NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers with Line Combinations 10/27/2024

Inside the Rink Game Day Preview

Montreal Canadiens (2-5-1, 5 Pts) at Philadelphia Flyers (3-4-1, 7 Pts)

Date: Sunday, October 27

Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: NBC Sports App, ESPN+

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Montreal Canadiens: +1.5 ML +140

Philadelphia Flyers: -1.5 ML -166

O/U 6

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Montreal Canadiens Notes:

The Canadiens have scored just 23 goals on the season. Montreal went 2-0-1 against Philadelphia in 2023-24 and has won the season series between the teams in each of the past three seasons.

Philadelphia Flyers Notes:

The Flyers broke a six-game losing streak with a 7-5 win over Minnesota on Friday night. Philadelphia returned 2024 first-round draft pick Jett Luchanko to the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League.

Montreal Canadiens Lineup:

Caufield-Suzuki-Dach

Armia-Newhook-Kapanen

Anderson-Evans-Gallagher

Pezzetta-Dvorak-Heineman

Matheson-Mailloux

Hutson-Savard

Struble-Xhekaj

Montembeault

Primeau

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Philadelphia Flyers Lineup:

Konecny-Couturier-Michkov

Tippett-Frost-Hathaway

Laughton-Poehling-Farabee

Deslauriers-Cates-Foerster

Sanheim-Ristolainen

Seeler-Drysdale

Zamula-Johnson

Kolosov

Fedotov

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Philadelphia Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Montreal Canadiens:

Kirby Dach, who missed most of last season with a serious knee injury, registered his first goal since March 23, 2023, in a 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues.

Philadelphia Flyers:

Travis Konecny has four goals and five assists for the Flyers. Sean Couturier recorded a hat trick and dished out two assists in the win over Minnesota.

Injury Report:

Montreal Canadiens:

Rafael Harvey-Pinard (Leg), Patrick Laine (Knee), David Reinbacher (Knee), Kaiden Guhle (Upper Body), Juraj Slafkovsky (Upper Body), Justin Barron (Upper Body)

Philadelphia Flyers:

Ryan Ellis (Back – LTIR), Cam York (Upper Body – IR)

Next Game:

Montreal Canadiens: October 29 vs Seattle at 7 pm EST.

Philadelphia Flyers: October 29 at Boston at 7 pm EST.

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