{"id":403790,"date":"2026-01-12T18:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/403790\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:23:08","slug":"flyers-game-44-lines-notes-how-to-watch-vs-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/403790\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers Game 44: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs. Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Flyers (22-13-8) and Tampa Bay Lighting (27-13-3) play round two of their back-to-back in Philadelphia on Monday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. <\/p>\n

Last time out, the Flyers played about 30 minutes of close hockey against a very good team. Still chasing two as the third period opened, however, the Flyers got desperate, which led to many mistakes. Those mistakes led to better than grade-A chances for Tampa. Against a team like that, you can\u2019t allow those types of looks because they just won\u2019t miss. <\/p>\n

The Lightning dominated the third period, leading to the 7-2 final score. <\/p>\n

On Monday, Tampa will look to extend its winning streak to 10 games, while the Flyers look to avoid consecutive regulation losses. <\/p>\n

Puck drop is at 7:00 p.m. EST at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Here is how the Flyers are expected to line up. <\/p>\n

Read More: Flyers Postgame Blog: What Caused the Team\u2019s Collapse vs. Tampa Bay<\/a><\/p>\n

Flyers lines & pairs vs. Lightning<\/p>\n

Forwards<\/p>\n

Trevor Zegras\u2013Christian Dvorak\u2013Travis Konecny (game-time decision)
Denver Barkey\u2013Sean Couturier\u2013Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov\u2013Noah Cates\u2013Nikita Grebenkin
Carl Grundstrom\u2013Rodrigo Abols\u2013Garnet Hathaway<\/p>\n

Defensemen<\/p>\n

Cam York\u2013Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae-Noah Juulsen
Nick Seeler-Ramsus Ristolainen<\/p>\n

Goaltenders<\/p>\n

Dan Vladar
Sam Ersson<\/p>\n

Special Teams
PP1: York, Dvorak, Michkov, Tippett, Zegras
PP2:\u00a0Ristolainen, Sanheim, Cates, Barkey, Grebenkin<\/p>\n

PK1:\u00a0Couturier, Dvorak, York, Sanheim
PK 2: Abols, Grundstrom, Seeler, Ristolainen<\/p>\n

Read More: Travis Konecny Leaves Flyers Practice with Apparent Injury<\/a><\/p>\n

Things to watch <\/p>\n

The back-to-back setup for these two games, the same arena and same matchup, creates an almost playoff-like experience. You see how one game goes, then you have a day to adjust before the next. This will be a good test to see how the Flyers respond against a team like the Lightning \u2013 a true playoff team. <\/p>\n

That said, there are some lineup changes to keep an eye on as well. Travis Konecny is a game-time decision after taking a shot off the knee in practice on Sunday. He did have a long skate on Monday morning, where he looked healthy and good to go. Getting him back in the lineup will be a big boost to the lineup offensively. <\/p>\n

Speaking of big boosts, Dan Vladar is back in goal after Sam Ersson got the first start of the back-to-back. While Ersson was entirely at fault on Saturday, he certainly did not play his best hockey either. Getting Vladar back between the pipes should be a big boost for Philadelphia. <\/p>\n

Finally, the Flyers have lost consecutive games in regulation just once this season. Tampa Bay will provide quite a challenge for Philadelphia as it looks to keep that impressive record. Can they keep the record alive? <\/p>\n

How to watch Flyers vs. Lightning <\/p>\n

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia, ESPN+ (Stream)
Radio: 93.3 WMMR<\/p>\n

Puck drop is at 7:00 p.m. EST. <\/p>\n

Read More: Porter Martone Dominates in First Game After World Juniors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Flyers (22-13-8) and Tampa Bay Lighting (27-13-3) play round two of their back-to-back in Philadelphia on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5105],"tags":[36308,5,189,4,56,540,92,5168,5167],"class_list":{"0":"post-403790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-lightning","8":"tag-flyers-game","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-lightning","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","13":"tag-tampa-bay","14":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","15":"tag-tampabay","16":"tag-tampabaylightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403790","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=403790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}