Once again, the Flyers are back in NWA to do battle with the CBJ in a Hulu and ESPN promotion.

It has been less than one week since the teams played, where Columbus defeated the Flyers 5-2 in what was Joonas Korpisalo’s first win since March 2022; and Carter Hart’s first regulation loss of the season. Captain Boone Jenner had 2 goals; and Johnny Gaudreau and Zach Werenski had 3 points each.

The Blue Jackets are pretty black and blue since the last time these teams met a week ago, without the services of Laine, Werenski, and Blankenburg; however, have the returning Kent Johnson, Erik Gudbranson, and Sean Kuraly.

Tonight, Columbus is scratching Jack Roslovic. The Columbus kid has only 1 goal in 14 games, along with 5 assists. The hope is to motivate him and get him sparked to get onto the scoreboard.

Philly is without Wade Allison.


Projected Lineups


Philadelphia Flyers

Owen Tippett—Kevin Hayes—Travis Konecny
Noah Cates—Scott Laughton—Zach MacEwen
Kiefer Bellows—Morgan Frost—Joel Farabee
Nicolas Deslauriers—Lukas Sedlak—Tanner Laczynski

Ivan Provorov—Anthony DeAngelo
Travis Sanheim—Justin Braun
Nick Seeler—Rasmus Ristalonen

Felix Sandstrom
Carter Hart

Scratched — Kiefer Bellows, Yegor Zamula
Injured — Ryan Ellis, Sean Couturier, Bobby Brink, Patrick Brown, James van Reimsdyk, Cam Atkinson, Wade Allison

Columbus Blue Jackets

Johnny Gaudreau—Boone Jenner—Emil Bemstrom
Yegor Chinakov—Cole Sillinger—Gustav Nyquist
Liam Foudy—Brendan Gaunce—Kent Johnson
Eric Robinson—Sean Kuraly—Mathieu Oliver

Vladislav Gavrikov—Andrew Peeke
Jake Bean—Marcus Bjork
Jake Christiansen—Erik Gudbranson

Joonas Korpisalo
Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched — Gavin Bayreuther, Jack Roslovic
Injured — Jakub Voracek, Joona Luoto, Justin Danforth, Adam Boqvist, Patrik Laine, Zach Werenski, Nick Blankenburg,


Player to Watch

Philadelphia — Travis Konecny — the breakout star of the season. He and Tortorella’s system seem to mesh, as he as 17 points in 15 games. Last week, had one assist and was a -4 against Columbus, but is their top guy going.

Columbus — Boone Jenner — speaking of motivation, the leader has 3 goals and 1 assist in his last 4 games, and needs to continue that to inspire his team.

Prediction

3-1 Philadelphia


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