Philadelphia Flyers
How to Watch Flyers Game vs. Lightning (11/07/2024); Lineups, Goalies, & More
The Philadelphia Flyers (4-8-1) are currently the worst team in the NHL, and things will not be getting any easier for them as they face the Tampa Bay Lightning (7-6-0) in Amalie Arena at 7 p.m. on Thursday night.
The Lightning, who are on a three-game losing streak, will be desperate to put an end to their misfortunes in front of the home crowd. As for the Flyers? They will be without starting goalie Sam Ersson for the second game in a row, No. 1 defenseman Cam York remains on injured reserve, and top defensive center Ryan Poehling has been placed on IR as he tends to a family situation at home in Minnesota.
A small silver lining for the Flyers is that it looks like superstar Brayden Point will sit out another game after missing Tuesday’s game against St. Louis due to injury.
Rookie goalie Aleksei Kolosov, 22, is poised to make his third NHL start and second start in a row in the wake of Ersson’s injury. He’s 0-3-0 this season with a 3.92 GAA and a .863 save percentage.
Flyers Game Lineup
Tyson Foerster – Sean Couturier – Anthony Richard
Owen Tippett – Morgan Frost – Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee – Scott Laughton – Bobby Brink
Nick Deslauriers – Noah Cates – Garnet Hathaway
Extras: Matvei Michkov
Travis Sanheim – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Rasmus Ristolainen
Egor Zamula – Erik Johnson
Extras: Emil Andrae
Aleksei Kolosov (S), Ivan Fedotov
Lightning Game Lineup
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel – Nick Paul – Cam Atkinson
Gage Goncalves – Conor Geekie – Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons – Luke Glendening – Mikey Eyssimont
Victor Hedman – J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg – Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy (S), Jonas Johansson
For the second game in a row, the Flyers will face a former friend, this time in the form of winger Cam Atkinson, who scored 13 goals, 15 assists, and 28 points in 70 games for Philadelphia last season. Atkinson was subsequently bought out of his contract in the summer and signed a one-year deal with the Lightning on the second day of NHL free agency on July 2.
Atkinson is without a goal in his 10 games for the Bolts this season, but the last time he scored a goal in the NHL was on Jan. 23 – for the Flyers against the Lightning. Cam Atkinson anytime goal-scorer, anybody?
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How to watch the Flyers game
Thursday night’s Flyers game will be televised on Hulu and ESPN+. For fans unable to watch the Flyers game, a radio broadcast will be available on 97.5 The Fanatic.
Cam Atkinson will get a hat trick against the Flyers tonight. That how the hockey gods and Flyers roll.
I think TSN is reporting that Michkov will be a healthy scratch tonight? https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/philadelphia-flyers-to-scratch-rookie-sensation-matvei-michkov-vs-lightning-1.2201408
For his development understand.
Another silver lining so far as the team struggles for points….team will be hording plenty of ping-pong balls for the lottery for June 2025…..James Hagens remains on the radar….and then 5 more picks thru the second round.
Torts’ Doghouse….the press box…. will get crowded with prospects. But one of either Joel Farabee, Bobby Brink or Morgan Frost will be up there with them next year to show them around.