Game 48 Preview: Flyers vs. Jets
John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (20-20-7) are home on Sunday evening to take on Rick Bowness' Winnipeg Jets (30-16-1). Game time at the Wells Fargo Center is 7:00 p.m. ET.
The game will be televised on NBCSP. The radio broadcast is on 97.5 The Fanatic with an online simulcast on Flyers Radio 24/7.
This is the first of two meetings this season between the inter-conference clubs. The Flyers and Jets will rematch at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg on Jan. 28.
For the Flyers, it's the team's fifth game in seven nights. For the Jets, is their fifth in eight nights but will more travel involved. Winnipeg is four games into a five-game road trip. It's the Flyers' third home game of the 5-in-7 gauntlet.
Both the Flyers and Jets are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games. The Flyers are 9-3-0 in their last 12 games dating back to the end of the leaguewide holiday break.
The Flyers enter this game coming off a tense and physical 2-1 road win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. Carter Hart played brilliantly in stopping 30 of 31 shots including two spectacular back-door saves in the third period. He also benefited from 31 blocked shots in front of him, including eight by Ivan Provorov. Third period goals by Scott Laughton (12th) and Noah Cates (6th) provided just enough goal support to win. Hart made a ten-bell save on Lucas Raymond in the final few seconds of the game to close it out.
The Jets were also in action on Saturday, earning a 5-1 road win over the Ottawa Senators. Mark Scheifele scored twice (27th and 28th goals of the season), while Nikolaj Ehlers (PPG, 4th), Blake Wheeler (12th) and Cole Perfetti (PPG, 7th) tallied once apiece. Connor Hellebuyck made several timely saves while the score was still competitive, on his way to making 25 stops on 26 shots.
For an in-depth preview of Sunday's game including statistical trends, keys to victory and more, see today's Five Things on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com.
Projected lineups (subject to change)
FLYERS
86 Joel Farabee - 49 Noah Cates - 11 Travis Konecny 25 James van Riemsdyk - 48 Morgan Frost - 74 Owen Tippett 13 Kevin Hayes - 21 Scott Laughton - 57 Wade Allison 44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 38 Patrick Brown - 17 Zack MacEwen
9 Ivan Provorov - 45 Cam York 6 Travis Sanheim - 77 Tony DeAngelo 24 Nick Seeler - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
32 Felix Sandström [79 Carter Hart]
JETS 81 Kyle Connor - 80 Pierre-Luc Dubois - 91 Cole Perfetti 26 Blake Wheeler - 55 Mark Scheifele - 27 Nikolaj Ehlers 36 Morgan Barron - 17 Adam Lowry - 20 Karson Kuhlman 71 Axel Jonsson-Fjà¤llby - 28 Kevin Stenlund - 8 Saku Mà¤enalanen
44 Josh Morrissey - 2 Dylan DeMelo 5 Brenden Dillon - 4 Neal Pionk 54 Dylan Samberg - 88 Nate Schmidt
33 David Rittich [37 Connor Hellebuyck]