing touches on a strong rookie campaign, despite the end result on the Flyers season, with a .921 save percentage in 27 starts this season.

Frederik Andersen should be back in goal for Toronto on Wednesday night. Andersen has struggled recently. In addition to allowing six goals to the Flyers on March 15, he allowed five goals to Florida on Monday. Prior to the win over the Flyers, he had been pulled early in the previous two games. Ironically, he won the game against the Flyers while allowing six goals and against Florida on Monday, but suffered a pair of losses to the Predators and Rangers allowing just two goals in each game.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Michal Neuvirth

Scratches: Justin Bailey, Phil Varone, Andrew MacDonald, Cam Talbot

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
23 Oskar Lindblom	14 Sean Couturier	93 Jake Voracek
25 James van Riemsdyk	19 Nolan Patrick	28 Claude Giroux
11 Travis Konecny	21 Scott Laughton	38 Ryan Hartman
12 Michael Raffl	10 Corban Knight
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	6 Travis Sanheim
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	61 Phil Myers
8 Robert Hagg	3 Radko Gudas	5 Sam Morin
Goalie
79 Carter Hart

Lineup Notes

Sam Morin makes his season debut and the Flyers will have seven defensemen in the lineup to ease him back into play. Justin Bailey exits the lineup for Morin.

Maple Leafs Projected Lineup

Injuries: Jake Gardiner, Travis Dermott

Scratches: Trevor Moore, Nic Petan, Justin Holl

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
11 Zach Hyman	91 John Tavares	16 Mitch Marner
18 Andreas Johnsson	34 Auston Matthews	29 William Nylander
12 Patrick Marleau	43 Nazem Kadri	24 Kasperi Kapanen
63 Tyler Ennis	33 Frederik Gauthier	28 Connor Brown
Defense
44 Morgan Rielly	2 Ron Hainsey
8 Jake Muzzin	22 Nikita Zaitsev
52 Martin Marincin	92 Igor Ozhiganov
Goalie
31 Frederik Andersen

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (T-21st, T-14th at home), Maple Leafs (7th, 15th on road)
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (21st, T-19th at home), Maple Leafs (T-14th, T-9th on road) 
• Recent History vs. Maple Leafs
  • Nov. 24, 2018 – Maple Leafs 6, Flyers 0 (at TOR)
  • March 15, 2018 – Maple Leafs 7, Flyers 6 (at TOR)
• Flyers Leaders vs. Maple Leafs 
  • Claude Giroux – 33 GP, 11 G, 22 A, 33 P
  • Shayne Gostisbehere – 11 GP, 4 G, 5 A, 9 P
  • Travis Konecny – 8 GP, 2 G, 4 A, 6 P
  • Jake Voracek – 25 GP, 6 G, 12 A, 18 P
• Milestone Watch
  • Jake Voracek is playing in his 600th game as a Flyer tonight.

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