Flyers-Bruins: Game 17 Preview

The Flyers have put together a solid week with three straight wins. Back to last weekend's back-to-back, the Flyers are on a five-game points streak with wins in four of the five games.

The tests don't get easier. The Flyers close this weekend's back-to-back on Sunday with a game against the Boston Bruins, a team on a two-game losing streak following a six-game winning streak. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Boston Bruins	GP	G	A	P
Travis Konecny	16	7	10	17	David Pastrnak	16	15	15	30
Oskar Lindblom	16	8	5	13	Brad Marchand	16	10	18	28
Jake Voracek	16	4	8	12	Patrice Bergeron	16	8	9	17
Claude Giroux	16	4	8	12	Torey Krug	16	2	11	13
Sean Couturier	16	5	6	11	David Krejci	10	2	5	7

Player to Watch
14 Sean Couturier	88 David Pastrnak
Last 5 Games: 3 G, 2 A, 5 P, +3	Last 5 Games: 4 G, 3 A, 7 P, -3

It's been quite the week for Sean Couturier. Despite dealing with a shoulder ailment, Couturier scored the shootout winner in New Jersey on Nov. 1, scored the overtime winner on Thursday and scored the shootout winner again in Toronto on Saturday.

There's not a hotter goal scorer in the league than David Pastrnak. With 15 goals and 30 points, Pastrnak ranks right at the top of the league lists. Boston's loss to Detroit on Friday snapped a 13-game points streak for Pastrnak, a stretch that included nine multi-point games.

Projected Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	41 Jaroslav Halak
10 GP, 5-3-1, 2.82 GAA, .889 SV%	6 GP, 4-1-1, 2.83 GAA, .917 SV%

Carter Hart is getting back to form. Since entering in relief in Pittsburgh, Hart has won each of his last three starts, including making 22 saves in Thursday's win over Montreal.

Jaroslav Halak has not received a ton of starts this season, but has been solid in most of his action. Halak has won three of his last four starts, including the last two against the Rangers and Penguins. Despite the results, Halak has allowed four goals in each of the last two starts.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Nolan Patrick, Scott Laughton

Scratches: Chris Stewart, Robert Hagg

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
25 James van Riemsdyk	28 Claude Giroux	49 Joel Farabee
23 Oskar Lindblom	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
81 Carsen Twarynski	13 Kevin Hayes	93 Jake Voracek
10 Andy Andreoff	12 Michael Raffl	18 Tyler Pitlick
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	15 Matt Niskanen
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	61 Justin Braun
6 Travis Sanheim	5 Phil Myers
Goalie
79 Carter Hart	37 Brian Elliott

Lineup Notes

Following Saturday's win in Toronto, any changes to the Flyers lineup will not be known until warmups. There are no changes expected to the lineup.

Bruins Projected Lineup

Injuries: John Moore, Kevan Miller, Karson Kuhlman, Brett Ritchie, David Backes, Jake DeBrusk

Scratches: Peter Cehlarik, Steven Kampfer

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
63 Brad Marchand	37 Patrice Bergeron	88 David Pastrnak
43 Danton Heinen	46 David Krejci	13 Charlie Coyle
20 Joakim Nordstrom	52 Sean Kuraly	14 Chris Wagner
10 Anders Bjork	26 Par Lindholm	19 Zach Senyshyn
Defense
48 Matt Grzelcyk	73 Charlie McAvoy
47 Torey Krug	25 Brandon Carlo
33 Zdeno Chara	75 Connor Clifton
Goalie
41 Jaroslav Halak	40 Tuukka Rask

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (7th), Bruins (1st)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (9th), Bruins (12th)
Recent History vs. Bruins
- Oct. 25, 2018 - Bruins 3, Flyers 0 (at BOS)
- Jan. 15, 2019 - Flyers 4, Bruins 3 (at PHI)
- Jan. 31, 2019 - Flyers 3, Bruins 2 (F/OT) (at BOS)
Flyers Leaders vs. Bruins
- Jake Voracek - 28 GP, 6 G, 19 A, 25 P
- Claude Giroux - 36 GP, 10 G, 19 A, 29 P
- James van Riemsdyk - 34 GP, 14 G, 11 A, 25 P
- Oskar Lindblom - 5 GP, 2 G, 2 A, 4 P
- Carter Hart - 2 GP, 2-0-0, 2.44 GAA, .925 SV%
Milestone Watch
- Jake Voracek needs one goal to reach 200 for his career.
- Kevin Hayes needs four goals to reach 100 for his career.