Huge Matchup Tonight For The Flyers Against Penguins.

"The Philadelphia Flyers are currently in a huge battle for a playoff spot and have a chance to make up some ground tonight. The Flyers host the Pittsburgh Penguins at Wells Fargo Center on Monday and with a win will be within four points of the Penguins and the final Wild Card spot. Carter Hart gets the start and looks for his ninth win in a row as he's been absolutely incredible since the start of the new year. The 20 year old has a 2.35 goals against average and .934 save percentage during his win streak. A win tonight would set a new NHL record for win streak by a goalie before his 21st birthday.The Penguins on the other hand have lost four straight games but will likely get Evgeni Malkin back after a four game absence. It's simple, this is a big moment to prove something for the Flyers and head coach Scott Gordon summed it up perfectly. ""We've got to treat this like a playoff game.""
Here's a look at tonight's projected lineups:Flyers projected lineupFORWARDSJames van Riemsdyk -- Claude Giroux -- Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom -- Sean Couturier -- Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton -- Nolan Patrick -- Wayne Simmonds
Michael Raffl -- Mikhail Vorobyev -- Phil VaroneDEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Andrew MacDonald
Robert Hagg -- Radko GudasGOALIE
Carter HartPenguins projected lineupFORWARDS
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Phil Kessel -- Evgeni Malkin -- Nick Bjugstad
Tanner Pearson -- Jared McCann -- Dominik Simon
Garrett Wilson -- Matt Cullen -- Patric HornqvistDEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin -- Jack Johnson
Olli Maatta -- Juuso RiikolaGOALIE
Matt Murray
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