Game 25 Preview: Flyers @ Golden Knights

Interim head coach Mike Yeo's Philadelphia Flyers (8-12-4) are in Las Vegas on Friday night to take on Peter DeBoer's Vegas Golden Knights (15-10-0). Game time at T-Mobile Arena is 10:00 p.m. ET (NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic).

This is the first of two meetings between the inter-conference teams this season and the only one in Las Vegas. The scene shifts to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on March 8.

The Flyers enter this game mired in a 10-game winless streak (0-8-2) including six straight losses in regulation. Friday's game in Vegas is the team's fourth game in six nights. It's been a nightmarish week so far.

On Sunday, a rested Flyers team was on the business end of a 7-1 buzzsaw from the Tampa Bay Lightning. The next day, the organization relieved head coach Alain Vigneault and assistant Michel Therrien of their duties. That night, with interim coach Yeo at the helm, the Flyers were on the wrong end of a 7-5 score against the visiting Colorado Avalanche. On Wednesday, the Flyers got shut out in Newark by the New Jersey Devils, 3-0.

Vegas is a rested team. They are in the third game of a four-game homestand and have only played twice dating back to Dec. 4. The Golden Knights are 2-0-0 on the current homestand, defeating the Calgary Flames by a 3-2 score on Sunday and then coming back from behind to beat the Dallas Stars by a 5-4 count on Wednesday. The back-to-back wins lifted the team to a 6-4-0 record over its last 10 games.

The Flyers will have a morning skate in Vegas at 11:30 a.m. PT (2:30 p.m. ET). On Thursday, the team placed winger Joel Farabee (shoulder) on injured reserve and recalled forward Jackson Cates from the AHL's Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Additionally, defenseman Kevin Connauton, who was claimed off waivers from the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, could make his Flyers debut.

Lineups will be added to the blog when they become available. For an in-depth, five-faceted preview of this game, see today's Five Things feature on the Flyers' official website.


Laughton-Couturier-Konecny
Frost-Giroux-Atkinson
Willman-Hayes-van Riemsdyk
Lindblom-Brown-MacEwen

Provorov-Braun
Sanheim-Ristolainen
Yandle-Connauton

Seeler and Cates are extras.

PP1: Giroux (left), Couturier (right), Yandle (point), van Riemsdyk (netfront), Konecny (slot)
PP2: Frost (left), Atkinson (right), Provorov (point), Lindblom (netfront), Hayes (slot)

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