It’s another late-night start for the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers (32-23-12) head a little bit north after their showdown with the Ducks on Wednesday for a meeting with the Los Angeles Kings (28-24-15) at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday.

Philadelphia has been playing some of its best hockey of the season since the Olympic break. The Flyers have gone7-2-1 over the last 10 games. and have earned points in four of their last five, going 3-1-1.

It has not been the same success for the Kings, who have gone 5-4-1 over their last 10 games, but have that same 3-1-1 record over the last five games.

At the moment, the Kings are the first team out of the postseason in the Western Conference, while the Flyers are still fighting to stay alive in the Eastern Conference playoff dogfight.

Puck drop is at 10:30 p.m. EST at Crypto.com Arena. Here is how the Flyers are expected to line up.

Flyers lines & pairs @ Kings

Forwards

Alex Bump–Christian Dvorak–Travis Konecny
Nikita Grebnkin–Trevor Zegras–Owen Tippett
Denver Barkey–Noah Cates–Matvei Michkov
Carl Grundstrom–Sean Couturier–Luke Glendening

Defensemen

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

Goaltenders

Sam Ersson
Dan Vladar

Special Teams
PP1: Drysadale, Zegras, Konecny, Michkov, Tippett
PP2: York, Cates, Grebenkin, Barkey, Bump

PK1: Couturier, Konecny, York, Sanheim
PK 2: Cates, Tippett, Seeler, Ristolainen

Game Notes

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The Flyers’ fourth line has been the only line with rotating players lately. Sure, they could try and get Carl Grundstrom back in the lineup, or try and get Garrett Wilson into a game. However, the fourth line played really well on Wednesday. I would not change a thing.

As for the goalie, it feels like a safe assumption that we’ll see Sam Ersson since it’s the second game of a back-to-back. Ersson has not had the season that he wanted this year, but has been solid in his last two starts. He should get the nod to go on Thursday.

I would love to see more from Matvei Michkov on Thursday. He was one of a handful of players I did not really notice on Wednesday, aside from his two trips to the box. Michkov is due for a big game, and I will be watching him closely on Thursday.

This will be the first time that the Flyers play a known Flyers-killer on his new team. Artemi Panarin always steps up his game when playing against Philly, and will do so for the first time in a Kings uniform on Thursday. He has 13 points (3G 10A) in his first 13 games with the Kings.

How to Watch Flyers @ Kings

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia, ESPN+ (Stream)
Radio: 93.3 WMMR

Puck drop is at 10:30 p.m. EST at Crypto.com Arena.