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The Philadelphia Flyers will look for a way to solve the Devan Dubnyk riddle with juggled lines against the Minnesota Wild tonight.
By Dan Heaning, Sports Talk Philly staff writer 
The Philadelphia Flyers gamut of Western Conference foes continues with the second of a back-to-back situation against the Minnesota Wild this time at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota at 8 p.m.
During the initial meeting in Philadelphia, the Flyers fired 32 shots on goaltender Devan Dubnyk. However, the Wild netminder stopped all Philadelphia offerings for his second shutout of the season. The last offensive outage was the fourth time the Fly Guys have been blanked this season. With secondary scoring fading, head coach Dave Hakstol will juggle his second and third lines as Nolan Patrick nears his return but is not quite ready to dress for this contest.
The game marks the seventh out of ten straight against Western Conference foes which is a stat that will make old-school Flyers fans harken back to a time when the team was in the West Division and Campbell Conference.
Team Leaders
| Philadelphia Flyers | GP | G | A | P | Minnesota Wild | GP | G | A | P |
| Jake Voracek | 17 | 4 | 17 | 21 | Jason Zucker | 16 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Claude Giroux | 17 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Eric Staal | 16 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Sean Couturier | 17 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Jared Spurgeon | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 14 | 1 | 14 | 15 | Ryan Suter | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 17 | 6 | 5 | 11 | Chris Stewart | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Player to Watch | |
| 11 Travis Konecny | 64 Mikael Granlund |
| Last 5 Games: 0 G, 1 A, 1 P, -2 | Last 5 Games: 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, -2 |
| Goalie Matchup | |
| 37 Brian Elliott | 40 Devan Dubnyk |
| 6-4-1, 2.73 GAA, .908 SV% | 6-6-1, 2.55 GAA, .920 SV% |
Despite going 1-2 in his last three, Brian Elliott has turned in three great performances with save percentages of .941, .974 and .963. With another crack at the offensively inept Wild, this figures to be where Elliott turns this string of games into something more or falls back to earth with a spotty performance. Elliott will have to do everything he can to ensure the former occurs as the goalie he'll face across the ice has been picture perfect recently.
Fresh off of shutting out the Flyers in Philadelphia and the Canadiens in Montreal, Devan Dubnyk will be performing an encore for the home crowd in Minnesota. While Dubnyk hasn't had the best start, he hasn't allowed a goal in the last two games. Any goaltender in that kind of zone is cause for concern especially for an offensively inconsistent team like the Flyers. However, when it's a goalie like Dubnyk on this kind of roll, the show may be over before it even begins.
Flyers Projected Lineup
Injuries: Nolan Patrick (upper-body), Andrew MacDonald (lower-body)
Scratches: Matt Read (healthy), Mark Alt (healthy)
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| 28 Claude Giroux | 14 Sean Couturier | 93 Jake Voracek |
| 22 Dale Weise | 40 Jordan Weal | 17 Wayne Simmonds |
| 15 Jori Lehtera | 51 Valtteri Filppula | 11 Travis Konecny |
| 20 Taylor Leier | 21 Scott Laughton | 12 Michael Raffl |
| Defense | ||
| 9 Ivan Provorov | 8 Robert Hagg | |
| 23 Brandon Manning | 53 Shayne Gostisbehere | |
| 6 Travis Sanheim | 3 Radko Gudas | |
| Goalie | ||
| 37 Brian Elliott |
Lineup Notes
In search of offense, the Flyers have moved Jordan Weal to center and have attempted to make up for his small stature with big wingers. With Weal's move to center, Jori Lehtera is moved to left wing and Valtteri Filppula slots into the third liner center spot. The first and fourth lines are unchanged.
Nolan Patrick is still sidelined with an upper-body injury. Matt Read remains a healthy scratch. Andrew MacDonald is out with a lower-body injury. Mark Alt was recalled from the Phantoms as a seventh defenseman and is a healthy scratch.
Wild Projected Lineup
Injuries: Charlie Coyle is listed on the LTIR as he'll miss six to eight weeks with a right fibula fracture. Zach Parise is out for eight to ten weeks as he's recovering from microdiscectomy surgery on his back.
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| 63 Tyler Ennis | 9 Mikko Koivu | 64 Mikael Granlund |
| 22 Nino Niederreiter | 12 Eric Staal | 16 Jason Zucker |
| 26 Daniel Winnik | 14 Joel Eriksson Ek | 19 Luke Kunin |
| 17 Marcus Foligno | 7 Matt Cullen | 10 Chris Stewart |
| Defense | ||
| 20 Ryan Suter | 46 Jared Spurgeon | |
| 25 Jonas Brodin | 24 Matthew Dumba | |
| 23 Gustav Olofsson | 4 Mike Reilly | |
| Goalie | ||
| 40 Devan Dubnyk |
Game Notes
- Power Play: Flyers (T-15th, 11th on road), Wild (20th, 25th at home)
- Penalty Kill: Flyers (T-19th, 23rd on road), Wild (7th, 6th at home)
- Recent History vs. Predators
- Nov. 11, 2017 – Wild 1, Flyers 0
- March. 23, 2017 – Flyers 3, Wild 1
- Nov. 12, 2016 – Flyers 3, Wild 2
- Milestone Watch
- Claude Giroux is five points away from 600.
- Ivan Provorov will play in his 100th NHL game tonight
Where to Watch
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
