Flyers-Canadiens: Game 15 Preview

The Flyers earned a win over the Hurricanes on Tuesday night in large part to Carter Hart. Hart is back in goal on Thursday night, and goes against a netminder that he is largely compared to in both style and career path.

Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens pay a visit to Wells Fargo Center as the Flyers look to continue a recent streak of three straight games with points.

Game time is at 7 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Montreal Canadiens	GP	G	A	P
Travis Konecny	14	7	8	15	Tomas Tatar	15	5	8	13
Oskar Lindblom	14	7	5	12	Brendan Gallagher	15	7	6	13
Jake Voracek	14	4	7	11	Jonathan Drouin	15	7	5	12
Claude Giroux	14	4	7	11	Max Domi	15	4	7	11
Sean Couturier	14	4	6	10	Joel Armia	13	6	4	10

Player to Watch
49 Joel Farabee	11 Brendan Gallagher
Last 5 Games: 2 G, 0 A, 2 P, -3	Last 5 Games: 3 G, 1 A, 4 P, +1

Since making the move to the top line, Joel Farabee has been heating up. He scored his first NHL goal last Friday and then added his second on Tuesday. And there are plenty of signs that more could be on the way soon.

Brendan Gallagher is off to another good start this season. It's no secret how much success he has had against the Flyers. Gallagher has scored 10 goals and 16 points in 20 career games against the Flyers.

Projected Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	31 Carey Price
9 GP, 4-3-1, 2.93 GAA, .885 SV%	12 GP, 7-4-1, 2.75 GAA, .910 SV%

Hart stole the show on Tuesday, making 33 saves in the win over Carolina. That easily earned him another start on Thursday night. Since entering the game in relief in Pittsburgh on Oct. 29, Hart has stopped 64 of 69 shots faced, a .928 save percentage.

Price has been off to a solid start this season and has especially been on a roll lately. He has won three of his last four starts, allowing six goals on 103 shots in the three games prior to Montreal's win over Boston on Tuesday. In that win, Price stopped 21 of 25 shots.

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
12 Michael Raffl	24 Mikhail Vorobyev	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

Mikhail Vorobyev was called up on Wednesday and returns to the lineup on the fourth line. Michael Raffl moves to the fourth line and Carsen Twarynski moves to the third line.

Canadiens Projected Lineup

Injuries: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Noah Juulsen

Scratches: Jordan Weal, Christian Folin, Brett Kulak

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
90 Tomas Tatar	24 Phillip Danault	11 Brendan Gallagher
92 Jonathan Drouin	13 Max Domi	40 Joel Armia
62 Artturi Lehkonen	25 Ryan Poehling	41 Paul Byron
21 Nick Cousins	44 Nate Thompson	14 Nick Suzuki
Defense
53 Victor Mete	6 Shea Weber
8 Ben Chiarot	26 Jeff Petry
28 Mike Reilly	20 Cale Fleury
Goalie
31 Carey Price	37 Keith Kinkaid

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (6th), Canadiens (16th)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (12th), Canadiens (30th)
Recent History vs. Canadiens
- Jan. 19, 2019 - Flyers 5, Canadiens 2 (at MTL)
- Feb. 21, 2019 - Canadiens 5, Flyers 1 (at MTL)
- March 19, 2019 - Canadiens 3, Flyers 1 (at PHI)
Flyers Leaders vs. Canadiens
- Shayne Gostisbehere - 11 GP, 2 G, 12 A, 14 P
- Jake Voracek - 28 GP, 7 G, 20 A, 27 P
- Travis Konecny - 8 GP, 4 G, 2 A, 6 P
- Claude Giroux - 33 GP, 10 G, 14 A, 24 P
- Carter Hart - 3 GP, 1-2-0, 3.26 GAA, .911 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.