Flyers-Canucks: Game 29 Preview

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Vancouver Canucks	GP	G	A	P
Jake Voracek	28	7	27	34	Brock Boeser	25	13	12	25
Claude Giroux	28	11	19	30	Bo Horvat	28	10	10	20
Sean Couturier	28	14	14	28	Thomas Vanek	28	7	11	18
Shayne Gostisbehere	25	3	17	20	Sven Baertschi	28	8	9	17
Wayne Simmonds	28	9	8	17	Henrik Sedin	28	2	15	17

 

Player to Watch
93 Jake Voracek	6 Brock Boeser
Last 5 Games: 0 G, 5 A, 5 P, -1	Last 5 Games: 2 G, 1 A, 3 P, -1

 

Jake Voracek has mainly contributed on the helping end of the Flyers scoring. He has just seven goals on the season, but leads the team with 27, tied for second in the NHL. Voracek has five of those in the last five games, including four in the last two games.

 

Brock Boeser rolled through Philadelphia during a four-game goal streak for him, scoring two goals in Philadelphia and adding two more in the team's next game in Pittsburgh. He scored two against Nashville on Nov. 30, but those are his only goals in the last six games. Still, the rookie is dangerous from all spots on the ice with a great shot, and he's used it on the Flyers already this season.

 

Goalie Matchup
37 Brian Elliott	25 Jacob Markstrom
8-6-6, 2.88 GAA, .909 SV%	8-8-3, 2.41 GAA, .917 SV%

Brian Elliott made another 23 saves on Wednesday night in his second straight win. With Michal Neuvirth out and a relatively light workload on Wednesday, expect Elliott back in the Flyers net on Thursday night.

The Flyers face Jacob Markstrom for the Canucks. Markstrom got the start against the Flyers on Nov. 21, making 36 saves in the Canucks 5-2 win. Markstrom also enters Thursday's game with wins in back-to-back starts, including a 30-save shutout of Carolina on Tuesday night.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Michal Neuvirth, Brandon Manning

Scratches: Radko Gudas, Jori Lehtera, T.J. Brennan

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	14 Sean Couturier	17 Wayne Simmonds
12 Michael Raffl	51 Valtteri Filppula	93 Jake Voracek
22 Dale Weise	19 Nolan Patrick	11 Travis Konecny
20 Taylor Leier	21 Scott Laughton	40 Jordan Weal
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	47 Andrew MacDonald
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	8 Robert Hagg
6 Travis Sanheim	39 Mark Alt
Goalie
37 Brian Elliott

Lineup Notes

Look for the Flyers to use the same lineup as Wednesday night's win.

Canucks Projected Lineup

Injuries: Bo Horvat, Erik Gudbranson, Brandon Sutter

Scratches: Michael Chaput, Alex Biega

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
22 Daniel Sedin	33 Henrik Sedin	21 Loui Eriksson
82 Nikolay Goldobin	42 Alex Burmistrov	6 Brock Boeser
47 Sven Baertschi	89 Sam Gagner	26 Thomas Vanek
50 Brendan Gaunce	60 Markus Granlund	18 Jake Virtanen
Defense
23 Alexander Edler	5 Derrick Pouliot
4 Michael Del Zotto	8 Chris Tanev
27 Ben Hutton	51 Troy Stecher
Goalie
25 Jacob Markstrom

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (18th, T-10th on road), Canucks (12th, 24th at home)
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (26th, T-19th on road), Canucks (18th, 8th at home) 
• Recent History vs. Canucks
  • Nov. 21, 2017 – Canucks 5, Flyers 2
• Flyers Leaders vs. Canucks
  • Claude Giroux – 13 GP, 3 G, 9 A, 12 P
  • Valtteri Filppula – 33 GP, 8 G, 15 A, 23 P
  • Shayne Gostisbehere – 4 GP, 0 G, 3 A, 3 P
  • Brian Elliott – 18 GP, 7-7-2, 1.89 GAA
• Milestone Watch
  • Brian Elliott needs one win to reach 200 for his career.
  • Michael Raffl needs two points to reach 100 in his career.

Where to Watch
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Radio: 93.3 WMMR