Preview: Flyers vs. Lightning
The Philadelphia Flyers (2-0-0) start a three-game road trip on Tuesday as they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning (1-2-0). Game time at Amalie Arena is 7:00 p.m. ET.
The Flyers won both games of a mini-homestand to start the season, defeating the New Jersey Devils (5-2) last Thursday and the Vancouver Canucks (3-2) on Sunday. The Lightning started the season on a three-game road trip. Jon Cooper's team sandwiched a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in between an opening-night 3-1 loss to the New York Rangers and a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
For an in-depth preview of Tuesday's game, see today's Five Things on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com. Tomorrow night, the Flyers will be right back in action to play the Florida Panthers.
Projected lineups (subject to change)
FLYERS
21 Scott Laughton - 13 Kevin Hayes - 11 Travis Konecny 86 Joel Farabee - 49 Noah Cates - 57 Wade Allison 25 James van Riemsdyk - 48 Morgan Frost - 58 Tanner Laczynski 44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 59 Jackson Cates - 17 Zack MacEwen
9 Ivan Provorov - 77 Tony DeAngelo 6 Travis Sanheim - 61 Justin Braun 24 Nick Seeler - 54 Egor Zamula
79 Carter Hart [32 Felix Sandström]
LIGHTNING
38 Brandon Hagel - 21 Brayden Point - 86 Nikita Kucherov 20 Nick Paul - 91 Steven Stamkos - 17 Alex Killorn 79 Ross Colton - 90 Vladislav Namestnikov - 10 Corey Perry 45 Cole Koepke - 41 Pierre-à‰douard Bellemare - 14 Patrick Maroon
77 Victor Hedman- 81 Erik Cernak 98 Mikhail Sergachev - 5 Phil Myers 28 Ian Cole - 7 Haydn Fleury
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy 1 Brian Elliott