Flyers-Hurricanes: Game 14 Preview

The Flyers were not able to string together back-to-back shootout wins over the weekend, but did get three points out of four, bouncing back from two lopsided efforts against the Islanders and Penguins. It's a step in the right direction for a team that needs to get it going, especially with a busy month ahead against a number of Eastern Conference opponents.

The Carolina Hurricanes come to town on Tuesday night, and after a 5-0-0 start to their season, have since cooled with a 4-4-1 record in the last nine games.

Game time is at 7 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Carolina Hurricanes	GP	G	A	P
Travis Konecny	13	6	8	14	Dougie Hamilton	14	6	10	16
Oskar Lindblom	13	7	4	11	Andrei Svechnikov	14	6	9	15
Jake Voracek	13	4	7	11	Teuvo Teravainen	14	4	8	12
Sean Couturier	13	3	6	9	Erik Haula	14	8	3	11
Claude Giroux	13	3	6	9	Sebastian Aho	14	5	5	10

Player to Watch
11 Travis Konecny	20 Sebastian Aho
Last 5 Games: 2 G, 1 A, 3 P, -3	Last 5 Games: 3 G, 4 A, 7 P, +3

Travis Konecny has remained at the top of the Flyers point leaders all season as one of the most consistent forwards on the team. His offensive skills have already been on display, and he'll be a focus for another reason on Tuesday, as he will take face-offs on the line with Sean Couturier battling a shoulder strain.

Sebastian Aho is starting to heat up. He scored two goals and had a three-point game against Detroit on Friday and seven of his 10 points on the season have come in the last five games. Against the Flyers, Aho has always been a threat, with six goals and 15 points in 13 career games.

Projected Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	34 Petr Mrazek
8 GP, 3-3-1, 3.23 GAA, .867 SV%	9 GP, 7-1-1, 2.33 GAA, .915 SV%

Brian Elliott was in for six of the seven goals allowed against the Penguins on Tuesday before being pulled after the second period. Elliott had been playing very well up to that point with wins in three straight starts. He will get the start in the back-end of this back-to-back.

It's been tough to beat Petr Mrazek this season. The former Flyers netminder has seven wins on the season in nine games, including three straight wins entering Tuesday. In that stretch, he has allowed four goals on 93 shots, a .957 save percentage.

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
12 Michael Raffl	13 Kevin Hayes	93 Jake Voracek
81 Carsen Twarynski	50 German Rubtsov	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

The Flyers lines will be the same as in Saturday's game against Toronto.

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Injuries: Jordan Martinook, Erik Haula

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
21 Nino Niederreiter	11 Jordan Staal	86 Teuvo Teravainen
37 Andrei Svechnikov	20 Sebastian Aho	13 Warren Foegele
18 Ryan Dzingel	71 Lucas Wallmark	88 Martin Necas
23 Brock McGinn	29 Brian Gibbons
Defense
74 Jaccob Slavin	19 Dougie Hamilton
51 Jake Gardiner	22 Brett Pesce
6 Joel Edmundson	57 Trevor van Riemsdyk	4 Haydn Fleury
Goalie
34 Petr Mrazek	47 James Reimer

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (8th), Hurricanes (7th)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (T-12th), Hurricanes (16th)
Recent History vs. Hurricanes
- Dec. 31, 2018 - Hurricanes 3, Flyers 1 (at CAR)
- Jan. 3, 2019 - Hurricanes 5, Flyers 3 (at PHI)
- March 30, 2019 - Hurricanes 5, Flyers 2 (at CAR)
- April 6, 2019 - Hurricanes 4, Flyers 3 (at PHI)
Flyers Leaders vs. Hurricanes
- Claude Giroux - 40 GP, 10 G, 27 A, 37 P
- Shayne Gostisbehere - 16 GP, 4 G, 9 A, 13 P
- Jake Voracek - 36 GP, 10 G, 19 A, 29 P
- Sean Couturier - 33 GP, 8 G, 15 A, 23 P
- Carter Hart - 2 GP, 0-2-0, 5.19 GAA, .816 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.