Game 52 Preview: Flyers vs, Jets
The Philadelphia Flyers (26-19-6) host theWinnipeg Jets (30-13-5) at the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday evening. Game time is 7:00 p.m. ET.
The Flyers enter this game coming off a 2-1 road win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday evening. Ersson stopped 20 of 21 shots, and the team in front of him blocked 22 shot attempts by Florida. Travis Konecny (23rd) and Noah Cates (2nd) scored for Philadelphia. Owen Tippett returned to the Flyers' lineup after missing the previous four games with a lower-body injury. The victory halted a five-game losing streak for the Flyers.
The Jets sustained a 3-0 shutout road loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. Sean Monahan made his debut for Winnipeg, while star center Mark Scheifele returned from a six-game absence due to a lower-body injury. In a losing cause, Connor Hellebuyck stopped 24 of 27 Pittsburgh shots. The Jets are winless in their last four games (0-3-1) and have scored a combined three goals in that stretch.
For an in-depth preview, looking at matchups, team trends, and keys to victory, see Five Things on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com
PROJECTED LINEUPS (subject to change)
FLYERS
74 Owen Tippett - 14 Sean Couturier - 89 Cam Atkinson 86 Joel Farabee - 48 Morgan Frost - 11 Travis Konecny 74 Tyson Foerster - 25 Ryan Poehling - 27 Noah Cates (rotation) - 21 Scott Laughton - 19 Garnet Hathaway
6 Travis Sanheim - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 8 Cam York - 9 Jamie Drysdale 24 Nick Seeler - 26 Sean Walker 5 Egor Zamula
33 Samuel Ersson [40 Cal Petersen]
Scratches: 18 Marc Staal (healthy), 44 Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), 62 Olle Lycksell (healthy).
JETS
81 Kyle Connor - 55 Mark Scheifele - 13 Gabe Vilardi 91 Cole Perfetti - 23 Sean Monahan - 27 Nikolaj Ehlers 62 Nino Niederreiter -17 Adam Lowry -22 Mason Appleton 36 Morgan Barron - 7 Vladislav Namestnikov - 9 Alex Iafallo
44 Josh Morrissey - 2 Dylan DeMelo 54 Dylan Samberg - 4 Neal Pionk 64 Logan Stanley - 88 Nate Schmidt
39 Laurent Brossoit [37 Connor Hellebuyck]
Scratches: 5 Brenden Dillon (NHL suspension), 21 Dominic Toninato (healthy), 15 Rasmus Kupari (healthy).