Game 22 Preview: Flyers vs. Lightning
Alain Vigneault's Philadelphia Flyers (8-9-4) will host Jon Cooper's two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning (14-5-4) on Sunday evening. Game time at the Wells Fargo Center is 6:00 p.m. ET (NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic).
This is the third and final meeting of the regular season series between the teams for 2021-22. The Flyers are 0-1-1 to date against the Lightning.
The Flyers enter this game needing to end a seven-game winless skid (0-5-2) that started with the Nov. 18 shootout loss to the Lightning. On Wednesday of this week, the Flyers suffered a 4-1 road loss to the New York Rangers. Morgan Frost tallied the lone Philadelphia goal. Tampa enters the game having won back-to-back contests including a 3-2 overtime win in Boston on Friday evening. Stamkos scored the winning goal in overtime. Overall, the Lightning have points in eight of their last 10 games (7-2-1).
For an in-depth, five-facet preview of Sunday's game, see Sunday's "Five Things" feature on the Flyers' official website.
Projected Lineups (subject to change)
FLYERS
Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 93 Cam Atkinson 48 Morgan Frost - 13 Kevin Hayes - 11 Travis Konecny 25 James van Riemsdyk - 21 Scott Laughton - 17 Zack MacEwen 23 Oskar Lindblom - 82 Connor Bunnaman - 38 Patrick Brown
9 Ivan Provorov - 70 Rasmus Ristolainen 6 Travis Sanheim - 61 Justin Braun 3 Keith Yandle - 24 Nick Seeler
79 Carter Hart [35 Martin Jones]
LIGHTNING
18 Ondrej Palat - 91 Steven Stamkos - 12 Alex Barré-Boulet 17 Alex Killorn - 71 Anthony Cirelli - 82 Gabriel Fortier 14 Pat Maroon - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 10 Corey Perry 13 Boris Katchouk - 79 Ross Colton - 16 Taylor Raddysh
77 Victor Hedman - 44 Jan Rutta 27 Ryan McDonagh - 81 Erik Cernak 98 Mikhail Sergachev - 24 Zach Bogosian
1 Brian Elliott [88 Andrei Vasilevskiy]