Flyers Catch A Break Versus Maple Leafs

"Philadelphia Flyers 29 pts (11-11-7)
vs

Toronto Maple Leafs 41 pts (20-10-1)

7 p.m. ET

Wells Fargo Center � Philadelphia, PA

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Radio: 93.3 FM WMMR


Season Series/Schedule

Date Game GWG

10/28 PHI 4 @ TOR 2 Valtteri Flippula

12/12 TOR @ PHI

1/18 TOR @ PHI


Team Leaders

Flyers Maple Leafs

Jakub Voracek, 37 Points Auston Matthews, 26

Sean Couturier, 14 Goals James van Riemsdyk, 14

Jakub Voracek, 30 Assists Mitch Marner, 17


The Philadelphia Flyers are finally back on home ice after ending their 10-game losing streak by winning all three games on their annual trek through western Canada. They will have a very tough test ahead of them by taking on the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Flyers scored a 4-2 victory over the Maple Leafs in Toronto with goals from Brandon Manning, Jakob Voracek, Claude Giroux and Valtteri Flippula. Brian Elliott made 28 saves for the victory.

The Flyers will get a big boost to their blue line tonight as Radko Gudas will be back in the lineup after serving his 10-game suspension. He will be back on the third pairing alongside Travis Sanheim. The team went 3-3-4 in his absence.

It appears that the Flyers are catching a huge break as the Leafs leading scorer Auston Matthews looks like he will miss his second straight game. He sat out Sunday night's 1-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers and did not take part in today's morning skate.

We will see the same goaltending matchup we saw when these two team met in October in Elliott versus Frederik Andersen. After struggling during the month of October, Andersen has given up two goals or less in 10 of his last 15 starts.


Probable Flyers Lineup

FORWARDS

Claude Giroux � Sean Couturier � Wayne Simmonds

Michael Raffl � Valtteri Filppula � Jake Voracek

Jordan Weal � Nolan Patrick �Dale Weise

Taylor Leier � Scott Laughton � Travis Konecny

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS

Ivan Provorov - Andrew MacDonald

Shayne Gostisbehere - Robert Hagg

Travis Sanheim � Radko Gudas

GOALTENDER

Brian Elliott (9-6-6, 2.79 GAA, .912 save %, 0 SO)

INJURY REPORT

D-Brandon Manning (undisclosed) out, G-Michal Neuvirth (undisclosed) out


Probable Maple Leafs Lineup

FORWARDS

Zach Hyman - Patrick Marleau - Connor Brown

Leo Komarov - Nazem Kadri - William Nylander

James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Mitch Marner

Matt Martin - Dominic Moore � Josh Leivo

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS

Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev

Andreas Borgman - Roman Polak

GOALTENDER

Frederik Andersen (17-8-1, 2.67 GAA, .922 save %, 3 SO)

INJURY REPORT

LW-Joffrey Lupul (sports hernia) out, LW-Nikita Soshnikov (lower-body) out, C-Auston Matthews (upper-body) day-to-day
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