The Philadelphia Flyers will be in TD Garden tonight to face off against the red-hot Boston Bruins at 7:00pm ET. Boston enters tonight on a three-game winning streak and has won five of their last six. Meanwhile, Philadelphia is mired in a five-game losing streak and hasn’t won since December 29th at Seattle.
The Flyers’ scheduled game on Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes was postponed, so they’ll be back in action for the first time since Saturday when the San Jose Sharks beat them in overtime 3-2.
Philadelphia will also be getting some reinforcements back into their lineup. Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny, Ivan Provorov, Travis Sanheim, and Justin Braun were all activated from COVID protocols this week and will play tonight against the Bruins.
PHI Record: 13-15-7, 33 pts, 6th in Metropolitan
BOS Record: 20-11-2, 42 pts, 4th in Atlantic
When: 7:00pm ET
Where: TD Garden, Boston, MA
PHI Goalie: Carter Hart (7-10-4, .912 SV%, 2.92 GAA, 1 SO)
BOS Goalie: Tuukka Rask (season debut, 15-5-2, .913 SV%, 2.28 GAA, 2 SO in 2020-21)
PHI Projected Lineup
#86 Joel Farabee – #28 Claude Giroux – #89 Cam Atkinson
#25 James van Riemsdyk – #13 Kevin Hayes – #11 Travis Konecny
#59 Jackson Cates – #21 Scott Laughton – #23 Oskar Lindblom
#71 Max Willman – #48 Morgan Frost – #17 Zack MacEwen
#9 Ivan Provorov – #6 Travis Sanheim
#45 Cam York – #61 Justin Braun
#3 Keith Yandle – #24 Nick Seeler
#79 Carter Hart
#35 Martin Jones
BOS Projected Lineup
#63 Brad Marchand – #37 Patrice Bergeron – #12 Craig Smith
#71 Taylor Hall – #56 Erik Haula – #88 David Pastrňák
#74 Jake DeBrusk – #13 Charlie Coyle – #62 Oskar Steen
#81 Anton Blidh – #92 Tomas Nosek – #20 Curtis Lazar
#48 Matt Grzelcyk – #73 Charlie McAvoy
#6 Mike Reilly – #25 Brandon Carlo
#58 Urho Vaakanainen – #55 Tyler Lewington
#40 Tuukka Rask
#35 Linus Ullmark
Last Game PHI: 1/8/22, 3-2 OTL vs San Jose
Last Game BOS: 1/12/22, 5-1 W vs Montréal
News and Notes:
– This is the third and final meeting between the two teams this season, and it’s the only one at Boston. The season series currently stands at 1-1, with the Flyers winning 6-3 on October 20th, and the Bruins winning 5-2 on November 20th.
– Cam Atkinson enters tonight on a four-game point streak, with six points in the last four contests. He has been the Flyers’ best forward as of late and will look to continue his hot run tonight.
– Tonight is the 212th all-time meeting by the two teams in the regular season since the Flyers entered the league in 1967. The Flyers trail in the all-time series 76-102-21-12, and they’re also 32-55-11-7 in games at Boston.
Broadcast Info: TV – ESPN, Radio – 97.5 The Fanatic
Injuries:
PHI – Patrick Brown (MCL), Sean Couturier (upper-body), Nate Thompson (shoulder), Ryan Ellis (lower-body), Derick Brassard (hip), Rasmus Ristolainen (COVID protocols)
BOS – John Moore (upper-body), Jakub Zbořil (lower-body), Nick Foligno (lower-body), Trent Frederic (lower-body), Connor Clifton (COVID protocols), Derek Forbort (COVID protocols)
