{"id":388451,"date":"2026-01-03T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/388451\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:13:09","slug":"flyers-game-40-lines-notes-how-to-watch-vs-oilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/388451\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers Game 40: Lines, Notes, &#038; How to Watch vs. Oilers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Flyers (20-12-7) wrap up their post-holiday road trip with a showdown vs. the Edmonton Oilers (20-15-6) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EST. <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia enters Saturday\u2019s matchup after a tough loss against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. The Flyers will look to avoid back-to-back losses on Saturday. They are 3-2-0 in their last five games.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers are also 3-2-0 in their previous five games, losing their last one, looking to avoid back-to-back losses.<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop is at 3:30 p.m. EST. Here is how the Flyers are expected to line up. <\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/02\/phhn-daily-flyers-olympian-fox-reacts-more-nhl-trade-rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PhHN Daily: Flyers\u2019 Olympian; Fox Reacts; More Trade Rumors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flyers lines &amp; pairs @ Oilers<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Zegras\u2013Christian Dvorak\u2013Travis Konecny<br \/>Denver Barkey\u2013Sean Couturier\u2013Owen Tippett<br \/>Matvei Michkov\u2013Noah Cates\u2013Bobby Brink<br \/>Carl Grundstrom\u2013Rodrigo Abols\u2013Garnet Hathaway<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen<\/p>\n<p>Cam York\u2013Travis Sanheim<br \/>Emil Andrae-Jamie Drysdale<br \/>Nick Seeler-Rasmus Ristolainen<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Dan Vladar<br \/>Sam Ersson <\/p>\n<p>Special Teams<br \/>PP1:\u00a0Drysdale, Dvorak, Konecny, Barkey, Zegras<br \/>PP2:\u00a0York, Cates, Tippett, Brink, Michkov<\/p>\n<p>PK1:\u00a0Couturier, Konecny, York, Sanheim<br \/>PK 2: Abols, Grundstrom, Seeler, Ristolainen<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/02\/flyers-rasmus-ristolainen-named-to-team-finland-for-2026-winter-olympics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olympic Bound: Rasmus Ristolainen Named to Team Finland for 2026 Winter Olympics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Things to watch<\/p>\n<p>Any time you play against Connor McDavid, you can\u2019t take your eyes off him. It\u2019s must-watch hockey. That said, McDavid is on an absolute tear lately \u2014 11 points (2G 9A) in his last 5 games. Wow.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton has this other guy, Leon Draisaitl, and yeah, I guess he\u2019s pretty good too. No, he doesn\u2019t have 11 in 5, but he is not too far removed from a stretch where he had 13 points (3G 10A) in 6 games. This Oilers team is dangerous. <\/p>\n<p>So, per usual, expect a lot of Noah Cates in this game. Cates matches up defensively with McDavid and will likely be deployed on many matchup shifts. Does that mean more time for Matvei Michkov?<\/p>\n<p>Garnet Hathaway and Emil Andrae are both drawing into the lineup after being scratched. Andrae missed just one game, while Hathaway has been scratched since December 20th. Look for both players to try to make an impact.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch Flyers @ Flames<\/p>\n<p>TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia, ESPN+ (Stream)<br \/>Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic<\/p>\n<p>The puck drop is at 3:30 p.m. EST at Rogers Place in Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2025\/12\/31\/flyers-acquire-philip-tomasino-for-egor-zamula-in-trade-with-penguins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flyers Acquire Forward From Rival in Exchange for Disgruntled Defenseman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Flyers (20-12-7) wrap up their post-holiday road trip with a showdown vs. the Edmonton Oilers (20-15-6)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5125],"tags":[198,146,5300,36308,5,4,24,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-388451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton-oilers","8":"tag-edmonton","9":"tag-edmonton-oilers","10":"tag-edmontonoilers","11":"tag-flyers-game","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-oilers","15":"tag-philadelphia-flyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115831583823404878","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}