The Philadelphia Flyers close out their back-to-back with a road date against the Ottawa Senators tonight at Canadian Tire Centre. The Flyers will be without captain Claude Giroux, who played in his 1000th game last night in the Flyers’ 5-4 win over Nashville and is expected to be dealt in the next couple days as the trade deadline approaches.
Philadelphia has not fared well away from Wells Fargo Center this season. In fact, they haven’t won on the road since December 29th when they defeated the Seattle Kraken in overtime. They are 0-9-2 on the road since that game, and 7-16-6 overall in away games this season.
As mentioned before, the Flyers will be without the services of Claude Giroux tonight. The captain played his 1000th career contest last night and it was certainly an emotional affair, highlighted by a pregame ceremony that featured a beautiful tribute video and a postgame salute by the captain. He skated around the Wells Fargo Center ice with his stick raised to the crowd, and it certainly felt like it was goodbye as thousands of misty-eyed fans watched Giroux emotionally walk down the tunnel after his salute.
Tonight, the Flyers will take on the Senators without Giroux and will look to earn another win against a pesky Ottawa club who will be without star defenseman Thomas Chabot due to a broken hand.
PHI Record: 19-30-11, 49 pts, 7th in Metropolitan
OTT Record: 21-34-5, 47 pts, 7th in Atlantic
When: 7:00PM ET
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata, ON
PHI Goalie: Martin Jones (7-11-3, 3.42 GAA, .900 SV%, 0 SO)
OTT Goalie: Anton Forsberg (13-12-2, 2.84 GAA, .916 SV%, 1 SO)
PHI Projected Lineup:
#25 James van Riemsdyk – #19 Derick Brassard – #89 Cam Atkinson
#86 Joel Farabee – #48 Morgan Frost – #11 Travis Konecny
#23 Oskar Lindblom – #13 Kevin Hayes – #20 Gerry Mayhew
#71 Max Willman – #38 Patrick Brown – #17 Zack MacEwen
#9 Ivan Provorov – #45 Cam York
#6 Travis Sanheim – #70 Rasmus Ristolainen
#3 Keith Yandle – #61 Justin Braun
#35 Martin Jones
#79 Carter Hart
OTT Projected Lineup:
#7 Brady Tkachuk – #9 Josh Norris – #36 Colin White
#10 Alex Formenton – #18 Tim Stützle – #28 Connor Brown
#63 Tyler Ennis – #71 Chris Tierney – #17 Adam Gaudette
#13 Zach Sanford – #27 Dylan Gambrell – #16 Austin Watson
#26 Erik Brännström – #2 Artem Zub
#5 Nick Holden – #22 Nikita Zaitsev
#98 Victor Mete – #3 Josh Brown
#31 Anton Forsberg
#32 Filip Gustavsson
PHI Last Game: 3/17/22, 5-4 W vs. Nashville
OTT Last Game: 3/16/22, 4-1 L vs. Columbus
News and Notes:
– These two teams last met on December 18th in Philadelphia, with the Flyers pulling out a 4-3 victory in overtime thanks to Travis Sanheim.
– This is the 101st all-time meeting between the Flyers and Senators, with Philadelphia holding a 50-34-8-8 advantage in the series.
– With Claude Giroux out of the lineup, Morgan Frost will slot in at center and will get some bigger minutes. Expect him to get a larger look on the power play as well in this situation.
– Gerry Mayhew re-enters the lineup after being healthy scratched last night. Mayhew has 6 goals in 24 games and has not shown up on the scoresheet since February 21st against Carolina.
Broadcast Info: TV – NBC Sports Philadelphia+, ESPN+, Radio – 97.5 The Fanatic
PHI Injuries: Scott Laughton (concussion), Ryan Ellis (lower-body), Nate Thompson (shoulder), Sean Couturier (back)
OTT Injuries: Thomas Chabot (hand), Shane Pinto (upper-body), Drake Batherson (ankle), Matt Murray (upper-body)
