(Photo: Kate Frese)
By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 
The Flyers are riding the momentum of back-to-back wins for the first time this season and if they want to make it three in a row, they will need to have revenge on their minds.
It was just under a month ago that the San Jose Sharks came into Wells Fargo Center and embarrassed the Flyers in their home opener to the tune of an 8-2 drubbing. The two teams meet again in San Jose on Saturday night.
Game time is at 10:30 p.m.
Team Leaders
| Philadelphia Flyers | GP | G | A | P | San Jose Sharks | GP | G | A | P |
| Claude Giroux | 13 | 4 | 10 | 14 | Logan Couture | 13 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Jake Voracek | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | Brent Burns | 13 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 13 | 7 | 1 | 8 | Timo Meier | 13 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Robert Hagg | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | Tomas Hertl | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Nolan Patrick | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Evander Kane | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Player to Watch | |
| 23 Oskar Lindblom | 28 Timo Meier |
| Last 5 Games: 1 G, 2 A, 3 P, E | Last 5 Games: 5 G, 3 A, 8 P, -1 |
| Goalie Matchup | |
| 33 Cal Pickard | 31 Martin Jones |
| 2-1-0, 4.75 GAA, .833 SV% | 5-3-1, 2.66 GAA, .902 SV% |
The Flyers turn to Cal Pickard for the start on Saturday in San Jose. Brian Elliott has received the bulk of the starts and with word that Michal Neuvirth is returning to Philadelphia for further examination for potentially another injury, it leaves the Flyers with little option to get Elliott a break. They will try to extend their winning streak with the backup on Saturday.
The Sharks turn to usual starter Martin Jones. Jones did not start the game in Philadelphia in October, but has been solid this season with a 2.66 GAA.
Flyers Projected Lineup
Injuries: James van Riemsdyk, Michael Raffl, Michal Neuvirth
Scratches: Andrew MacDonald, Tyrell Goulbourne
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| 28 Claude Giroux | 14 Sean Couturier | 11 Travis Konecny |
| 23 Oskar Lindblom | 19 Nolan Patrick | 93 Jake Voracek |
| 22 Dale Weise | 40 Jordan Weal | 17 Wayne Simmonds |
| 21 Scott Laughton | 15 Jori Lehtera | 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel |
| Defense | ||
| 9 Ivan Provorov | 8 Robert Hagg | |
| 53 Shayne Gostisbehere | 26 Christian Folin | |
| 6 Travis Sanheim | 3 Radko Gudas | |
| Goalie | ||
| 33 Cal Pickard |
Lineup Notes
The Flyers made no chances to the lineup in Wednesday's practice, so expect the same lines as in Tuesday's win.
Sharks Projected Lineup
Scratches: Antti Suomela, Tim Heed, Radim Simek
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| 9 Evander Kane | 19 Joe Thornton | 8 Joe Pavelski |
| 48 Tomas Hertl | 39 Logan Couture | 28 Timo Meier |
| 27 Joonas Donskoi | 60 Rourke Chartier | 62 Kevin Labanc |
| 20 Marcus Sorensen | 23 Barclay Goodrow | 68 Melker Karlsson |
| Defense | ||
| 47 Joakim Ryan | 88 Brent Burns | |
| 44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 61 Justin Braun | |
| 4 Brenden Dillon | 65 Erik Karlsson | |
| Goalie | ||
| 31 Martin Jones |
Game Notes
- Power Play: Flyers (T-22nd, 22nd on road), Sharks (T-15th, 18th at home)
- Penalty Kill: Flyers (30th, 25th on road), Sharks (5th, 8th at home)
- Recent History vs. Sharks
- Oct. 4, 2017 – Flyers 5, Sharks 3 (at SJ)
- Nov. 28, 2017 – Sharks 3, Flyers 1 (at PHI)
- Oct. 9, 2018 – Sharks 8, Flyers 2 (at PHI)
- Flyers Leaders vs. Sharks
- Claude Giroux – 16 GP, 8 G, 6 A, 14 P
- Shayne Gostisbehere – 7 GP, 1 G, 3 A, 4 P
- Jake Voracek – 23 GP, 2 G, 11 A, 13 P
- Brian Elliott – 15 GP, 7-5-1, 3.02 GAA, .910 SV%
- Michal Neuvirth – 7 GP, 2-4-0, 2.39 GAA, .923 SV%
Where to Watch
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia+
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
