Game 14 Preview: Flyers @ Sharks
Dave Hakstol's Philadelphia Flyers (6-7-0) are in California on Saturday evening to take on Peter DeBoer's San Jose Sharks (6-4-3). Game time at the SAP Center is 10:30 p.m. EDT.
The game will be televised on NBCSNP. The radio broadcast can be found on 97.5 FM The Fanatic with an online simulcast at
FlyersRadio247.com.
This is the second and final meeting of the season between the teams. On Oct. 9, the Flyers suffered an 8-2 humiliation at the Sharks' hands in the home opener at the Wells Fargo Center.
Flyers Outlook
The Flyers are
halfway through a four-game road trip through California and Arizona. The trip concludes on Monday with a game against the Arizona Coyotes.
On Tuesday, the Flyers earned a 3-2 win in Anaheim. They followed it up on Thursday with a 5-2 win in Los Angeles. Ivan Provorov has scored goals in back-to-back games, while Sean Couturier (one goal, one assist), Nolan Patrick (one goal, one assist), Oskar Lindblom (one goal, two assists) and Claude Giroux (one goal, two assists) had points in both games. Brian Elliott won both games.
Sharks Outlook
The Sharks are in the third game of a four-game homestand. The club is 0-1-1 so far, settling for one point from a 4-3 shootout loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday and then a 4-1 setback to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Kevin Labanc opened the scoring midway through the first period against Columbus but the Sharks did not find the net again despite racking up 45 shots on goal. The game went to the first intermission tied at 1-1 before the Blue Jackets pulled away with two goals in the second period and an empty net shorthanded tally late in the third.
PROJECTED LINEUPS (Subject to change)
FLYERS
28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny
23 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Nolan Patrick - 93 Jakub Voracek
22 Dale Weise - 40 Jordan Weal - 17 Wayne Simmonds
21 Scott Laughton - 15 Jori Lehterä - 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
9 Ivan Provorov - 8 Robert Hägg
53 Shayne Gostisbehere - 26 Christian Folin
6 Travis Sanheim - 3 Radko Gudas
33 Cal Pickard
[37 Brian Elliott]
Scratches: 47 Andrew MacDonald (healthy), 39 Tyrell Goulbourne (recalled Oct. 28, could dress on fourth line), 30 Michal Neuvirth (undisclosed), 12 Michael Raffl (IR, lower body), 10 Corban Knight (IR, collarbone), 25 James van Riemsdyk (IR, lower body), 5 Sam Morin (ACL surgery).
SHARKS
28 Timo Meier - 19 Joe Thornton - 8 Joe Pavelski
48 Thomas Hertl - 39 Logan Couture - 62 Kevin Labanc
9 Evander Kane - 40 Antti Suomela - 27 Joonas Donskoi
20 Marcus Sorensen - 23 Barclay Goodrow - 68 Melker Karlsson
47 Joakim Ryan - 88 Brent Burns
4 Brenden Dillon - 65 Erik Karlsson
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic - 61 Justin Braun
31 Martin Jones / 30 Aaron Dell
Scratches: 51 Radim Simek (healthy), 60 Rourke Chartier (healthy), 72 Tim Heed (healthy).
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