Philadelphia Flyers (16-17-4, 36 pts) at San Jose Sharks (11-22-6, 28 pts)
Venue: SAP Center
Date: Tuesday, December 31
Time: 8:00 ET
TV: ESPN+ /NBCSP/ NBCSCA
Radio:
Philadelphia – 97.5 FM WPEN, Flyers Radio 24/7
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Philadelphia -1.5 ML -180
San Jose: +1.5 ML +150
O/U 6
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Philadelphia Flyers News & Notes:
The Flyers lost their last game to the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 on Sunday after beating the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Saturday. They rank in the bottom of the league in power-play and goals against, which they’ve allowed an average of 4.4 goals per game in December.
San Jose Sharks News & Notes:
The Sharks have lost their last seven straight and ten of their last 11 going 1-9-1 in that stretch; it’s their second losing streak of the season of seven games or more, they lost the first nine games to start the season. In their last 11 games, they’ve allowed an average of 4.1 goals per game.
Philadelphia Flyers Projected Lines
Tippett-Couturier-Konecny
Foerster-Cates-Brink
Laughton-Frost-Michkov
Farabee-Poehling-Hathaway
Sanheim-York
Zamula-Ristolainen
Seeler-Drysdale
Ersson
Kosolov
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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:
Kostin-Granlund-Toffoli
Zetterlund-Celebrini-Smith
Goodrow-Wennberg-Kunin
Grundstrom-Sturm-Dellandrea
Thrun-Ceci
Ferraro-Liljegren
Mukhamadullini-Rutta
Askarov
Georgiev
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Players To Watch:
Philadelphia Flyers
Matvei Michkov this season has 29 points on 12 goals and 17 assists. This season against the Sharks he had two points on a goal and an assist in his first career games against them.
San Jose Sharks
Mikael Granlund this season has 34 points on 11 goals and 24 assists. He’s faced the Flyers 20 times in his career recording 16 points on five goals and 11 assists; in the previous matchup this season he had two points on a goal and an assist.
Injury Report:
Philadelphia Flyers
D Ryan Ellis – LTIR
San Jose Sharks
D Marc-Edouard Vlasic – IR
C Logan Couture – LTIR
G Vitek Vanecek – IR
F William Eklund – IR
D Jake Walman – DTD
Next Game:
Philadelphia – January 2 @ Vegas Golden Knights
San Jose – January 2 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
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