The Philadelphia Flyers (21-12-7) are back on home ice on Tuesday when they host the Anaheim Ducks (21-18-3) at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Puck drop is at 7:00 p.m. EST. Tuesday\u2019s game kicks off a four-game homestand for the Flyers. <\/p>\n
The Flyers enter Tuesday\u2019s game fresh after a four-game road trip where they went 2-2-0 out of the holiday break. Philadelphia had a road game in Chicago right before the break, where they came out with the win, making the team 3-2-0 in their previous five. <\/p>\n
For the Ducks, well, it has not been smooth sailing as of late. They are 0-4-1 in their previous five games, and are on a six-game losing skid. <\/p>\n
Flyers\u2019 head coach Rick Tocchet has confirmed Dan Vladar starts in goal, and the defensive pairs will remain unchanged, with some game-time decisions for the forwards. So, here is how the Flyers are expected to lineup for their 7:00 p.m. matchup vs. the Ducks. <\/p>\n
Read More: Flyers Blog: Starting the New Year on the Right Foot<\/a><\/p>\n Flyers lines & pairs vs. Ducks<\/p>\n Forwards<\/p>\n Trevor Zegras\u2013Christian Dvorak\u2013Travis Konecny Defensemen<\/p>\n Cam York\u2013Travis Sanheim Goaltenders<\/p>\n Dan Vladar Special Teams PK1:\u00a0Couturier, Konecny, York, Sanheim Read More: Olympic Bound: Flyers\u2019 Dan Vladar Named to Czech Olympic Team<\/a><\/p>\n Things to watch <\/p>\n Well, Tuesday should be fun. The last time the Ducks came to town, it was the loudest I have heard this arena in a long, long time. Cutter Gauthier returns to Philly<\/a>, and the expectation is that the fans will have lost no love since the last time he made the trip to South Philadelphia. <\/p>\n On that same note, \u201cJamie\u2019s better\u201d chants from the crowd filled the arena in the defenseman\u2019s first home game against his former team. It led to arguably Drysdale\u2019s best game as a Flyer, at least that season. Now, it\u2019s Trevor Zegras\u2019 turn for a revenge game. Zegras will face his former team for the first time after spending five seasons in SoCal. <\/p>\n
Denver Barkey\u2013Sean Couturier\u2013Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov\u2013Noah Cates\u2013Bobby Brink
Carl Grundstrom\u2013Rodrigo Abols\u2013Garnet Hathaway<\/p>\n
Emil Andrae-Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler-Rasmus Ristolainen<\/p>\n
Sam Ersson<\/p>\n
PP1:\u00a0Drysdale, Dvorak, Konecny, Barkey, Zegras
PP2:\u00a0York, Cates, Tippett, Brink, Michkov<\/p>\n
PK 2: Abols, Grundstrom, Seeler, Ristolainen<\/p>\n