Flyers-Hurricanes: Game 43 Preview

Two games into the new year, the results have changed very little for the Flyers. Their first game of 2020 saw them allow four first-period goals in Vegas. Their second in Arizona on Saturday saw another three goals allowing in yet another disappointing first period.

It has been a long and trying road trip for the Flyers, who are 1-4-0 so far in five games. The road trip finally comes to an end on Tuesday night as the Flyers face the Carolina Hurricanes.

Game time is 7 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Carolina Hurricanes	GP	G	A	P
Travis Konecny	39	12	24	36	Teuvo Teravainen	42	8	33	41
Sean Couturier	42	12	22	34	Andrei Svechnikov	42	18	23	41
Jake Voracek	42	8	25	33	Sebastian Aho	42	23	14	37
Claude Giroux	42	13	17	30	Dougie Hamilton	42	13	24	37
Ivan Provorov	42	9	15	24	Ryan Dzingel	42	8	17	25

Player to Watch
11 Travis Konecny	37 Andrei Svechnikov
Last 5 Games: 1 G, 2 A, 3 P, -4	Last 5 Games: 2 G, 2 A, 4 P, +1

The Flyers really need a lot of players to get going to get back into the win column with regularity. Travis Konecny remains the leading scorer on the team, but has seen his totals plateau while playing on the second line. He moves back onto the first line for this game in an effort to get his production back to where it was to start the season.

Andrei Svechnikov has been one of the leading scorers for the Hurricanes this season, scoring several dazzling goals among his 18 on the season and tied for the team lead with 41 points. The 19-year-old is becoming a star and he is always poised to take over a game.

Projected Goalie Matchup
37 Brian Elliott	34 Petr Mrazek
20 GP, 9-5-2, 3.05 GAA, .899 SV%	28 GP, 16-10-2, 2.74 GAA, .901 SV%

Brian Elliott will get the start for the Flyers on Tuesday after entering Saturday's game in relief in the first period. He allowed two goals on nine shots in the remainder of the game.

Petr Mrazek enters Tuesday's game with a two-game losing streak after allowing three goals on 26 shots on Jan. 5 to Tampa Bay and four goals on 29 shots on Jan. 3 to Washington. Mrazek was also in goal for both of the Hurricanes losses to the Flyers this season, allowing eight goals on 50 shots.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Justin Braun (groin, out until All-Star break), Nolan Patrick (migrane disorder, out indefinitely), Oskar Lindblom (Ewing's sarcoma, out for season)

Scratches: Chris Stewart (healthy), Andy Andreoff (healthy)

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
25 James van Riemsdyk	13 Kevin Hayes	62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
18 Tyler Pitlick	12 Michael Raffl	93 Jake Voracek
21 Scott Laughton	24 Mikhail Vorobyev	49 Joel Farabee
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	15 Matt Niskanen
6 Travis Sanheim	5 Phil Myers
8 Robert Hagg	53 Shayne Gostisbehere
Goalie
37 Brian Elliott	79 Carter Hart

Lineup Notes

There were wholesale changes to the Flyers lineup as each of the forward lines changed. Defensively, Justin Braun comes out of the lineup with a groin injury and Robert Hagg will come in to take his place. Braun is expected to be out until after the All-Star break.

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Scratches: Trevor van Riemsdyk

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
37 Andrei Svechnikov	11 Jordan Staal	13 Warren Foegele
21 Nino Niederreiter	20 Sebastian Aho	86 Teuvo Teravainen
18 Ryan Dzingel	56 Erik Haula	88 Martin Necas
23 Brock McGinn	71 Lucas Wallmark	48 Jordan Martinook
Defense
74 Jaccob Slavin	19 Dougie Hamilton
51 Jake Gardiner	22 Brett Pesce
4 Haydn Fleury	6 Joel Edmundson
Goalie
34 Petr Mrazek	47 James Reimer

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (15th), Hurricanes (7th)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (T-15th), Hurricanes (T-10th)
Recent History vs. Hurricanes
- Nov. 5, 2019 - Flyers 4, Hurricanes 1 (at PHI)
- Nov. 21, 2019 - Flyers 5, Hurricanes 3 (at CAR)
Flyers Leaders vs. Hurricanes
- Claude Giroux - 42 GP, 13 G, 30 A, 43 P
- Shayne Gostisbehere - 18 GP, 4 G, 10 A, 14 P
- Jake Voracek - 38 GP, 10 G, 19 A, 29 P
- Sean Couturier - 35 GP, 9 G, 15 A, 24 P
- Travis Konecny - 15 GP, 5 G, 5 A, 10 P
- Brian Elliott - 18 GP, 10-6-0, 2.64 GAA, .906 SV%
Milestone Watch
- Shayne Gostisbehere needs one point to reach 200 for his career.