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Updated -- Projected Flyers lineup
71 Tyson Foerster - 48 Morgan Frost - 74 Owen Tippett
86 Joel Farabee - 21 Scott Laughton - 11 Travis Konecny
27 Noah Cates- 25 Ryan Poehling - 19 Garnet Hathaway
62 Olle Lycksell- 14 Sean Couturier - 10 Bobby Brink
8 Cam York - 6 Travis Sanheim
24 Nick Seeler - 9 Jamie Drysdale
18 Marc Staal - 77 Erik Johnson
33 Samuel Ersson
[82 Ivan Fedotov]
Projected scratches: 15 Denis Gurianov (healthy), 44 Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), 89 Cam Atkinson (healthy), 5 Egor Zamula (healthy), 23 Ronnie Attard (healthy), 50 Adam Ginning (healthy).
Game 79 Preview: Flyers @ Canadiens
The Philadelphia Flyers (36-31-11) are in Quebec on Tuesday to play the Montreal Canadiens (29-36-12). Game time at Bell Centre is 7:00 p.m. EDT.
The Flyers, winless in their last seven games (0-5-2), have lost control of their own destiny in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Now, in addition to winning their own games, they need significant help on the out-of-town scoreboard as well.
Although the Flyers lost a 4-1 home decision to the Florida Panthers on March 24 and a 6-5 overtime road verdict to the New York Rangers on March 26, it has been the last five games that have brought Philly's season to its knees: 4-1 road loss in Montreal on March 28, 5-1 home loss to Chicago on March 30, 4-3 home overtime loss to the Islanders on April 1, 4-2 road loss in Buffalo on April 5 and 6-2 road loss in Columbus the next night.
The game in Columbus, against a Blue Jackets team that was missing 10 players from the lineup and starting their third-string goaltender in net, was atrocious by any measure. The Flyers were outplayed for two-plus periods and tied an unwanted NHL record by yielding six goals to opposing defensemen. Meanwhile, the Flyers recent large-scale problems in net continued both in Buffalo on Friday (with Ivan Fedotov in goal) and Columbus (Samuel Ersson in goal) on Saturday.
The Flyers held practice on Monday at the FTC in Voorhees before departing for Montreal. Sean Couturier, who missed the games in Buffalo and Columbus with an upper-body injury sustained in last Monday's game against the Islanders, participated in a no-contact jersey. The Flyers captain is considered day-to-day.
The Flyer will hold an 11:30 a.m. EDT morning skate at Bell Centre on Tuesday. Projected lineups below are based off Monday practices, and will be updated, if necessary, prior to gametime.
FLYERS
71 Tyson Foerster - 48 Morgan Frost - 74 Owen Tippett
86 Joel Farabee - 21 Scott Laughton - 11 Travis Konecny
62 Olle Lycksell - 25 Ryan Poehling - 19 Garnet Hathaway
15 Denis Gurianov - 27 Noah Cates - 10 Bobby Brink
8 Cam York - 6 Travis Sanheim
24 Nick Seeler - 9 Jamie Drysdale
5 Egor Zamula - 23 Ronnie Attard
33 Samuel Ersson
[82 Ivan Fedotov]
Projected scratches: 14 Season Couturier (upper body, day-to-day), 44 Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), 89 Cam Atkinson (healthy), 18 Marc Staal (healthy), 77 Erik Johnson (healthy), 50 Adam Ginning (healthy).
CANADIENS
22 Cole Caufield - 14 Nick Suzuki -20 Juraj Slafkovsky
11 Brendan Gallagher - 15 Alex Newhook - 40 Joel Armia
70 Tanner Pearson - 71 Jake Evans - 17 Josh Anderson
55 Michael Pezzetta - 36 Colin White - 49 Rafael Harvey-Pinard
8 Mike Matheson - 58 David Savard
54 Jordan Harris - 26 Johnathan Kovacevic
47 Jayden Struble - 52 Justin Barron
30 Cayden Primeau
35 Samuel Montembeault
Projected scratches 72 Arber Xhekaj (upper body), 21 Kaiden Guhle (upper body, day-to-day), 89 Joshua Roy (lower body), 28 Christian Dvorak (IR, upper body, upgraded to day-to-day), 77 Kirby Dach (IR, knee surgery)
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