Game 21 : Penguins vs Flyers
Location : Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia PA
Time : 5:30 pm
TV / Radio : TNT – 97.5 The Fanatic
Records : PIT 10-7-3 | PHI 7-8-5
Previous Game : PIT W 2-1 vs CGY | PHI OTL 2-3 vs WSH
Odds : Penguins -1.5 | O/U 6.5
The Philadelphia Flyers begin their 5th back-to-back of the season. Tonight, take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first installment of the Battle of Pennsylvania.
After giving up a late goal in the 3rd period, the Flyers went on to lose their 8th straight game on Wednesday. A game in which head coach John Tortorella said was lost due to simple mistakes.
Today, the Flyers face an even tougher task to end their eight-game losing. The Penguins enter today’s game on a four-game winning streak.
The Flyers vs Penguins matchup has been bad to the Flyers recently. Losing four of the last five meetings. Including losing two of the last three meetings in Philadelphia.
Carter Hart will make his 15th start of the season. Hart is 3-2-1 with 2.82 GAA & .919% in 6-starts at home this season.
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Betting Guide
Last Game: 1-2 | On the season: 37-23 / Last Season: 134-112
PHI ML +200
6.5 Totals Goal UNDER -115
Sidney Crosby 0.5 Points UNDER +165
Active Streaks
| 86 Joel Farabee – 3 Game Point Streak (1G-2A) |
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Flyers Projected Lineup
74 Owen Tippett – 13 Kevin Hayes – 49 Noah Cates
20 Kieffer Bellows – 48 Morgan Frost – 17 Zack MacEwen
44 Nic Deslauriers – 58 Tanner Laczynski – 86 Joel Farabee
23 Lukas Sedlak – 38 Patrick Brown – 59 Jackson Cates
9 Ivan Provorov – 77 Tony DeAngelo
6 Travis Sanheim – 61 Justin Braun
24 Nick Seeler – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
79 Carter Hart
(32 Felix Sandstrom)
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Scratches
11 Travis Konecny (INJ) , 71 Max Willman , 89 Cam Atkinson (INJ)
Injuries
14 Sean Couturier – 3-4 Months (10/29), Back Surgery (10/29)
21 Scott Laughton – 2 Weeks (11/22), Upper-Body Injury (11/19)
25 James van Riemsdyk – 4-6 Weeks (10/26), Broken Finger (10/23)
46 Bobby Brink – Out Indefinitely (9/22), Offseason Hip Surgery
57 Wade Allison – 3-Weeks (11/15), Oblique Muscle Strain & Hip Pointer (11/13)
89 Cam Atkinson – Week-To-Week (10/20), Upper-Body Injury (9/25)
94 Ryan Ellis – Out Indefinitely (9/22), Torn Psoas (9/22)
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