The Philadelphia Flyers’ hot streak came to an end Thursday night against the Nashville Predators to a 4-2 final at the Wells Fargo Center.
It was a disappointing loss, after having the opportunity to avenge themselves after their loss on December 12th to the Predators, 3-2 in overtime. The Flyers (18-11-3) should be eager to bounce back in Detroit tonight.
Red Wings 3-7 in December
There is no question that it has been a rough month for Detroit. Their only wins have been against Montreal (5-4 OT), Buffalo (5-3), and St. Louis (6-4). They are currently on a 4-game losing streak, which includes the Flyers’ 1-0 victory over them at the Wells Fargo. Over these four games, the Red Wings have gone on the 9/10 penalty kill, and 2/15 on the powerplay.
Patrick Kane
So far with Detroit, Patrick Kane has hovered close to the point per game mark, earning 6 points (2g, 4a) in 8 games, averaging 19:14 of TOI, and a -5 on the plus/minus.
After going scoreless against Carolina and Philadelphia, Kane has earned 4 points (1g, 3a) in his last 2 games
Flyers Shake Things Off
It is okay to lose games, especially for a club that publicly announced a rebuild.
They have still won 7 of their last 8 games, and Carter Hart gets to return to net without feeling as much pressure as he may have if Samuel Ersson wasn’t as great as he has been.
Beating Detroit
Despite losing a lot of games in December, they may not be as bad as you think. While on a 4 game losing streak, they have only let up 1 power play goal over 10 penalty kills. Their powerplay is rather non-existent, so that just leaves 5v5. Detroit’s numbers at even strength may suffer now with a new rotation of goalies with Ville Husso and Alex Lyon recovering from injuries.
PHI Record: 18-11-3, 39 pts, 2nd in Metropolitan
DET Record: 15-13-4, 34 pts, 5th in Atlantic
When: 7:00pm ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI
Broadcast Info: NBC Sports Philadelphia+, 93.3 WMMR
Last Game PHI: 12/21/23, 4-2 L vs. Nashville
Last Game DET: 12/19/23, 5-2 L at Winnipeg
PHI Goalie: Carter Hart (9-6-1, .919 SV%, 2.72 GAA, 1 SO)
DET Goalie: James Reimer (2-5-2, .903 SV%, 2.87 GAA, 1 SO)
PHI Projected Lineup
#71 Tyson Foerster – #14 Sean Couturier – #11 Travis Konecny
#74 Owen Tippett – #48 Morgan Frost – #10 Bobby Brink
#86 Joel Farabee – #25 Ryan Poehling – #89 Cam Atkinson
#44 Nicolas Deslauriers – #21 Scott Laughton – #19 Garnet Hathaway
#8 Cam York – #6 Travis Sanheim
#24 Nick Seeler – #26 Sean Walker
#5 Egor Zamula – #55 Rasmus Ristolainen
#79 Carter Hart
#33 Samuel Ersson
Scratches: #18 Marc Staal, #40 Cal Petersen, #49 Rhett Gardner
Injuries: #27 Noah Cates
DET Projected Lineup
#93 Alex DeBrincat– #71 Dylan Larkin – #88 Patrick Kane
#90 Joe Veleno – #37 J.T. Compher – #23 Lucas Raymond
#57 David Perron – #18 Andrew Copp – #27 Michael Rasmussen
#14 Robbi Fabbri – #36 Christian Fischer – #17 Daniel Sprong
#96 Jake Walman – #53 Moritz Seider
#8 Ben Chiarot – #46 Jeff Petry
#3 Justin Holl – #41 Shayne Gostisbehere
#47 James Reimer
#45 Michael Hutchinson
Scratches: #2 Olli Määttä, #21 Austin Czarnik
Injuries: #24 Klim Kostin, #34 Alex Lyon, #35 Ville Husso
News and Notes
– The Red Wings are listed as the betting favorites at -135 while Philadelphia are listed at +115 . The O/U is at 6.
– The Flyers have won 4 straight over Detroit, and hold an all time record of 76-55-21 over the Red Wings.
– Scott Laughton will aim to break his goal drought. He has scored just once in his last 9 games.
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