Flyers vs. Bruins: How To Watch, Lineups, Keys To The Game

The beat goes on for the Philadelphia Flyers. While they finally appeared to turn a bit of a corner with their level of play, the results still have not been there through five games.

Thursday night in Ottawa was another example, as the Flyers fell to the Senators, 2-1, to extend their season-opening winless streak to five games. A three-game road trip comes to a conclusion on Saturday afternoon against the Boston Bruins.

How to Watch

Time: 1 PM
Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia/NHL Network
Radio: Rock 104.1 and the Rock 104.1 Free Mobile App

Projected Flyers Lines vs. Bruins

Injury & Roster Updates

Lineup Updates: No changes are expected to the Flyers lineup from last game on Thursday.
Starting Goalie: Joseph Woll is expected to start for the Flyers. Woll continued his string of solid starts despite the loss on Thursday, making 24 saves on 26 shots. He is 0-1-2 on the season with a 2.61 GAA and .927 save percentage.
Injuries
- Rasmus Ristolainen: upper-body injury, day-to-day
- Nikita Grebenkin: upper-body injury, placed on IR on Oct. 5.

Opponent Snapshot: Boston Bruins

Bruins Projected Lineup vs. Flyers

39 Morgan Geekie - 18 Pavel Zacha - 88 David Pastrnak
92 Marat Khusnutdinov - 93 Fraser Minten - 10 JJ Peterka
11 Casey Mittelstadt - 28 Elias Lindholm - 44 James Hagens
84 Tanner Jeannot - 51 Matthew Poitras - 47 Mark Kastelic

27 Hampus Lindholm - 17 Will Borgen
91 Nikita Zadorov - 75 Connor Clifton
42 Frederic Brunet - 6 Mason Lohrei

1 Jeremy Swayman
30 Michael DiPietro

Special Teams
- Power Play: 21.4% (16th)
- Penalty Kill: 83.3% (13th)
Who’s hot?: David Pastrnak has two goals and six points in five games. Morgan Geekie and Mark Kastelic each have one goal and three assists. JJ Peterka and James Hagens each have two goals.
Who’s in net?: Jeremy Swayman is expected to start for Boston. Swayman made 36 saves on 37 shots in his last start on Thursday in a win over Utah. He is 3-1-0 with a 1.98 GAA and .932 save percnatege so far this season.
Injuries: The Bruins currently have no injuries, but Charlie McAvoy remains out of the lineup serving a six-game suspension.

Keys to the Game

Offensive Zone Pressure: The Flyers finally had moments of sustained offensive-zone time on Thursday in Ottawa. Keeping that going has to be a part of their game to have any chance at generating more offense.
Stay Out of the Box: Taking four penalties in the first period on Thursday disrupted any rhythm in their game. Then the lone penalty the rest of the way produced the game-winning goal for Ottawa. The Flyers need to avoid the parade to the penalty box.
Get the First One: You can sense the weight on the shoulders of everyone involved to just get a win. Getting ahead in the game and applying the work ethic to close out a win is going to be needed and soon.

By the Numbers

The Bruins have scored first in three of their five games this season. The Flyers have allowed the first goal in four of five games.
Through five games, the Flyers have scored six goals, an average of 1.2 per game. The Bruins are coming off a 6-1 win over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday.
This is the Flyers' fourth road game of the season. They are 0-2-1 on the road so far. The Bruins are 2-1-0 on home ice.

Quotable

"We didn't get the result that we needed, but at least we got a good effort. We can build on some good things that we did tonight. But we've got to keep grinding, finding ways to get wins here." - Sean Couturier

X-Factors

Matvei Michkov: Michkov was one of the best forwards on the ice for the Flyers in Thursday's game, and after getting another goal, holds the team lead with two on the season.
David Pastrnak: The newly-named Bruins captain is off to a hot start this season and always finds a way to make things happen against the Flyers. Pastrnak has 26 goals and 46 points in 37 career games against the Flyers.

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