Game 28 Preview: Flyers @ Canadiens
Interim head coach Mike Yeo's Philadelphia Flyers (11-12-4) are in Quebec on Thursday to take on Dominique Ducharme's Montreal Canadiens (6-21-3). Game time at the Bell Centre is 7:00 p.m. ET ( NBCSP+, 93.3 WMMR).
This is the first of three meetings this season between the teams, and the first of two in Montreal. The teams will rematch on March 13 at the Wells Fargo Center before the scene shifts back to Montreal on April 21.
The Flyers, after going winless in 10 games (0-8-2), have won three games in a row.
On Tuesday, Philadelphia dominated the New Jersey Devils on the way to a 6-1 blowout victory at the Wells Fargo Center. Cam Atkinson led the way with a hat trick and an assist, scoring goals at 4-on-4, 4-on-5 (shorthanded), and 5-on-5. Carter Hart was strong in goal, stopping 26 of 27 shots.
The Canadiens, who have lost four games in a row in regulation, have only one win in their last 10 games (1-8-1). They are coming off a 5-2 road loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.
Second period goals, scored by Jonathan Drouin and then Jesse Ylönen in the waning seconds, temporarily cut deficits of 2-0 and 3-1 to a single goal. Pittsburgh pulled away in the third period.
Flyers captain Claude Giroux enters this game one point away from tying Bill Barber (883 points) for second on the franchise's all-time scoring leaderboard.
For Montreal, Cayden Primeau will get the start in goal against the Flyers. The 22-year-old son of Flyers Alum center Keith Primeau has been recalled from the AHL's Laval Rocket.
An in-depth, five-fold preview of this game is in today's
Five Things: Flyers @ Canadiens feature on the Flyers' official website.
PROJECTED LINEUPS (subject to change)
Flyers
21 Scott Laughton- 14 Sean Couturier- 11 Travis Konecny
23 Oskar Lindblom- 28 Claude Giroux-89 Cam Atkinson
71 Max Willman - 13 Kevin Hayes- 25 James van Riemsdyk
59 Jackson Cates - 38 Patrick Brown - 17 Zack MacEwen
9 Ivan Provorov - 61 Justin Braun
7 Travis Sanheim - 70 Rasmus Ristolainen
3 Keith Yandle - 8 Kevin Connauton
79 Carter Hart
[35 Martin Jones]
Canadiens
68 Mike Hoffman - 14 Nick Suzuki - 71 Jake Evans
92 Jonathan Drouin - 45 Laurent Dauphin - 56 Jesse Ylönen
62 Artturi Lehkonen - 25 Ryan Poehling - 22 Cole Caufield
55 Michael Pezzetta - 13 Cedric Paquette - 85 Mathieu Perreault
8 Ben Chiarot - 58 David Savard
27 Alexander Romanov - 26 Jeff Petry
77 Brett Kulak - 43 Kale Clague
30 Cayden Primeau
[34 Jake Allen]
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