Flyers-Canadiens Preview: Draw Event
With five games left in the season, the Leaflets are rapidly closing in on a Top 5 spot in the NHL Draft Lottery. Seattle’s win over Colorado on Wednesday night lifted them to third in draw odds. One of the two teams behind them in the standings is their opponent on Thursday night.
Like the Flyers, the Montreal Canadiens go into Thursday’s game with losses in six straight games.
Game time is 7 p.m.
Team leaders
| Philadelphia Flyers | generalist | g | A | P | Montreal Canadiens | generalist | g | A | P |
| Cam Atkinson | 73 | 23 | 27 | 50 | Nick Suzuki | 77 | 20 | 37 | 57 |
| Travis Konecny | 74 | 14 | 35 | 49 | Cole Caufield | 62 | 18 | 20 | 38 |
| Joel Farabee | 58 | 17 | 17 | 34 | Rem Pitlick | 61 | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| James van Riemsdyk | 77 | 21 | 13 | 34 | Mike Hoffman | 62 | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| Travis Sanheim | 75 | 7 | 24 | 31 | Josh Anderson | 64 | 18 | ten | 28 |
Joel Farabee gets another look at the center Thursday night. Farabee has played a few games in the central position down the stretch, so this is another chance for him to see if he can be productive there.
Ryan Pohling has just eight goals and 16 points this season, but three goals in the last five games.
Martin Jones gets the start for the Flyers. Jones made 24 saves on 28 shots in his last start Tuesday against Toronto. Jones has lost three straight starts since April 7.
Carey Award departs for Montreal. It’s only Price’s third start of the season since returning from injury. Price has allowed two goals in each of the first two starts, but the Canadiens have yet to provide him with a goal offensively.
Projected compositions
Flyers Scratches: Nick Seeler (injury), Cam Atkinson (injury), Carter Hart (injury), Cam York (injury), Rasmus Ristolainen (injury), Patrick Brown (injury), Kevin Connauton (injury)
Canadians forfeited: Paul Byron (injury), Jake Allen (injury), Justin Barron (injury), Jonathan Drouin (injury), Jordan Harris (healthy), William Lagesson (healthy), Corey Schueneman (healthy), Laurent Dauphin (healthy) , Joel Armia (safe), Michael Pezzetta (suspended)
Composition Notes
- Circulars: Linus Hogberg made his NHL debut, with the Flyers on emergency call with Kevin Connauton fall with injury. No other changes are planned.
- Canadian : Canadians recalled Raphael Harvey-Pinard before Thursday’s game and is expected to be in the lineup.
Game Notes
- Power Play: Flyers (32nd), Canadiens (31st)
- Penalty Kill: Flyers (27th), Canadians (28th)
- Recent history vs Canadians
- March 13, 2022 – Canadiens 4, Flyers 3 (F/OT) (at PHI)
- 16 Dec 2021 – Canadiens 3, Flyers 2 (F/SW) (at MTL)
- Leaders of the Flyers vs Canadians
- Joel Farabee – 4 GP, 1 G, 2 A, 3 P
- Travis Konecny - 13 GP, 5 G, 4 A, 9 P
- James van Riemsdyk – 41 GP, 16 G, 11 A, 27 P
- Martin Jones – 9 GP, 8-1-0, 1.89 GAA, 0.937 SV%
where to watch
Television: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Radio: Circular distribution network
Kevin Durso is the Flyers Insider for 97.3 ESPN and the Flyers Editor for SportsTalkPhilly.com. Follow him on Twitter @Kevin_Durso.
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