GAME DAY: Flyers vs Blue Jackets - Everything You Need to Know

We will overlook Bill Meltzer's, of the Philadelphia Flyers' notes and highlight what you should keep an eye on for tonight's game:

The Flyers enter this game coming off a 5-1 home victory against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. The Blue Jackets sustained a 5-1 "home" loss against the Colorado Avalanche last Saturday in the second of back-to-back NHL Global Series Games in Finland.

This will be Tortorella's first game back in Columbus after a six-season head coaching stint with the Blue Jackets. He took last season off from coaching and spent it working in broadcasting before being hired by the Flyers this past summer.

For his part, Tortorella has no interest in discussing that particular storyline.

"I have a tremendous amount of friends there. Great spot. But I'm going back there to coach the Flyers and try to win," Tortorella said.

Hart back in goal.

Carter Hart was the scheduled starter in the game against St. Louis. However, due to illness, he was unavailable to play. The Flyers recalled Samuel Ersson from the AHL's Lehigh Valley Phantoms to back up Felix Sandström in the game. Sandström recorded his first career NHL win, stopping 28 of 29 shots.

By Wednesday, Hart was feeling much better. He practiced with the team at the Flyers Training Center and told the media afterwards that he was good to go for the game in Columbus. The Flyers returned Ersson to the Phantoms.

For the season, Hart has a 6-0-2 record with a 1.97 goals against average and a sparkling .946 save percentage.

Projected Flyers lineup (subject to change)

74 Owen Tippett - 13 Kevin Hayes - 11 Travis Konecny
86 Joel Farabee - 21 Scott Laughton - 57 Wade Allison
49 Noah Cates - 23 Lukas Sedlak - 17 Zack MacEwen
44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 48 Morgan Frost - 58 Tanner Laczynski

9 Ivan Provorov - 77 Tony DeAngelo
6 Travis Sanheim - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
24 Nick Seeler - 61 Justin Braun

79 Carter Hart
[32 Felix Sandström]