Game 24 Preview: Flyers @ Devils
Beginning a three-game road trip, interim head coach Mike Yeo's Philadelphia Flyers (8-11-4) are in Newark on Wednesday to take on Lindy Ruff's New Jersey Devils (9-9-5). Game time at the Prudential Center is 7:00 p.m. ET (NBCSP, 93.3 WMMR).
This is the second of three meetings this season between the Metro Division clubs, and the second and final game in Newark.
Winless in their last nine games (0-7-2), the Flyers are coming off a 7-5 home loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. The Flyers have allowed a combined 14 goals in the last two games. The Devils, who are 2-5-3 in their last 10 games, have gone winless in their last four games since beating the Flyers in Newark, 5-2, on Nov. 28. The team is coming off a 3-2 loss via shootout to the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
For an in-depth five-facet previw of this game, see the Five Things feature on the Flyers' official website. Projected lineups:
FLYERS
23 Oskar Lindblom - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny 48 Morgan Frost - 28 Claude Giroux - 25 James van Riemsdyk 21 Scott Laughton - 13 Kevin Hayes -89 Cam Atkinson 19 Derick Brassard - 38 Patrick Brown - 17 Zack MacEwen
9 Ivan Provorov - 61 Justin Braun 6 Travis Sanheim - 70 Rasmus Ristolainen 3 Keith Yandle - 24 Nick Seeler
79 Carter Hart [35 Martin Jones]
DEVILS
#NJDevils lines today at practice are the same as last night.
— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) December 7, 2021
🔸Jaros and Geertsen are a fourth defensive pairing.
🔹Boqvist rotating on the fourth line. pic.twitter.com/qxpilzQCCp