Flyers-Bruins: Preseason Game 3 Preview

It’s back home for the Flyers as they continue a busy first week of the preseason with a meeting against the Boston Bruins.

The Flyers suffered two losses in the first two games of the preseason, both to the Islanders, including an overtime loss on Tuesday.

The two teams hit the ice for game action at 7 p.m. at Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers will go with their most veteran lineup so far this preseason. Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier make their preseason debut, while James van Riemsdyk and Jake Voracek are back in the lineup.

Joel Farabee returns to the lineup and joins the top duo. Morgan Frost also makes his preseason debut after missing a couple of days with injury and will be on a line with van Riemsdyk and Voracek.

Defensively, the projected top 4 defensemen are all in the lineup. It will mark the preseason debut for Matt Niskanen and Ivan Provorov while Shayne Gostisbehere and Justin Braun are both in the lineup.

Brian Elliott will also start in goal once again. This time, Elliott will start and play the first two periods. Alex Lyon will play the third.

Here are the Flyers lines for the game:

Forwards
28 Claude Giroux	14 Sean Couturier	49 Joel Farabee
25 James van Riemsdyk	48 Morgan Frost	93 Jake Voracek
10 Andy Andreoff	50 German Rubtsov	62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
81 Carsen Twarynski	82 Connor Bunnaman	51 Kyle Criscuolo
Defensemen
9 Ivan Provorov	15 Matt Niskanen
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	61 Justin Braun
26 Tyler Wotherspoon	5 Phil Myers
Goalies
37 Brian Elliott	34 Alex Lyon

The Bruins will also carry a number of veterans in their lineup. Forwards Charlie Coyle, Danton Heinen, Sean Kuraly, David Backes and Jake DeBrusk will all play. Goalie Jaroslav Halak will get the start.

Here is the Bruins lineup for Thursday’s game:

Forwards
10 Anders Bjork	13 Charlie Coyle	43 Danton Heinen
81 Anton Blidh	52 Sean Kuraly	42 David Backes
74 Jake DeBrusk	68 Jack Studnicka	83 Karson Kuhlman
22 Peter Cehlarik	50 Brendan Gaunce	57 Robert Lantosi
Defensemen
79 Jeremy Lauzon	75 Connor Clifton
58 Urho Vaakanainen	6 Alex Petrovic
59 Cooper Zech	56 Josiah Didier
Goalies
41 Jaroslav Halak	35 Maxime Lagace