The Philadelphia Flyers (20-11-7) close out 2025 with the second half of a late-night back-to-back on Wednesday when they take on the Calgary Flames (17-18-4) at 9:30 p.m. EST at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Philadelphia enters Wednesday night’s contest after a great bounce-back win vs. the Vancouver Canucks. The Flyers overcame a sluggish start and battled their way to a big 6-3 win. Philadelphia is 3-1-1 in its previous five games.

The Flames are heating up, winning four of their previous five games, going 4-1-0, with the lone loss coming smack in the middle. While Dustin Wolf, last season’s breakout star, is the No. 1 in Calgary, Dan Vladar’s replacement, Devin Cooley, has been great for the Flames this season.

Mikael Backlund has been on fire for Calgary, scoring 4 goals and 8 points over the last five games. Carl Grunstrom has been on a scorching hot goal streak for the Flyers as well.

Puck drop is at 9:30 p.m. EST at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Here is how the Flyers are expected to line up.

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Flyers lines & pairs @ Flames

Forwards

Trevor Zegras–Christian Dvorak–Travis Konecny
Denver Barkey–Sean Couturier–Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov–Noah Cates–Bobby Brink
Carl Grundstrom–Rodrigo Abols–Nikita Grebenkin

Defensemen

Cam York–Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae-Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler-Rasmus Ristolainen

Goaltenders

Sam Ersson
Dan Vladar

Special Teams
PP1: Drysdale, Dvorak, Konecny, Barkey, Zegras
PP2: York, Cates, Tippett, Brink, Michkov

PK1: Couturier, Konecny, York, Sanheim
PK 2: Abols, Grundstrom, Seeler, Ristolainen

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Things to watch

Carl Grunstrom is quite literally a man on fire (hah, get it, because the Flyers are playing the Flames). Ok, I’ll show myself the door after that joke. But, in all seriousness, he has been on a tear, scoring in each of his last four games. Since being recalled after Tyson Foerster’s injury, Grundstrom has become one of the most reliable Flyers. Can he keep scoring on Wednesday?

Matvei Michkov played his best game of the season on Tuesday, tallying two primary assists and plenty of chances. He was everywhere. The Flyers’ young star has just one goal in December, an empty-netter. Can he carry that momentum from Tuesday into Wednesday’s game and get on the board one more time before the month ends?

Speaking of scoring goals, Denver Barkey has come so close way too many times and is still without his first career NHL goal. I will keep talking about it until it happens, but the 20-year-old belongs. He looks great so far and is doing all of the right things. His first goal will come eventually, but could Wednesday be the night?

These two teams match up pretty well. Both teams have a rough power play (Flames are 32nd, Flyers are 25th). At the same time, both teams have above-league-median penalty kill and solid goaltending (GA/GP: PHI 9th, CGY 13th). Both teams are below the median in terms of GF/GP: (PHI 20th, CGY 28th), and both teams are slightly below 50% at the faceoff dot. On paper, the Flyers have the advantage, but the game being played in Calgary should make this a fun one.

How to watch Flyers @ Flames

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia, ESPN+ (Stream)
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic

The puck drop is at 9:30 p.m. EST at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

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