UPDATE: FLYERS LINEUP
74 Owen Tippett- 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny
86 Joel Farabee - 48 Morgan Frost - 89 Cam Atkinson
71 Tyson Foerster - 21 Scott Laughton - 18 Garnet Hathaway
27 Noah Cates - 25 Ryan Poehling --- (rotation)
6 Travis Sanheim - 9 Jamie Drysdale
8 Cam York - 26 Sean Walker
24 Nick Seeler - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
5 Egor Zamula
33 Samuel Ersson
[79 Carter Hart]
Game 45 Preview: Flyers vs. Stars
The Philadelphia Flyers (24-14-6) will host the Dallas Stars (26-12-5) at the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday evening. Game time is 7:00 p.m. ET.
For the Flyers, Thursday's game is start of a four-game homestand. The Flyers, who have won four in a row, swept a three-game midwestern road trip including a
4-2 win in St Louis on Monday. The Flyers have had the last two days off to recuperate from a spell of five games in eight nights.
The Stars are starting a four-game road trip. Dallas has won four of its last five games. On Tuesday, the Stars earned a 5-1 home win over the LA Kings.
On the injury front, the statuses of Sean Couturier (undisclosed minor injury) and Jamie Drysdale (illness) with be clearer after Thursday's 10:30 a.m. morning skate in Voorhees, along with the confirmation on whether Carter Hart or Samuel Ersson will get the start in goal. The Stars will hold an 11:30 a.m. morning skate at the Wells Fargo Center. Top defenseman Miro Heiskanen, who has missed six games with a lower-body injury, is on the trip with the team.
For an in-depth preview, looking at team trends, matchups, stats and keys to the game, see Thursday's 5 Things on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com.
Lineups below are based off Tuesday's games and will be updated after the morning skates.
FLYERS (Tuesday's lineup)
74 Owen Tippett - 48 Morgan Frost - 11 Travis Konecny
86 Joel Farabee - 25 Ryan Poehling - 89 Cam Atkinson
71 Tyson Foerster - 21 Scott Laughton - 19 Garnet Hathaway
44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 27 Noah Cates - 10 Bobby Brink
8 Cam York - 6 Travis Sanheim
24 Nick Seeler - 26 Sean Walker
5 Egor Zamula- 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
79 Carter Hart
33 Samuel Ersson
STARS
21 Jason Robertson - 24 Roope Hintz - 53 Wyatt Johnston
27 Mason Marchment - 95 Matt Duchene - 91 Tyler Seguin
14 Jamie Benn - 18 Sam Steel - 16 Joe Pavelski
15 Craig Smith - 12 Radek Faksa - 63 Evgenii Dadonov
23 Esa Lindell - 2 Jani Hakanpää
55 Thomas Harley - 45 Joel Hanley
20 Ryan Suter - 5 Nils Lundkvist
29 Jake Oettinger
41 Scott Wedgewood