Flyers Game Preview vs Jets: Expected Lineups and How to Watch

As known lovers of overtime games, the Philadelphia Flyers (22-14-6) travel north of the border to face the Winnipeg Jets (28-9-4) on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, MB. On Friday night, the Flyers completed a two-goal comeback to knock off the Minnesota Wild in overtime. This will be the first of two meetings between these two teams this season. The Flyers are 3-2-0 in their last five against the Jets and 5-4-1 in their last 10. Carter Hart is 4-0-0 in his career against the Jets with a 1.15 GAA, a .964 save percentage, and one shutout. Sam Ersson has never played against the Jets.

The Flyers did not hold a morning skate prior to their 7 p.m. puck drop against the Jets.

Flyers lines vs Jets, Jan. 13

Joel Farabee – Morgan Frost – Travis Konecny

Owen Tippett – Scott Laughton – Bobby Brink

Tyson Foerster – Ryan Poehling – Cam Atkinson

Nick Deslauriers – Garnet Hathaway

Flyers defense

Cam York – Travis Sanheim

Nick Seeler – Sean Walker

Egor Zamula – Rasmus Ristolainen

Marc Staal

Flyers goaltending

Sam Ersson is expected to start, with Carter Hart backing him up.

Flyers game preview

• Noah Cates has officially missed a quarter of the 2023-24 season.
• Garnet Hathaway will play in his 500th career game on Saturday.
• Sean Couturier is one assist away from 300 in his NHL career. He is out with an injury.
• Jamie Drysdale is on a two-game point streak, but will sit due to illness.
• The Flyers’ power play has now scored in four consecutive games.
• The Jets will be without star forwards Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele on Saturday.

Expected Jets lines

Nikolaj Ehlers – Adam Lowry – Gabe Vilardi

Cole Perfetti – Vlad Namestnikov – Alex Iafallo

Nino Niederreiter – Rasmus Kupari – Mason Appleton

Morgan Barron – Dominic Toninato – Axel Jonsson-Fjallby

Jets defense

Josh Morrissey – Dylan DeMelo

Brenden Dillon – Neal Pionk

Dylan Samberg – Nate Schmidt

Jets goaltending

Connor Hellebuyck is expected to start, with Laurent Brossoit backing him up.

How to watch the Flyers game

Saturday’s Flyers game will be televised on NBC Sports Philadelphia and can be heard on the radio on 97.5 The Fanatic.

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