Game 73 Preview: Flyers @ Rangers
The Philadelphia Flyers (36-27-9) are in Manhattan on Tuesday evening to take on the New York Rangers (47-20-4). Game time at Madison Square Garden is 7:00 p.m. ET.
Tuesday's game is the Flyers' seventh consecutive match against one of the top six clubs in the Eastern Conference standings. The Flyers are 2-3-1 during the stretch to date. Tortorella's club split two games apiece with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins, lost in overtime to the Carolina Hurricanes, and lost in regulation to the Florida Panthers this past Saturday. Dating back to a 2-1 road win over the Panthers on March 7, the Flyers are 4-5-1 over their past 10 games.
The Flyers are currently two points (plus a ROW tiebreaker advantage) ahead of the Washington Capitals for third place in the Metropolitan Division. The Capitals hold two games in hand. The Flyers and Capitals will clash head-to-head on the final day of the regular season, but both teams have a lot of work to do before then. The Capitals will host the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night while the Flyers are playing the Rangers.
The Rangers, 7-3-0 in their last 10 games, are looking for their third straight win. Laviolette's club skated to a 4-3 (2-1) shootout win at home against Florida on Saturday after recovering from a 2-0 deficit. The Rangers are currently one point ahead of Carolina in the battle for first place in the Atlantic Division. The Rangers presently hold one game in hand plus a tiebreaker advantage if the season were to end in a dead heat in points. The Hurricanes are on the road on Tuesday to play the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Both teams are still banged up on defense. The Flyers are without Nick Seeler, Jamie Drysdale and Rasmus Ristolainen. The Rangers are missing Jacob Trouba, Ryan Lindgren and Erik Gustafsson (day-to-day).
The Flyers, who are playing their fourth game in six nights while the Rangers have had a more relaxed recent schedule (fourth game in nine nights), had an off day on Monday. Both clubs will hold respective morning skates on Monday. Projected lineups will be updated prior to game time if necessary.
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FLYERS (based on Saturday and Sunday lineups)
74 Owen Tippett - 48 Morgan Frost - 11 Travis Konecny
86 Joel Farabee - 21 Scott Laughton - 10 Bobby Brink
71 Tyson Foerster - 25 Ryan Poehling - 19 Garnet Hathaway
27 Noah Cates - 14 Sean Couturier - 62 Olle Lycksell
8 Cam York - 6 Travis Sanheim
5 Egor Zamula - 77 Erik Johnson
50 Adam Ginning - 23 Ronnie Attard
33 Samuel Ersson
[32 Felix Sandström]
RANGERS (Monday practice)
Artemi Panarin - Vincent Trocheck - Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider - Mika Zibanejad - Jack Roslovic
Will Cuylle - Alex Wennberg - Jonny Brodzinski
Jimmy Vesey - Barclay Goodrow - Matt Rempe
K'Andre Miller - Adam Fox
Zac Jones - Braden Schneider
Brandon Scanlin - Chad Ruhwedel
Igor Shesherkin
Jonathan Quick
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