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.