NHL Game Preview: Philadelphia Flyers at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 1/2/2025

Philadelphia Flyers (17-17-4, 38 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (25-9-3, 53 pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Thursday, January 2
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/NBCSP/SCRIPPS
Radio:
Philadelphia – 97.5 FM WPEN, Flyers Radio 24/7
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Philadelphia +1.5 ML +170
Vegas: -1.5 ML -205
O/U 6.5

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Philadelphia Flyers News & Notes:

The Flyers picked up a win last time out with a 4-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks. They got goals from Egor Zamula, Ryan Poehling, Nick Seeler, and Travis Konecny. It was a combined shutout as well as Samuel Erssson got the start and stopped all 15 shots he faced before leaving with an injury and being replaced by Aleksei Kolosov who stopped all seven shots he faced.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

The Golden Knights had their six-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday night as they lost to the Montreal Canadiens 3-2. During their six-game win streak, they had outscored their opponents 24-9. In their last ten games, they are 8-2-0.

Philadelphia Flyers Projected Lines

Laughton-Frost-Michkov
Foerster-Cates-Brink
Tippett-Poehling-Konecny
Farabee-Couturier-Hathaway
Sanheim-York
Zamula-Ristolainen
Seeler-Drysdale

Kosolov
Ersson

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines:

Olofsson-Eichel-Stone
Hertl-Karlsson-Kolesar
Pearson-Howden-Dorofeyev
Rondbjerg-Schwindt-Holtz
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
McNabb-Theodore
Hague-Whitecloud

Samsonov
Hill

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Players To Watch:

Philadelphia Flyers

Morgan Frost this season has 17 points on seven goals and ten assists. He’s faced the Golden Knights five times in his career recording three points on two goals and an assist; two of those three points came in the previous matchup this season when he scored a goal and an assist.

Vegas Golden Knights

Jack Eichel this season has 48 points on ten goals and 38 assists. He’s faced the Flyers 21 times in his career recording 21 points on nine goals and 12 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

Vegas Golden Knights

D Ben Hutton – IR
F Ivan Barbashev – DTD
F Nicholas Roy – DTD

Next Game:

Philadelphia – January 5 at Toronto Maple Leafs
Vegas – January 4 vs. Buffalo Sabres

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