FLYERS (25-21-11) at RANGERS (22-29-6)
8 p.m. ET; ESPN
Flyers projected lineup
Trevor Zegras — Christian Dvorak — Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov — Noah Cates — Bobby Brink
Denver Barkey — Sean Couturier — Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin — Carl Grundstrom — Garnet Hathaway
Travis Sanheim — Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York — Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler — Noah Juulsen
Samuel Ersson
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Emil Andrae, Nicolas Deslauriers
Injured: Tyson Foerster (arm), Rodrigo Abols (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad — Gabe Perreault
Will Cuylle — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheary — Noah Laba — Brendan Brisson
Brennan Othmann — Sam Carrick — Taylor Raddysh
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Braden Schneider — Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson – Vincent Iorio
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Scott Morrow, Urho Vaakanainen,
Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body)
Status report
The Flyers did not hold a morning skate following a 3-1 loss at the Washington Capitals on Wednesday. … Ersson is expected to start after Vladar made 26 saves at Washington. … Shesterkin and Fox will return after each missed 13 games with a lower-body injury. In corresponding moves, forward Brett Berard was reassigned to Hartford of the American Hockey League and goalie Hugo Ollas was reassigned to Bloomington of the ECHL on Thursday. … Sheary will also return from a lower-body injury after missing 15 games. … Brisson will make his New York debut after being recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Feb. 17. … Rempe, a forward, was placed on injured reserve Friday; there is no timetable for his return.
