Flyers-Red Wings Preview: Lineups, Notes & How to Watch

Two struggling teams, both finding it difficult to score goals, will meet Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center.

Exhibit A: Your Philadelphia Flyers, losers of eight of their last nine games, and averaging 1.91 goals in their 11 games since the All-Star break.

Exhibit B: The Detroit Red Wings, losers of five straight, during which they have been outscored, 24-8.

This will be the Flyers’ first game since the trade deadline, which turned into a head-shaking day for Philly as general manager Chuck Fletcher did little.

Detroit (28-25-9) is coming off Saturday afternoon’s 4-1 loss to the host New York Islanders.

The Philadelphia Flyers (23-28-11) scored a 2-1 win in Detroit on Jan. 21. Carter Hart stopped 30 of 31 shots, and Scott Laughton and Noah Cates scored goals to lead the way.

Flyers’ expected lineup

Van Riemsdyk–Hayes-Allison

Farabee-Frost-Tippett

Laughton-Cates-Lemieux

Delauriers-Laczynski-Rotating RW

Defense

Provorov-York

Sanhein-Ristolainen

Seeler-DeAngelo

Braun

Goalie

Carter Hart (16-19-10, 2.94 GAA, .907 SP)

Red Wings’ expected lineup

Kubalik-Larkin-Raymond

Fabbri-Copp-Perron

Berggren-Veleno-Zadina

Erne-Suter-Chiasson

Defense

Walman-Seider

Maatta-Chiarot

Hagg-Oesterle

Goalie

Husso (23-15-6, 2.95, .903)

Breakaways

Owen Tippett has three goals over his last four games. … In his career vs. Detroit, Hart is 5-3 with a 2.77 GAA and .911 save percentage. … Tanner Laczynski, who came off the IR list Friday, is expected to be in the lineup for the first time since Dec. 5. … Brendan Lemieux, acquired form the Kings for Zack MacEwen and a fifth-round draft pick, will make his Flyers’ debut. … York hit the boards hard at Saturday’s practice and left the ice with an apparent mouth injury.

Former Flyer Robert Hagg is on Detroit’s third defensive pairing. … Ville Husso is expected to start after missing Saturday’s game with an unspecified injury. If he can’t go, Alex Nedeljkovic (2-4-2, 4.09, .880) will get the call. … James van Riemsdyk has 11 goals in 30 career games vs. Detroit. … Larkin has 15 points (4-11) in 18 career games against the Flyers. … The Flyers are third in the NHL with 10 shorthanded goals. … In the all-time series against Detroit, Philly is 72-53-23, including 46-14-12 at home.

How to watch, listen

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia, NHL Network at 6 p.m. Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic.

How to bet

FanDuel monelyline: Flyers minus-125, Detroit plus-104

Pick: Flyers, 3-2.

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