Flyers Game 7, Short Road Trip; Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs. Senators

The Philadelphia Flyers (3-2-1) are off to Ottawa on a short, one-game road trip when they take on the Senators (2-4-1) Thursday night.

Philadelphia is coming off a homestand where it went 3-1-0, winning the last two games. Ottawa concludes its four-game homestand against the Flyers on Thursday. In the previous three games, the Senators have gone 1-1-1, with each game being decided by a score. Their win came in the shootout against Seattle.

The Flyers will look to build on their dominating win against the Kraken on Monday, when everyone, including Matvei Michkov and Travis Konecny (who had been struggling), looked to be playing very good hockey. Can that continue on Thursday?

Puck drop at the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa is at 7:00 p.m. EST.

Here is how the Flyers are expected to line up.

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Flyers Lines & Pairs @ Senators

Forwards
Travis Konecny – Sean Couturier – Owen Tippett
Tyson Foerster – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Trevor Zegras – Christian Dvorak – Matvei Michkov
Nikita Grebenkin – Rodrigo Abols – Garnet Hathaway

Defensemen
Cam York – Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula – Noah Juulsen

Goaltenders
Dan Vladar
Sam Ersson

Special Teams
PP1: Drysdale, Couturier, Michkov, Tippett, Konecny
PP2: York, Cates, Zegras, Foerster, Brink

PK1: Cates, Foerster, Seeler, Sanheim
PK 2: Dvorak, Hathaway, Ginning, Juulsen

Things to Watch for the Flyers

One player I am keeping an eye on Thursday night is Cam York. It may have been a slow start for the Flyers’ defenseman in his first two games back from injury. Monday night looked like he was putting everything together.

York had three assists, including two on the power play, and looked like a really good offensive defenseman. He looked really good at the point on the power play. When he was running it, it looked like a completely different unit.

Another player to keep an eye on is Trevor Zegras. Zegras has an assist in each of his last five games, registering a point in every game this season but the season opener. Look for Zegras to extend that point streak, or even find his first goal with the Flyers.

The last player to keep an eye on Thursday is Nikita Grebenkin. After being a healthy scratch the game prior, Grebenkin looked like a player who never wants to see the press box again on Monday. Can he keep his foot on the gas and continue the intense play?

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Previous Matchups

Last season, the Flyers had three meetings with the Ottawa Senators, one at home and two on the road. The Flyers’ record against Ottawa last year was 1-1-1. Ottawa outscored Philadelphia 13-10 in their season series.

No Flyer scored more than a single goal against Ottawa last year, meaning there were 10 different goal scorers. Four players had a goal and two assists, tying them for the most points against the Senators last season. That would be Bobby Brink, Garnet Hathaway, Travis Konecny, and Travis Sanheim.

Thomas Chabot and Tim Stutzle led Ottawa in points against the Flyers last season with five each. Stutzle was tied with Brady Tkachuk, who is out on Thursday, in goals with two. Chabot led the way in assists with four.

How to Watch

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia, ESPN+ (Out of Market)
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic

The puck drops at the Canadian Tire Center at 7:00 p.m. EST.

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