UPDATE 2:00 PM EDT

Bobby Brink and Egor Zamula are healthy scratches in tonight's game. Ryan Poehling will re-enter the lineup up front and Victor Mete will make his Flyers regular season debut on the blueline.


Preview: Flyers @ Kings

The Philadelphia Flyers (6-7-1) are in LA to take on the Los Angeles Kings (8-2-3). Game time at Crypto.com Arena is 10:30 p.m. ET.

The Flyers enter this game coming off a 6-3 road win on Friday against the Anaheim Ducks. Eleven different Flyers players recorded at least one point in the game. Travis Sanheim, who logged 25:14 of ice time and was plus-four on the net, scored a gorgeous goal in the third period and also chipped in first period and third period assists. Cam Atkinson collected a goal and a helper. Joel Farabee had two assists. In the third period, Owen Tippett notched even strength and empty net tallies. Samuel Ersson stopped 35 of 38 shots to earn the win. In a losing cause, Leo Carlsson notched a hat trick (two PPG, one goal at 5-on-5) for Anaheim.

For a full game recap, period-by-period analysis, highlights and more from Friday, see the Postgame 5 on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com.

The Flyers are 3-6-1 over their last 10 games. The Kings, who are a perfect 7-0-0 on the road but just 1-2-3 on home ice so far, enter this game coming off a 4-3 overtime home loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.

Last Saturday in Philadelphia, the Kings skated to a 5-0 shutout win over the Flyers in Philadelphia. Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar, Trevor Moor, Arthur Kaliyev, and Blake Lizotte scored goals for the Kings. Quinton Byfield contributed three assists. Cam Talbot stopped all 25 shots faced. Flyers goalie Cal Petersen stopped 25 of 30 shots in a losing cause. The Flyers went 0-for-4 on the power play. The Kings went 1-for-5.

The Flyers did not have Sean Couturier available for last Saturday's home game against the Kings. He has since returned to the lineup. No. 1 goaltender Carter Hart's availability for the game in Los Angeles depends on how he is feeling. Originally slated to start in Anaheim after missing the three previous games with a mid-body injury (lower back soreness), Hart took ill and was unable to play. If Hart remains unable, the Flyers will have a choice between starting Ersson for the third time in five nights or turning again to Petersen against his former club.

Projected lineups (subject to change, based off last night's lineup for the Flyers) are listed below. See today's Five Things on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com for an in-depth preview.

FLYERS

89 Cam Atkinson - 14 Sean Couturier - 71 Tyson Foerster
74 Owen Tippett - 48 Morgan Frost - 11 Travis Konecny
86 Joel Farabee - 25 Ryan Poehling - 21 Scott Laughton
44 Nic Deslauriers - 27 Noah Cates - 19 Garnet Hathaway

8 Cam York - 6 Travis Sanheim
24 Nick Seeler - 26 Sean Walker
98 Victor Mete - 37 Louie Belpedio

40 Cal Petersen
[33 Samuel Ersson]

Kings

55 Quinton Byfield – 11 Anze Kopitar – 9 Adrian Kempe
22 Kevin Fiala – 80 Pierre-Luc Dubois – 78 Alex Laferriere
12 Trevor Moore – 24 Phillip Danault – 34 Arthur Kaliyev
91 Carl Grundström – 46 Blake Lizotte – 61 Trevor Lewis

44 Mikey Anderson – 8 Drew Doughty
84 Vladislav Gavrikov – 3 Matthew Roy
5 Andreas Englund – 53 Jordan Spence

39 Cam Talbot
29 Pheonix Copley

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Preview: Phantoms vs. Bears

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms (4-5-2) return to action on Saturday evening as they host the Hershey Bears (8-3-0) at the PPL Center in Allentown. Game time is 7:05 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on AHLTV (subscription required).

The Phantoms enter this game coming off a 4-2 road loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds in a Wednesday morning game. Wade Allison (first goal of the season) and Cooper Marody (3rd) scored in a losing cause for the Phantoms. The game entered the third period tied at 2-2 before Adam Gaudette (9th and 10th) scored his second goal of the game to put Springfield ahead to stay. The Thunderbirds added a late empty net tally to seal a two-goal victory. Parker Gahagan stopped 28 of 31 shots in a losing cause.

On the bright side, after the Phantoms dealt with various injuries and illnesses last week, they've gotten healthy players back into the lineup this week. That includes Allison (one game missed due to illness), Emil Andrae (three games missed due to injury) and Ronnie Attard (two games missed due to illness). Adam Brooks (injury) remained sidelined.

The Phantoms are 1-1-2 so far in November. The club is 3-3-0 on home ice to date.

To date, Olle Lycksell (8g, 1a) leads the Phantoms with nine points in 11 games played. He's followed by Marody (3g, 5a), Samu Tuomaala (2g, 6a), Tanner Laczynski (1g, 7a) and Elliott Desnoyers (2g, 5a).

Projected Phantoms lineup:

29 Alexis Gendron - 9 Tanner Laczynski - 20 Cooper Marody
28 Olle Lycksell - 91 Elliot Desnoyers - 27 Samu Tuomaala
17 Garrett Wilson - 22 Rhett Gardner - 19 Wade Allison
10 Evan Polei - 13 Brendan Furry - 14 Zayde Wisdom

6 Emil Andrae- 2 Helge Grans
37 Adam Ginning - 5 Ethan Samson
8 Mason Millman - 12 Ronnie Attard

31 Parker Gahagen
[73 Nolan Maier]

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