{"id":358809,"date":"2025-12-16T10:40:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/358809\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:40:30","slug":"nhl-game-preview-philadelphia-flyers-at-montreal-canadiens-with-line-combinations-12-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/358809\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Philadelphia Flyers at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 12\/16\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Philadelphia Flyers at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 12\/16\/2025 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765881625_386_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Philadelphia Flyers at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 12\/16\/2025<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nick-Suzuki-Montrel-Canadiens.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nick Suzuki skating for the Montreal Canadiens\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: John Mahoney Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers (16-9-6) at Montreal Canadiens (17-11-4)<br \/>Venue: Bell Centre<br \/>Date: Tuesday, December 16<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN+, NBCS-PH<br \/>Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic, TSN 690<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers have lost three games in a row after a 3-2 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. Philadelphia is 25th in the NHL in power play efficiency at 16.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens have won two out of their last three games after 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. Montreal has the league\u2019s 4th-ranked power play at 26.4 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Zegras-Dvorak-Konecny<br \/>Michkov-Couturier-Tippett<br \/>Grebenkin-Cates-Brink<br \/>Grundstrom-Abols-Hathaway<\/p>\n<p>York-Sanheim<br \/>Andrae-Drysdale<br \/>Seeler-Juulsen<\/p>\n<p>Vladar<br \/>Ersson<\/p>\n<p>Buy Philadelphia Hockey Merchandise Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/tampa-bay-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=tampa+b&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/chicago-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=chicaGO&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/philadephia-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=phil&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Caufield-Suzuki-Bolduc<br \/>Slafkovsky-Kapanen-Demidov<br \/>Anderson-Evans-Texier<br \/>Beck-Veleno-Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>Matheson-Dobson<br \/>Hutson-Carrier<br \/>Struble-Engstrom<\/p>\n<p>Dobes<br \/>Fowler<\/p>\n<p>Get Your Montreal Hockey Merchandise Below:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/montreal-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=montr&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/trevor-zegras\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trevor Zegras<\/a> leads the Flyers with 32 points. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/travis-konecny\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Konecny<\/a> is second on the team with 27 points.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/nick-suzuki\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Suzuki<\/a> has 37 points to lead the Canadiens. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/cole-caufield\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Caufield<\/a> has contributed 33 points.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers<\/p>\n<p>D\u00a0Rasmus Ristolainen\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F Tyson Foerster\u00a0\u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n<p>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/kaiden-guhle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaiden Guhle<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>RW <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/patrik-laine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrik Laine<\/a> \u2013 Out 3-4 months<br \/>C <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/alex-newhook\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Newhook<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/david-reinbacher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Reinbacher<\/a> \u2013 OUT<br \/>C <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/kirby-dach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kirby Dach<\/a> \u2013 OUT<br \/>G Sam Montembeault \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/mattb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765881627_406_e27aaab36ffede299e324f5880c96e966d988a67e5199a61ed72e84a3934c3ae\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/simon-edvinsson-the-reason-the-red-wings-said-no\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765878963_695_Simon-Edvinsson-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Simon Edvisson skating for the Detroit Red Wings\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/simon-edvinsson-the-reason-the-red-wings-said-no\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Edvinsson: The Reason the Red Wings Said No<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the news broke, Red Wings fans were quick to scramble to try to find out why the Wild were the team that got Hughes instead of them. However, after the move, Friedman broke the news that the Red Wings were only one piece away from being able to get Hughes. The piece was Simon [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/simon-edvinsson-the-reason-the-red-wings-said-no\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"readmore\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Read More        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/detroit-red-wings-place-jonatan-berggren-on-waivers\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765854928_841_Untitled-design-68-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/detroit-red-wings-place-jonatan-berggren-on-waivers\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Red Wings Place Jonatan Berggren on Waivers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Red Wings are coming off a 4-1-1 road trip in which they averaged 3.7 goals per game while allowing 2.7 goals per game. This afternoon it was announced that they have placed forward Jonatan Berggren on waivers. This will enable Berggren to hopefully find a new team to join. 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