The Philadelphia Flyers, fresh off a 2-1 victory over New Jersey on Thursday that was stolen from the jaws of defeat by Carter Hart’s 48 saves, will look to build on that performance tonight against the New York Rangers.
The Flyers, who have not won at home against the Rangers since March 27th, 2021, will look a bit different tonight than we’re accustomed to seeing. Kevin Hayes will be a healthy scratch after being benched in the third period in Thursday’s win, and Lukáš Sedlák was placed on unconditional waivers earlier today after wishing to go back to his native Czechia, citing personal reasons.
Tony DeAngelo will make his return to the lineup on defense after missing four games due to personal reasons, and Kieffer Bellows will return to the ice after not playing since November 29th. Justin Braun will draw out to make room for DeAngelo.
Carter Hart will start again tonight and he’ll have to be as sharp as he was on Thursday if the Flyers want a chance to win tonight. The Rangers come into tonight on a five-game winning streak and are climbing their way back up the Metropolitan Division standings after a sluggish start to their season.
Philadelphia hasn’t had much luck against the Rangers in the last few years, but tonight is a good opportunity to not only turn the tides at Wells Fargo Center, but it would be sweet revenge to even the season series after New York’s 1-0 overtime win at Madison Square Garden on November 1st.
PHI Record: 10-14-7, 27 pts, 7th in Metropolitan
NYR Record: 16-10-5, 37 pts, 4th in Metropolitan
Last Game PHI: 12/15/22, 2-1 W at New Jersey
Last Game NYR: 12/15/22, 3-1 W vs. Toronto
When: 7:00pm ET
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
PHI Goalie: Carter Hart (9-8-6, .914 SV%, 2.76 GAA, 0 SO)
NYR Goalie: Jaroslav Halák (1-6-1, .888 SV%, 3.04 GAA, 0 SO)
PHI Projected Lineup
#86 Joel Farabee – #49 Noah Cates – #11 Travis Konecny
#25 James van Riemsdyk – #48 Morgan Frost – #74 Owen Tippett
#20 Kieffer Bellows – #21 Scott Laughton – #62 Olle Lycksell
#44 Nicolas Deslauriers – #38 Patrick Brown – #17 Zack MacEwen
#9 Ivan Provorov – #55 Rasmus Ristolainen
#6 Travis Sanheim – #45 Cam York
#24 Nick Seeler – #77 Tony DeAngelo
#79 Carter Hart
#32 Felix Sandström
NYR Projected Lineup
#10 Artemi Panarin – #93 Mika Zibanejad – #21 Barclay Goodrow
#13 Alexis Lafrenière – #72 Filip Chytil – #24 Kaapo Kakko
#20 Chris Kreider – #16 Vincent Trocheck – #26 Jimmy Vesey
#91 Sammy Blais – #76 Jonny Brodzinski – #74 Vitali Kravtsov
#55 Ryan Lindgren – #23 Adam Fox
#79 K’Andre Miller – #8 Jacob Trouba
#3 Ben Harpur – #4 Braden Schneider
#41 Jaroslav Halák
#31 Igor Shesterkin
PHI Injuries: Cam Atkinson (upper-body), Sean Couturier (back), Bobby Brink (hip), Ryan Ellis (hip), Wade Allison (hip), Tanner Laczynski (upper-body), Max Willman (upper-body)
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Justin Braun
NYR Injuries: none
Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Libor Hajek
Broadcast Info: TV – NBC Sports Philadelphia, Radio – 97.5 The Fanatic
