Flyers Game 80, Back to Back; Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs. Senators

The Philadelphia Flyers (33-37-9) will follow their 4-3 shootout win against the Islanders on Saturday by traveling to Ottawa to take on the Senators (43-30-6) on Sunday.

Ottawa is 6-3-1 in its previous 10 games, including 4-1-0 in its last five. The Flyers are 5-4-1 in their last 10, including going 4-1-0 in their previous five games as well.

Ottawa’s most recent win came against the Montreal Canadiens in Ottawa.

The puck drops at 1:00 p.m. EST at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

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Projected Lines

Forwards

Tyson Foerster – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink

Matvei Michkov – Sean Couturier – Travis Konecny

Owen Tippett – Ryan Poehling – Jakob Pelletier

Nicolas Deslauriers – Karsen Dorwart – Garnet Hathaway

Defensemen

Nick Seeler – Travis Sanheim

Cam York – Jamie Drysdale

Egor Zamula – Emil Andrae

Goaltender

Ivan Fedotov

Power Play Units

PP1: Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov – Travis Konecny – Bobby Brink – Jamie Drysdale

PP2:  Sean Couturier – Karsen Dorwart – Tyson Foerster – Owen Tippett – Emil Andrae

Penalty Kill Units

PK1: Noah Cates – Travis Konecny – Cam York – Travis Sanheim

PK2:  Ryan Poehling – Garnet Hathaway – Nick Seeler – Egor Zamula

Flyers in Back-to-Back Games this Season

Back-to-back games have not been too kind to the Flyers this season. They have gone back-to-back 11 times this season, with a total record of 6-13-3 in those 22 games.

On the first half of a back-to-back, the Flyers have gone 5-4-2 this season, not including Saturday’s win vs. the Islanders. The second game of the back-to-back has not been too kind to the Flyers. They have gone 1-9-1 in the second game of the back-to-back. Their lone win was an overtime win against the Blues in St. Louis. Philly has not had a regulation win in the second game of a back-to-back this season.

Will the pattern continue, or will the Flyers get a regulation win against the Senators?

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Previous Matchups

The Flyers are 3-6-1 against the Senators in their last 10 meetings, including a 1-1-0 record in the previous two matchups this season. The Flyers won the first meeting between the two teams this season in overtime in Ottawa.

Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny lead the team’s scoring against the Senators this season, with each player scoring a goal and earning two assists. Bobby Brink is the only other Flyer on the current roster with multiple points vs. Ottawa this season.

Jake Sanderson leads the Senators in points vs. the Flyers this season with three assists. Many Senators have two points against Philadelphia this season, but none stand out more than Brady Tkachuk with his two goals.

How to Watch Flyers @ Senators

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus, ESPN+

Radio: 93.3 WMMR

The puck drops at 1:00 p.m. EST at the Canadian Tire Centre.

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