Flyers Game Day Preview: Game #31 at Detroit Red Wings

It is Flyers game day for the first time since December 14th, as they travel to Detroit to take on the Detroit Red Wings. The Flyers are coming off a 4-1 road loss to the Wild, while the Red Wings are looking to make it back-to-back wins after they beat the Maple Leafs 4-2 in their previous game.

Records and Stats

PHI: 14-13-4, 7-5-3 on the road, 5th in the Metropolitan

DET: 12-14-4, 6-7-2 at home, 6th in the Atlantic

Scoring leaders:

Points: Travis Konecny (PHI) 36, Lucas Raymond (DET) 31

Goals: Travis Konecny (PHI) 15, Lucas Raymond (DET) 12

Assists: Travis Konecny (PHI) 21, Lucas Raymond (DET) 19

Expected Lines for the Flyers

There have been no updates yet on the lines for today’s game; here is how the Flyers looked yesterday in practice:

Forwards

Joel Farabee – Sean Coutourier – Travis Konecny

Owen Tippett – Morgan Frost – Matvei Michkov

Tyson Foerster – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink

Scott Laughton – Ryan Poehling – Garnet Hathaway

Defensemen

Cam York – Travis Sanheim

Yegor Zamula – Rasmus Ristolainen

Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale

Special Teams

Flyers: 15 PPG (25th), 16.7 PP% (26th), 2 SHG (12th), 80.2 PK% (14th)

Red Wings: 21 PPG (9th), 24.4 PP% (8th), 1 SHG (23rd), 67.5% PK% (31st)

This game may just come down to special teams. If the slow Flyers power play can find scoring against a struggling Red Wings power play, the Flyers could find themselves getting a win on the road.

Goaltender Matchup

The expected goalies in tonight’s game:

Sam Ersson vs. Ville Husso

Ersson: 6-4-2, 2.87 GAA, .891 SV%, 1 shutout

Husso: 1-4-2, 3.46 GAA, .877 SV%

Previous Meeting

The last meeting between the two teams was on December 12th in Philadelphia. Scott Laughton scored four goals in that contest, the first four-goal game of his 12-year NHL career.

The Flyers won the contest 4-1.

The final two tallies from Laughton on the night were against an empty net. This is not to discredit Laughton’s night; rather, it is important to show that it was just a one-score game until there was just 1:07 remaining on the game clock.

Game Information

Puck drop is slated for 7:00 pm EST at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

The game will be broadcast nationally on TNT/TruTV/Max

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by AP Photo/Matt Slocum