Flyers-Stars: Game 77 Preview

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Dallas Stars	GP	G	A	P
Claude Giroux	76	26	65	91	Tyler Seguin	76	39	32	71
Jake Voracek	76	19	61	80	Jamie Benn	76	28	41	69
Sean Couturier	76	31	40	71	Alexander Radulov	76	26	39	65
Shayne Gostisbehere	72	13	44	57	John Klingberg	76	7	54	61
Wayne Simmonds	69	23	21	44	Mattias Janmark	75	19	15	34

 

Player to Watch
53 Shayne Gostisbehere	91 Tyler Seguin
Last 5 Games: 2 G, 3 A, 5 P, -6	Last 5 Games: 2 G, 1 A, 3 P, -3

 

Shayne Gostisbehere is closing in on a historical season. With just three points, he will become the first Flyers defenseman to record 60 points in a season since Garry Galley in 1993-94. Gostisbehere has been piling up points lately too, so the milestone is within reach.

 

The Stars are starting to dim in the 2017-18 season with the losses piling up, but one player who continues to provide points is Tyler Seguin. Seguin has been cold lately with just two goals and one assist in the last five games, but he has already eclipsed his career high in goals and is just one goal away from a 40-goal season. 

 

Goalie Matchup
34 Petr Mrazek	32 Kari Lehtonen
13-12-5, 3.03 GAA, .901 SV%	12-13-3, 2.55 GAA, .911 SV%

The goalie carousel keeps spinning for the Flyers. After Alex Lyon got back-to-back starts, only to be pulled in Sunday's game, Petr Mrazek is back between the pipes for the Flyers. Mrazek stopped 19 of 21 shots in the overtime loss on Sunday, but has struggled lately. He was pulled twice in his previous three starts.

The Flyers will face Kari Lehtonen, who has been filling in for the Stars as the starting netminder with Ben Bishop out with injury. Lehtonen has been solid in the backup role this season, but has struggled in his career against the Flyers with a 1-11-3 record and 3.45 GAA.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Brian Elliott, Michal Neuvirth, Johnny Oduya, Michael Raffl

Scratches: Dale Weise, Taylor Leier, Robert Hagg

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
54 Oskar Lindblom	19 Nolan Patrick	93 Jake Voracek
40 Jordan Weal	51 Valtteri Filppula	17 Wayne Simmonds
15 Jori Lehtera	21 Scott Laughton	24 Matt Read
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	53 Shayne Gostisbehere
6 Travis Sanheim	47 Andrew MacDonald
23 Brandon Manning	3 Radko Gudas
Goalie
34 Petr Mrazek

Lineup Notes

The Flyers will go with the same lineup as their last game on Sunday.

Stars Projected Lineup

Injuries: Ben Bishop, Martin Hanzel

Scratches: Gemel Smith, Dillon Heatherington, Julius Honka, Curtis McKenzie

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
14 Jamie Benn	91 Tyler Seguin	47 Alexander Radulov
21 Antoine Roussel	12 Radek Faksa	18 Tyler Pitlick
13 Mattias Janmark	17 Devin Shore	25 Brett Ritchie
16 Jason Dickinson	90 Jason Spezza	40 Remi Elie
Defense
23 Esa Lindell	3 John Klingberg
33 Marc Methot	28 Stephen Johns
2 Dan Hamhuis	29 Greg Pateryn
Goalie
32 Kari Lehtonen

Game Notes

• Power Play: Flyers (T-16th, 5th on road), Stars (19th, 19th at home)
• Penalty Kill: Flyers (28th, 22nd on road), Stars (11th, T-8th at home) 
• Recent History vs. Stars
  • Dec. 16, 2017 – Flyers 2, Stars 1 (at PHI)
• Flyers Leaders vs. Stars
  • Shayne Gostisbehere – 4 GP, 3 G, 1 A, 4 P
  • Jake Voracek – 22 GP, 3 G, 16 A, 19 P
  • Claude Giroux – 14 GP, 3 G, 9 A, 12 P
  • Petr Mrazek – 4 GP, 1-2-0, 2.58 GAA
• Milestone Watch
  • Jake Voracek needs one assist to reach 300 as a Flyer and six assists to reach 400 in his career.

Where to Watch
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic