Game 45 Preview: Flyers vs. Jets

In their final game before the NHL All-Star Break, interim head coach Mike Yeo's Philadelphia Flyers (14-22-8) are home to host interim head coach Dave Lowry's Winnipeg Jets (18-16-7) on Tuesday evening. Game time at the Wells Fargo Center is 7:00 p.m. ET (NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic).

This is the first of two meetings this season between the clubs. The teams will rematch at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg on April 27.

The Flyers enter this game coming off a 4-3 overtime win at home against the LA Kings on Saturday afternoon. The victory ended a 13-game winless drought (0-10-3) for the Flyers. The Jets enter the game coming off a 4-1 win on Saturday against the St. Louis Blues. Before that, Winnipeg was winless in six games (0-4-2).

The expected goaltending matchup for this game will pit Carter Hart (8-14-5, 2.87 GAA, .913 SV%) against Connor Helleybuyck (14-14-6, 2.93 GAA, .908 SV%). The Flyers are likely to start the same lineup as in Saturday's game against LA. For Winnipeg, defenseman Josh Morrissey is now out of COVID-19 protocol and is slated to return to game action.

For an in-depth preview of this game, see Five Things on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com. The anticipated starting lineups -- subject to change -- are as follows:

FLYERS

23 Oskar Lindblom - 28 Claude Giroux - 89 Cam Atkinson
25 James van Riemsdyk - 21 Scott Laughton - 11 Travis Konecny
20 Gerry Mayhew - 48 Morgan Frost - 71 Max Willman
76 Isaac Ratcliffe - 82 Connor Bunnaman - 17 Zack MacEwen

9 Ivan Provorov - 61 Justin Braun
6 Travis Sanheim - 70 Rasmus Ristolainen
3 Keith Yandle - 45 Cam York

79 Carter Hart
[35 Martin Jones]

JETS

9 Andrew Copp - 55 Mark Scheifele - 26 Blake Wheeler
81 Kyle Connor - 80 Pierre-Luc Dubois - 91 Cole Perfetti
25 Paul Stastny - 17 Adam Lowry - 22 Austin Poganski
12 Jansen Harkins - 21 Dominic Toninato - 93 Kristian Vesalainen

5 Brenden Dillon - 88 Nate Schmidt
14 Ville Heinola - 4 Neal Pionk
44 Josh Morrissey - 65 Johnathan Kovacevic

1 Connor Hellebuyck
[37 Eric Comrie]

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