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Flyers Gameday: 12/22/22 @ TOR |
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Game 34: Flyers @ Maple Leafs
John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (11-15-7) are in Ontario on Thursday to take on Sheldon Keefe's Toronto Maple Leafs (20-7-6). Game time at Scotiabank Arena is 2:00 p.m. ET.
The Flyers are coming off a 5-3 home win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday evening. Travis Konecny (shorthanded and five-on-five) and Owen Tippett (five-on-five and empty net) scored two goals apiece while Morgan Frost (5-on-5) tallied once. Carter Hart turned back 30 of 33 shots to earn the win in goal.
Toronto enters this game coming off a 4-1 home win against three-time defending Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The Leafs held the Bolts to a mere 19 shots on goal for the game, of which Matt Murray stopped 18. William Nylander (1g, 1a), Michael Bunting, and Auston Matthews (PPG) scored for Toronto.
The Flyers enter this game in the red in five-on-five scoring differential. Philly has scored 54 goals at 5-on-5 manpower but they've allowed 64 to date. By comparison, the Leafs are one of the NHL's most potent teams at 5-on-5, scoring 70 goals and allowing just 47.
Projected Lineups
Flyers
86 Joel Farabee - 49 Noah Cates - 11 Travis Konecny
25 James van Riemsdyk - 48 Morgan Frost - 74 Owen Tippett
13 Kevin Hayes - 21 Scott Laughton - 17 Zack MacEwen
44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 38 Patrick Brown - 57 Wade Allison
9 Ivan Provorov - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
6 Travis Sanheim - 77 Tony DeAngelo
45 Cam York - 24 Nick Seeler or 61 Justin Braun
79 Carter Hart
[33 Samuel Ersson]
Maple Leafs
58 Michael Bunting - 34 Auston Matthews - 88 William Nylander
19 Calle Järnkrok - 91 John Tavares - 16 Mitchell Marner
15 Alexander Kerfoot - 64 David Kampf - 47 Pierre Engvall
12 Zach Aston - 29 Pontus Holmberg - 28 Joey Anderson
78 T.J. Brodie - 3 Justin Holl
38 Rasmus Sandin -37 Timothy Liljegren
55 Mark Giordano - 25 Conor Timmins
30 Matt Murray
35 Ilya Samsonov