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"that chick from Ohio"
The big home-and-home starts tonight. Hoping for a better result than we've had lately.
Notes and projected lineup per bluejackets.com:
flyers.nhl.com has one preview article for both tonight and Thursday.
Scoresheet links (they'll work later tonight):
Game Summary - overall team info
Event Summary - player-specific info
Highlights of the Flyers' last game:
Notes and projected lineup per bluejackets.com:
Of Note
Merzlikins is 12-4-2 since becoming the CBJ starter with a .945 save percentage. He leads the league with five shutouts, all in the last 12 games. … Oliver Bjorkstrand has a 12-5-17 line in his last 15 games. … Dubois has 18 points in his last 14 road games (5-13-18). … Zach Werenski leads all NHL defensemen with a CBJ-record 18 goals from the blue line this season. ... The Blue Jackets' penalty kill is 26-for-28 over the last 15 games. Columbus has not taken a penalty in six of 60 games this year. … The Blue Jackets have lost 327 man games to injury. ... Columbus has points in the last six road games (3-0-3). … Philadelphia has won the first two games of the season series, a 7-4 victory Oct. 26 in the City of Brotherly Love and a 3-2 final in Columbus on Nov. 27. Before that, the Blue Jackets had won five straight games in the series.
Projected Lineup
(Subject to change)
Gustav Nyquist - Kevin Stenlund - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Nick Foligno - Boone Jenner - Nathan Gerbe
Sonny Milano - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Emil Bemstrom
Jakob Lilja - Riley Nash - Eric Robinson
Zach Werenski - Markus Nutivaara
Vladislav Gavrikov - David Savard
Scott Harrington - Andrew Peeke
Elvis Merzlikins
Matiss Kivlenieks
Scratches: Kole Sherwood, Gabriel Carlsson, Joonas Korpisalo (injury)
Roster Report: Tortorella will speak to the media around 11:15 to go over any possible lineup changes.
flyers.nhl.com has one preview article for both tonight and Thursday.
Scoresheet links (they'll work later tonight):
Game Summary - overall team info
Event Summary - player-specific info
Highlights of the Flyers' last game:
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