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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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