The Philadelphia Flyers will finally kick off their season opener at the Wells Fargo Center against the New Jersey Devils tonight at 7:00pm ET.
This will be Carter Hart’s first game back since April 12th of last year. Hart finished the season with a .905 SV% and a 3.16 GAA, nothing to get excited over. The thing is, entering the All-Star break Hart was tied for 16th among all NHL goalies who played at least 10 games, with a .915 SV%.
Many expect Hart to return to his first half self with a summer to recollect, and a Tortorella system that demands two-way accountability in all zones of the ice. Carter Hart may be the only player on this team who can prove to be an impactful player that sways our record to the respectable medium, because John Tortorella sure doesn’t see anything special with this club yet:
When: 7:00pm ET
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
PHI Goalie: Carter Hart (NHL Career Stats: 62-61-16, .905 SV%, 2.97 GAA, 3 SO)
NJD Goalie: MacKenzie Blackwood (NHL Career Stats: 55-51-16, .907 SV%, 2.94 GAA, 8 SO)
PHI Projected Lineup
#21 Scott Laughton – #13 Kevin Hayes – #11 Travis Konecny
#25 James van Riemsdyk – #48 Morgan Frost- #57 Wade Allison
#86 Joel Farabee – #49 Noah Cates – #74 Owen Tippett
#44 Nick Deslauriers – #58 Tanner Laczynski – #42 Hayden Hodgson
#9 Ivan Provorov – #77 Tony DeAngelo
#6 Travis Sanheim – #61 Justin Braun
#24 Nick Seeler – #54 Egor Zamula
#79 Carter Hart
#33 Samuel Ersson
NJD Projected Lineup
#17 Yegor Sharangovich – #13 Nico Hischier – #63 Jesper Bratt
#18 Ondrej Palat – #86 Jack Hughes – #20 Dawson Mercer
#90 Tomas Tatar – #56 Erik Haula – #10 Alexander Holtz
#44 Miles Wood – #20 Michael McLeod – #14 Nathan Bastian
#28 Jonas Siegenthaler – #7 Dougie Hamilton
#33 Ryan Graves – #28 Damon Severson
#2 Brendan Smith – #6 John Marino
#29 MacKenzie Blackwood
#41 Vitek Vanecek
News and Notes
- Carter Hart will play his first game since suffering an injury on April 12th that pulled him out for the remainder of last season.
- Noah Cates makes his regular season debut at center tonight, supported by Joel Farabee and Owen Tippett.
- Elliotte Friedman reported that the Flyers’ front office and Travis Sanheim are closing in on an extension worth around $6 million a year.
- Cam Atkinson and Rasmus Ristolainen will both sit out tonight’s game and are designated as day-to-day.
Broadcast Info: TV – ESPN+, Hulu, Radio – 97.5 The Fanatic
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