The Philadelphia Flyers are down to their last seven games of the season and are in Pittsburgh to face the Penguins Sunday night.
Coming off of a 6-3 loss against the Buffalo Sabres, the Flyers look to get their first win against the Penguins this season. Both teams are coming off a loss and entering the second game of back-to-backs.
Historically this season, the Flyers have barely won in the second game of back-to-backs. Winning just two times out of 13 back-to-back games, the Flyers have their work cut out for them.
Sam Ersson will get the start in the net while Carter Hart remains unavailable due to an injury.
PHI Record: 29-33-13, 71 pts, 7th in Metropolitan
PIT Record: 37-29-10, 84 pts, 5th in Metropolitan
Last Game PHI: 4/1/23, 6-3 L vs. Buffalo Sabres
Last Game PIT: 4/1/23, 4-3 L vs. Boston Bruins
When: 6:00PM ET
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
PHI Goalie: Sam Ersson (6-1-0, .898 SV%, 3.07 GAA, 1 SO)
PIT Goalie: Casey DeSmith (14-16-0, .904 SV%, 3.07 GAA, 0 SO)
PHI Projected Lineup
#86 Joel Farabee – #48 Morgan Frost – #74 Owen Tippett
#25 James van Riemsdyk – #13 Kevin Hayes – #11 Travis Konecny
#22 Brendan Lemieux – #49 Noah Cates – #57 Wade Allison
#44 Nicolas Deslauriers – #21 Scott Laughton – #20 Kieffer Bellows
#9 Ivan Provorov – #45 Cam York
#6 Travis Sanheim – #61 Justin Braun
#24 Nick Seeler – #77 Tony DeAngelo
#33 Sam Ersson
#32 Felix Sandström
PIT Projected Lineup
#59 Jake Guentzel – #87 Sidney Crosby – #17 Bryan Rust
#16 Jason Zucker – #71 Evgeni Malkin – #67 Rickard Rakell
#43 Danton Heinen – #25 Ryan Poehling – #64 Mikael Granlund
#10 Drew O’Connor – #77 Jeff Carter – #15 Josh Archibald
#8 Brian Dumoulin – #58 Kris Letang
#73 Pierre-Olivier Joseph – #26 Jeff Petry
#52 Mark Friedman – #2 Chad Ruhwedel
#1 Casey DeSmith
#35 Tristan Jarry
PHI Injuries: Sean Couturier (back), Ryan Ellis (hip), Cam Atkinson (neck), Carter Hart (lower-body), Rasmus Ristolainen (undisclosed)
Scratches: Tanner Laczynski
PIT Injuries: Dmitry Kulikov (lower-body), Nick Bonino (kidney), Jan Rutta (lower-body), Marcus Pettersson (lower-body)
Scratches: Alex Nylander
Broadcast Info: TV – NBC Sports Philadelphia+, Radio – 97.5 The Fanatic
