{"id":435139,"date":"2026-01-29T23:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/435139\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T23:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:31:17","slug":"flyers-game-53-lines-notes-how-to-watch-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/435139\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers Game 53: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch @ Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Flyers (24-19-9) have a quick turnaround, as they follow up their 5-3 loss vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> on Wednesday by traveling to Boston to take on the Bruins (31-20-3) at TD Garden on Thursday. <\/p>\n

It was a rough loss for the Flyers, with really only two players stepping up. The rest of the team either blended into the game or, worse, stood out for the wrong reasons. Wednesday\u2019s loss makes the Flyers\u2019 recent stretch look even worse, as they are now 2-7-1 over their last 10 games, including 2-2-1 over the last five. <\/p>\n

The Bruins, on the other hand, have had the exact opposite type of stretch. They are 8-1-1 over their last 10 games, and 3-1-1 in their last five. Last season was clearly a fluke for the B\u2019s, as they are right back to their dominant, postseason-expecting ways. <\/p>\n

It will be another challenging task for the Flyers, who will look to end another losing streak before it really begins. Puck drop is at 7:00 p.m. EST at TD Garden. Here is how the Flyers are expected to line up. <\/p>\n

Read More: Flyers Grades: Konecny, Vladar Shine, Defensive Effort Falters in Wednesday Loss<\/a><\/p>\n

Flyers lines & pairs @ Blue Jackets<\/p>\n

Forwards<\/p>\n

Trevor Zegras\u2013Christian Dvorak\u2013Nikita Grebenkin
Denver Barkey\u2013Sean Couturier\u2013Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov\u2013Noah Cates\u2013Bobby Brink
Carl Grundtsrom\u2013Lane Pederson\u2013Garnet Hathaway<\/p>\n

Defensemen<\/p>\n

Cam York\u2013Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler\u2013Jamie Drysdale
Emil Andrae\u2013Noah Juulsen<\/p>\n

Goalies<\/p>\n

Sam Ersson
Dan Vladar<\/p>\n

Special Teams<\/p>\n

PP1:\u00a0Drysadale, Dvorak, Grebenkin, Brink, Zegras
PP2:\u00a0York, Cates, Barkey, Tippett, Michkov<\/p>\n

PK1:\u00a0Cates, Tippett, York, Sanheim
PK 2: Hathaway, Dvorak, Seeler, Juulsen<\/p>\n

Read More: PhHN Daily: Flyers Injuries; Panarin Trade Rumors; Robertson\u2019s Cost<\/a><\/p>\n

Game Notes<\/p>\n

Back-to-backs have not been too kind to the Flyers in recent years. I would not expect a road back-to-back to be any easier. As if the Bruins were not a challenging enough opponent, you add that factor, and it does not look good. <\/p>\n

However, when I think it will be a rough game, the team proves me wrong. The Colorado game is a prime example of such. So, we will see. On paper, it will be a tough one. <\/p>\n

Looking at the lineup, Rick Tocchet had noted that Travis Konecny played through injury on Wednesday. He took a puck to his skate, according to Tocchet. You could see the winger in visible pain at the end of the second period, but he braved through the pain and finished the game. Postgame, he noted that Konecny was limping around and that he may not play on Thursday. For that reason, I would expect Nikita Grebenkin to slot into the lineup. <\/p>\n

With Ristolainen exiting Wednesday\u2019s game with a lower-body injury, I would expect him to come out of the lineup. That will likely revert the pairs back to normal-ish, with Emil Andrae slotting back in. <\/p>\n

And for the player between the pipes, Dan Vladar just returned from injury. He played well last night. However, do you rush him right into back-to-back games? Or, do you put Sam Ersson back in? I lean towards Ersson in this instance. <\/p>\n

How to watch Flyers @ Bruins <\/p>\n

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

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

Read More: Rasmus Ristolainen Exits Wednesday\u2019s Game vs. Blue Jackets with Injury\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Flyers (24-19-9) have a quick turnaround, as they follow up their 5-3 loss vs. the Columbus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5108],"tags":[3644,5180,95,897,230,5179,36308,5,4,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-435139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-columbus-blue-jackets","8":"tag-blue-jackets","9":"tag-bluejackets","10":"tag-boston-bruins","11":"tag-columbus","12":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","13":"tag-columbusbluejackets","14":"tag-flyers-game","15":"tag-hockey","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-philadelphia-flyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115980998083860903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435139","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=435139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}