Flyers-Red Wings: Game 53 Preview

The Flyers return from the All-Star break started with a successful weekend, earning three out of a possible four points against the Penguins and Avalanche.

For several weeks, the Flyers have been playing the league's best teams on a consistent basis. The next two games present an opportunity to earn some points against some of the league's worst teams.

It starts on Monday night with a game in Detroit against the last-place Red Wings.

Game time is 7:30 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Detroit Red Wings	GP	G	A	P
Sean Couturier	52	13	33	46	Dylan Larkin	53	13	24	37
Travis Konecny	49	17	27	44	Tyler Bertuzzi	53	17	19	36
Jake Voracek	52	11	29	40	Robby Fabbri	45	12	14	26
Claude Giroux	52	13	22	35	Filip Hronek	51	9	17	26
Kevin Hayes	52	16	15	31	Anthony Mantha	29	12	12	24

Player to Watch
49 Joel Farabee	59 Tyler Bertuzzi
Last 5 Games: 4 G, 2 A, 6 P, +4	Last 5 Games: 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, -3

Joel Farabee has been one of the best on the Flyers of late with six points in his last five games. He kept his hot streak going in Saturday with the first multi-goal and multi-point game of his career.

Tyler Bertuzzi leads the Red Wings with 17 goals this season and was their only All-Star. He's due to break out of a slump soon with no points in six of his last seven games.

Projected Goalie Matchup
37 Brian Elliott	45 Jonathan Bernier
25 GP, 12-5-4, 2.94 GAA, .901 SV%	29 GP, 10-13-2, 2.92 GAA, .907 SV%

Brian Elliott will be back in goal for Monday night's game. Elliott took the loss in overtime in Friday's game in Pittsburgh, making 16 saves on 20 shots. The OT loss snapped a personal three-game winning streak for Elliott.

Jonathan Bernier gets the start for the Red Wings. Bernier made 30 saves on 31 shots in a 1-0 loss to the Rangers on Saturday. Bernier had won his previous two starts before that.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Carter Hart (lower right abdominal, out at least seven days), Shayne Gostisbehere (knee, day-to-day), Nolan Patrick (migrane disorder, out indefinitely), Oskar Lindblom (Ewing's sarcoma, out for season)

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
25 James van Riemsdyk	28 Claude Giroux	11 Travis Konecny
49 Joel Farabee	14 Sean Couturier	93 Jake Voracek
21 Scott Laughton	13 Kevin Hayes	18 Tyler Pitlick
12 Michael Raffl	82 Connor Bunnaman	62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	15 Matt Niskanen
6 Travis Sanheim	5 Phil Myers
8 Robert Hagg	61 Justin Braun
Goalie
37 Brian Elliott	34 Alex Lyon

Lineup Notes

No changes to the Flyers lineup from Saturday. Shayne Gostisbehere is expected to return for Thursday night's game against New Jersey. Carter Hart was also on the ice for the morning skate with the rest of the team, but still has a little more recovery time.

Red Wings Projected Lineup

Injuries: Anthony Mantha, Filip Zadina, Frans Nielsen, Mike Green, Danny Dekeyser

Scratches: Jonathan Ericsson

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
59 Tyler Bertuzzi	71 Dylan Larkin	72 Andreas Athanasiou
14 Robby Fabbri	51 Valtteri Filppula	29 Brendan Perlini
43 Darren Helm	41 Luke Glendening	73 Adam Erne
8 Justin Abdelkader	70 Christoffer Ehn	48 Givani Smith
Defense
17 Filip Hronek	21 Dennis Cholowski
22 Patrik Nemeth	3 Alex Biega
83 Trevor Daley	74 Madison Bowey
Goalie
45 Jonathan Bernier	35 Jimmy Howard

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (15th), Red Wings (T-29th)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (T-14th), Red Wings (31st)
Recent History vs. Red Wings
- Dec. 18, 2018 - Flyers 3, Red Wings 2 (at PHI)
- Feb. 16, 2019 - Flyers 6, Red Wings 5 (F/OT) (at PHI)
- Feb. 17, 2019 - Flyers 3, RedWings 1 (at DET)
- Nov. 29, 2019 - Flyers 6, Red Wings 1 (at PHI)
Flyers Leaders vs. Red Wings
- Claude Giroux - 24 GP, 7 G, 19 A, 26 P
- Sean Couturier - 20 GP, 7 G, 11 A, 18 P
- Jake Voracek - 37 GP, 7 G, 21 A, 28 P
- Brian Elliott - 7-6-2, 2.36 GAA, .918 SV%
Milestone Watch
- Claude Giroux needs three points to reach 800 for his career.