Game 63 Preview: Flyers vs. Red Wings
John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (23-28-11) are home on Sunday to take on Derek Lalonde's Detroit Red Wings (28-25-9) at the Wells Fargo Center. Game time is 6:00 p.m. ET.
Heading into this game, the Flyers have gone 2-6-2 over their last 10 games. The Red Wings have gone 4-5-1 but have lost four in a row (0-3-1) over the past week. Philly is coming off a 3-2 overtime home loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday. Detroit played yesterday, dropping a 4-1 road decision to the New York Islanders.
On paper, at least, the Red Wings are at severe "fatigue factor" disadvantage heading into the game. Philly has only played one game over the past week, a 3-2 overtime loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday, whereas this the Red Wings' fifth game in seven nights and their third game in four nights.
Tanner Laczynski, activated from IR on Friday after a 36-game absence (ankle), will play for the first time since Dec. 5. He will start at fourth-line center on the heels of Patrick Brown being traded to the Ottawa Senators on Friday. Acquired from the LA Kings in Friday's trade for fellow impending free agent Zack MacEwen, Brendan Lemieux will begin a 20-game audition for a new contract either in Philly or elsewhere.
Acquired by Detroit at the trade deadline, Alex Chiasson made his debut with the Red Wings on Saturday against the Islanders. At the deadline, Detroit dealt Filip Hronek, Tyler Bertuzzi, Jakub Vrana and Oskar Sundqvist for draft picks. Also on Friday, the Red Wings recalled Alex Nedeljkovic from the Grand Rapids Griffins under emergency conditions.
For more, see today's
Five Things on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com.
Neither the Flyers nor Detroit will hold a morning skate on Sunday. The Flyers' practice lines from Saturday and the Red Wings' starting lineup against the Islanders are listed below:
Flyers
86 Joel Farabee - 48 Morgan Frost - 74 Owen Tippett
25 James van Riemsdyk - 13 Kevin Hayes - 57 Wade Allison
21 Scott Laughton - 49 Noah Cates - 22 Brendan Lemieux
44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 58 Tanner Laczynski - 20 Kieffer Bellows
9 Ivan Provorov - 45 Cam York
6 Travis Sanheim - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
24 Nick Seeler - 77 Tony DeAngelo
79 Carter Hart
[32 Felix Sandström]
Red Wings
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