Game 1 : Devils vs Flyers
Location : Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia PA
Time : 7:00 pm
TV / Radio : ESPN+ – 97.5 The Fanatic
Records : NJD 0-0-0 | PHI 0-0-0
Previous Game : None | None
Odds : Devils -1.5 | O/U 6.5
The Philadelphia Flyers begin their 2022-23 campaign tonight at the Wells Fargo Center. It will be Game 1 of the John Tortorella era in Philadelphia.
Tonight, the Flyers lineup will have ten new players that were not on the opening night roster last season. The lineup will feature nine players age 25 or younger.
Cam Atkinson, who was expected to be in the lineup, will now miss the season opener. Atkinson has been dealing with an upper-body injury
The Flyers vs Devils matchup has been split evenly recently. In recent time, the home team has had the upper hand. Winning 7 of the last 8-games. Including winning 4-straight meetings.
Carter Hart will make his fourth straight opening night start. Hart is 2-0-1 with 3.28 GAA & .904% in his three previous opening night starts.
Betting Guide
Last Game: 0-0 | On the season: 0-0 / Last Season: 134-112
PHI ML +120
Kevin Hayes 0.5 Points OVER -115
Total Goal 6.5 UNDER -120
Active Streaks
| NONE |
Flyers Projected Lineup
21 Scott Laughton – 13 Kevin Hayes – 11 Travis Konecny
86 Joel Farabee – 49 Noah Cates – 74 Owen Tippett
25 James van Riemsdyk – 48 Morgan Frost – 57 Wade Allison
44 Nic Deslauriers – 58 Tanner Laczynski – 42 Hayden Hodgson
9 Ivan Provorov – 77 Tony DeAngelo
6 Travis Sanheim – 61 Justin Braun
24 Nick Seeler – 54 Egor Zamula
79 Carter Hart
(33 Samuel Ersson)
Scratches
47 Ronnie Attard , 55 Rasmus Ristolainen (INJ) , 89 Cam Atkinson (INJ)
Injuries
14 Sean Couturier – Week-To-Week (9/22), Upper-Body Injury (9/19)
32 Felix Sandstrom – Unknown (10/1), Lower-Body Injury (10/1)
38 Patrick Brown – Week-To-Week (9/22), Offseason Back Surgery
46 Bobby Brink – Out Indefinitely (9/22), Offseason Hip Surgery
55 Rasmus Ristolainen – Day-To-Day (10/13), “Body” Injury (10/13)
89 Cam Atkinson – Day-To-Day (10/12), Upper-Body Injury (9/25)
94 Ryan Ellis – Out Indefinitely (9/22), Torn Psoas (9/22)
