Flyers-Senators: Game 19 Preview

The Flyers have played their last six games against teams in playoff position, starting with Toronto on Nov. 2 and facing off against Carolina, Montreal, Toronto again, Boston and Washington. They have a 4-0-2 record in the six games. With the addition of a shootout win on Nov. 1 against New Jersey, the Flyers have started off November with a 5-0-2 record and seven-game points streak.

The Flyers do have another test coming on Saturday night at home, but first have to hit the road on Friday and avoid a classic trap game scenario. The Ottawa Senators await the Flyers.

Ottawa is 7-10-1 through 18 games, but has been an especially competitive team in the last few games. The Senators have won four of their last six games, including their last game on Wednesday against New Jersey.

Game time is at 7:30 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Ottawa Senators	GP	G	A	P
Travis Konecny	18	8	11	19	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	18	11	4	15
Oskar Lindblom	18	8	6	14	Connor Brown	18	2	12	14
Sean Couturier	18	5	8	13	Brady Tkachuk	16	6	5	11
Claude Giroux	18	5	8	13	Vladislav Namestnikov	19	6	5	11
Jake Voracek	18	4	9	13	Thomas Chabot	19	1	9	10

Player to Watch
11 Travis Konecny	44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Last 5 Games: 2 G, 3 A, 5 P, +4	Last 5 Games: 6 G, 0 A, 6 P, +5

Wednesday's game against Washington was just the fourth time this season that Travis Konecny was held without a point, snapping a four-game points streak. His line continues to be the most consistent and had a few scoring chances against the Capitals and should be a threat against the Senators.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau has been the scoring machine on the Senators. Pegeau posted a hat trick on Wednesday against the Devils and has eight goals in the last six games.

Projected Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	31 Anders Nilsson
12 GP, 6-3-2, 2.53 GAA, .904 SV%	9 GP, 4-4-1, 2.98 GAA, .921 SV%

Carter Hart was stellar in Wednesday's game against Washington, making 35 saves before falling in the shootout. Hart has certainly found his game of late and the Flyers will roll with the hot hand on Friday in Ottawa.

Anders Nilsson was on a three-game winning streak before allowing four goals on 19 shots to Carolina on Monday and being pulled. His three starts prior as part of the winning streak were excellent, including a 38-save win over Carolina last Saturday.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Nolan Patrick, Scott Laughton

Scratches: Chris Stewart, Robert Hagg

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
49 Joel Farabee	28 Claude Giroux	93 Jake Voracek
23 Oskar Lindblom	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
25 James van Riemsdyk	13 Kevin Hayes	81 Carsen Twarynski
18 Tyler Pitlick	12 Michael Raffl	10 Andy Andreoff
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 shuffled lines around during Wednesday's game, but no changes to the lineup are expected ahead of Friday's game.

Senators Projected Lineup

Injuries: Artem Anisimov, Scott Sabourin, Jonathan Davidsson, Rudolfs Balcers

Scratches: Mikkel Boedker, Cody Goloubef

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
7 Brady Tkachuk	21 Logan Brown	10 Anthony Duclair
13 Nick Paul	44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau	28 Connor Brown
90 Vladislav Namestnikov	36 Colin White	63 Tyler Ennis
78 Filip Chlapik	71 Chris Tierney	9 Bobby Ryan
Defense
72 Thomas Chabot	22 Nikita Zaitsev
26 Erik Brannstrom	81 Ron Hainsey
74 Mark Borowiecki	2 Dylan DeMelo
Goalie
31 Anders Nilsson	41 Craig Anderson

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (T-12th), Senators (31st)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (5th), Senators (16th)
Recent History vs. Senators
- Oct. 10, 2018 - Flyers 7, Senators 4 (at OTT)
- Nov. 27, 2018 - Senators 4, Flyers 3 (at PHI)
- March 11, 2019 - Flyers 3, Senators 2 (at PHI)
Flyers Leaders vs. Senators
- Jake Voracek - 27 GP, 12 G, 15 A, 27 P
- James van Riemsdyk - 35 GP, 14 G, 14 A, 28 P
- Sean Couturier - 24 GP, 9 G, 9 A, 18 P
- Shayne Gostisbehere - 12 GP, 1 G, 8 A, 9 P
- Claude Giroux - 36 GP, 8 G, 17 A, 25 P
Milestone Watch
- Matt Niskanen is playing in his 900th NHL game tonight.
- Kevin Hayes is playing in his 400th NHL game tonight.
- Tyler Pitlick is playing in his 200th NHL game tonight.
- Jake Voracek needs one goal to reach 200 for his career.
- Kevin Hayes needs four goals to reach 100 for his career.