Flyers-Canucks: Game 3 Preview

Kevin Durso

October 12 2019

By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor

The Flyers are 2-0-0 for the first time since 2011-12 and now they get a chance to open the season on a three-game winning streak.

A three-game Western Canada trip begins on Saturday night as the Flyers face the Vancouver Canucks.

Game time is at 10 p.m.

Team Leaders

Philadelphia Flyers	GP	G	A	P	Vancouver Canucks	GP	G	A	P
Travis Konecny	2	3	2	5	J.T. Miller	3	1	4	5
Ivan Provorov	2	1	2	3	Brandon Sutter	3	2	1	3
Oskar Lindblom	2	1	1	2	Tanner Pearson	3	1	2	3
Kevin Hayes	2	1	0	1	Quinn Hughes	3	1	2	3
Sean Couturier	2	1	0	1	Alexander Edler	3	2	0	2

Player to Watch
11 Travis Konecny	40 Elias Pettersson
Last 5 Games: 3 G, 2 A, 5 P, +3	Last 5 Games: 1 G, 0 A, 1 P, E

It's been quite the start to the season for Travis Konecny. The late arrival to camp has five points in the first two games of the season and has the bounces going his way — just look to his goal in Wednesday's win to see that. Konecny looks to continue his hot streak in the third game of the season.

The runaway winner of the Calder Trophy last season, Elias Pettersson is a central part of the Canucks lineup. He has just one goal in three games, but he remains one of the most dangerous players on the roster, especially if things open up on the man-advantage.

Projected Goalie Matchup
79 Carter Hart	25 Jacob Markstrom
2 GP, 2-0-0, 1.50 GAA, .946 SV%	3 GP, 1-2-0, 2.37 GAA, .922 SV%

With 25 saves, including one remarkable one, Carter Hart picked up his first career shutout in Wednesday's game. There should be no stopping him for the time being. He'll get another start in Vancouver, a homecoming for the 21-year-old who played his junior hockey in nearby Everett.

Jacob Markstrom has seen the ice in all three of the Canucks games so far this season, getting his first win rather easily in his last start, an 8-2 win over the Kings. He will likely get another start again on Saturday.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Injuries: Nolan Patrick, Andy Welinski

Scratches: Sam Morin

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	13 Kevin Hayes	93 Jake Voracek
23 Oskar Lindblom	14 Sean Couturier	11 Travis Konecny
25 James van Riemsdyk	21 Scott Laughton	81 Carsen Twarynski
82 Connor Bunnaman	12 Michael Raffl	18 Tyler Pitlick
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov	61 Justin Braun
6 Travis Sanheim	15 Matt Niskanen
8 Robert Hagg	53 Shayne Gostisbehere
Goalie
79 Carter Hart	37 Brian Elliott

Lineup Notes

Once again, no changes are expected to the Flyers lineup as they go for a third straight win on Saturday night.

Canucks Projected Lineup

Injuries: Antoine Roussel, Tyler Motte

Scratches: Jesper Boqvist, Pavel Zacha, Mirco Mueller

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
9 J.T. Miller	40 Elias Pettersson	6 Brock Boeser
70 Tanner Pearson	53 Bo Horvat	17 Josh Leivo
79 Micheal Ferland	88 Adam Gaudette	20 Brandon Sutter
59 Tim Schaller	83 Jay Beagle	18 Jake Virtanen
Defense
23 Alexander Edler	57 Tyler Myers
43 Quinn Hughes	8 Chris Tanev
4 Jordie Benn	51 Troy Stecher
Goalie
25 Jacob Markstrom	35 Thatcher Demko

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (2nd), Canucks (26th)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (T-9th), Canucks (T-1st)
Recent History vs. Canucks
- Dec. 15, 2018 – Canucks 5, Flyers 1 (at VAN)
- Feb. 4, 2019 – Flyers 2, Canucks 1 (at PHI)
Flyers Leaders vs. Canucks
- Claude Giroux – 16 GP, 4 G, 10 A, 14 P
- Kevin Hayes – 9 GP, 4 G, 3 A, 7 P
- Jake Voracek – 25 GP, 4 G, 14 A, 18 P
- Carter Hart – 1 GP, 1-0-0, 1.00 GAA, .976 SV%