Game 5: Flyers @ Predators
John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (3-1-0) are in Music City on Saturday night to take on John Hynes' Nashville Predators (2-3-1). Game time at Bridgestone Arena is 8:00 p.m. EDT.
The Flyers are wrapping up a three-game road trip before returning home on Sunday to host the San Jose Sharks. On Wednesday, the Flyers suffered a 4-3 loss in Sunrise to the Florida Panthers. Nick Seeler (1st), James van Riemsdyk (2nd, PPG) and Travis Konecny (4th, 6-on-5) scored in a losing cause for the Flyers. Felix Sandström made his first appearance of the 2022-23 season in goal for the Flyers. Carter Hart will return to the net in Nashville.
The Predators started out the season in Prague with back-to-back wins over the San Jose Sharks. They are 0-3-1 since returning to North America, as they've seen two-goal leads in the third period slip away in back-to-back games and are off to a 1-for-26 start to the season on the power play.
For an in-depth game preview, see 5 Things on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com. Projected lineups, subject to change are below.
FLYERS
86 Joel Farabee - 13 Kevin Hayes - 11 Travis Konecny
21 Scott Laughton - 49 Noah Cates - 57 Wade Allison
25 James van Riemsdyk - 48 Morgan Frost - 17 Zack MacEwen
44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 23 Lukas Sedlak - 58 Tanner Laczynski
9 Ivan Provorov - 77 Tony DeAngelo
6 Travis Sanheim - 61 Justin Braun
24 Nick Seeler - 54 Egor Zamula
79 Carter Hart
[32 Felix Sandström]
Scratches: 59 Jackson Cates, 37 Louie Belpedio.
PREDATORS
22 Nino Niederreiter - 92 Ryan Johansen - 28 Eeli Tolvanen
9 Filip Forsberg - 64 Mikael Granlund - 95 Matt Duchene
13 Yakov Trenin - 10 Colton Sissons - 84 Tanner Jeannot
38 Cole Smith - 8 Cody Glass - 12 Zach Sanford or 44 Kiefer Sherwood
59 Roman Josi - 57 Dante Fabbro
27 Ryan McDonagh - 14 Mattias Ekholm
3 Jeremy Lauzon or 90 Mark Borowiecki - 45 Alexandre Carrier
74 Juuse Saros
32 Kevin Lankinen
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Phantoms Gameday: 10/22/2022 vs. Cleveland
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms (1-1-0) open the home portion of their 2022-23 schedule on Saturday with the first game of a back-to-back set against the Cleveland Monsters (2-1-0). Game time at the PPL Center on Saturday is 7:05 p.m. ET. If you are unable to attend the game, it will be streamed for free (no subscription required) on
AHL TV.
Last weekend, the Phantoms received excellent goaltending from Troy Groesnick and Samuel Ersson. The team was otherwise widely outplayed by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Hersey Bears but came away with a 3-2 OT win in the opener (scored by Louie Belpedio, who is now with the Flyers) before a 2-1 loss in Jersey.
Phantoms rookie Elliot Desnoyers has started his AHL career with goals in back-to-back games. Veteran winger Zack MacEwen was also an opening weekend standout and parlayed it into a return to the NHL with the Flyers.
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