UPDATE 1:15 PM ET

Cal Petersen will get the start in goal for the Flyers. Philly will go back to a 12F/6D rotation. Egor Zamula is a healthy scratch, along with Marc Staal. Nic Deslauriers and Rasmus Ristolainen (out on Thursday due to illness) return the lineup. Jamie Drysdale will be promoted to PP1 with Zamula not dressed for the game. Cam York will return to PP2 duty.

FLYERS LINEUP (Confirmed)

74 Owen Tippett - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny
86 Joel Farabee - 48 Morgan Frost - 89 Cam Atkinson
74 Tyson Foerster - 25 Ryan Poehling - 27 Noah Cates
44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 21 Scott Laughton - 19 Garnet Hathaway

6 Travis Sanheim - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
8 Cam York - 9 Jamie Drysdale
24 Nick Seeler - 26 Sean Walker

40 Cal Petersen
[33 Samuel Ersson]

KRAKEN LINEUP (Confirmed)

90 Tomas Tatar - 10 Matty Beniers - 7 Jordan Eberle
17 Jaden Schwartz - 21 Alex Wennberg - 19 Jared McCann
20 Eeli Tolvanen - 37 Yanni Gourde - 22 Oliver Bjorkstrand
13 Brandon Tanev - 56 Kailer Yamamoto - 95 Andre Burakovsky

29 Vince Dunn - 6 Adam Larsson
24 Jamie Oleksiak - 3 Will Borgen
39 Ryker Evans - 8 Brian Dumoulin

35 Joey Daccord
[31 Phillip Grubauer]

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Game 53 Preview: Flyers vs. Kraken

The Philadelphia Flyers (27-19-6) will host the Seattle Kraken (21-19-10) on Saturday evening. Game time at the Wells Fargo Center is 7:00 p.m. ET.

The Flyers are playing their third game since the NHL All-Star break. They beat the Florida Panthers on the road, 2-1, on Tuesday. On Thursday at the Wells Fargo Center, the Flyers defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 4-1. For the Kraken, Saturday's game against the Flyers is Seattle's first game since a 2-0 road loss to the San Jose Sharks on January 30.

Rasmus Ristolainen missed Thursday's game due to illness. Philly elected nevertheless to continue starting seven defensemen and 11 forwards. Marc Staal re-entered the lineup. Saturday's lineups will be updated prior to game time.

For an in-depth preview, including matchups, team trends and statistics, see Five Things on Saturday morning on the Flyers' official website.

LINEUPS

FLYERS (Thursday's lineup)

74 Owen Tippett - 14 Sean Couturier - 89 Cam Atkinson
86 Joel Farabee - 48 Morgan Frost - 11 Travis Konecny
74 Tyson Foerster - 25 Ryan Poehling - 27 Noah Cates
(rotation) - 21 Scott Laughton - 19 Garnet Hathaway

8 Cam York - 6 Travis Sanheim
24 Nick Seeler - 26 Sean Walker
18 Marc Staal - 9 Jamie Drysdale
5 Egor Zamula

33 Samuel Ersson
[40 Cal Petersen]

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