Flyers at Flames preview
Stewart plays first game with Philadelphia; Calgary has lost two straight
by Aaron Vickers / NHL.com Independent Correspondent
FLYERS (2-0-1) at FLAMES (2-3-1)
9 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SN360, NBCSP, NHL.TV
The Game
Chris Stewart will debut with the Philadelphia Flyers when they play the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday.
The forward, who has 321 points (160 goals, 161 assists) in 652 NHL games, played with Nottingham of the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom last season. He signed a one-year contract earlier Tuesday and has been with the Flyers since signing a professional tryout contract July 17.
Stewart last played in the NHL with the Flames in 2017-18.
Philadelphia will try to start the season with points in its first four games for the first time in eight seasons. The Flyers began the 2011-12 season 4-0-1.
The Flames, who were tied for second with 289 goals last season, have scored 15 goals in six games. They have lost two games in a row.
Players to watch
Flyers forward Travis Konecny has six points (three goals, three assists) during a three-game point streak to start the season.
Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has seven points (three goals, four assists) in six games to start the season.
They said it
"It kind of works out. The [city] you went where you died is the [city] where you get brought back to life. Everything comes full circle in hockey and hockey's ironic like that." -- Flyers forward Chris Stewart
"Real good team. Some acquisitions this offseason gave them depth. For the foreseeable future, though, it's about us. They've only played three times. They started over in Prague. What we can see from their time over in the NHL it's been a dangerous team. It's a team that's dynamic and can score quickly." -- Flames coach Bill Peters on the Flyers
Flyers projected lineup
Claude Giroux -- Kevin Hayes -- Jakub Voracek
Oskar Lindblom -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
James van Riemsdyk -- Scott Laughton -- Carsen Twarynski
Tyler Pitlick -- Michael Raffl -- Chris Stewart
Ivan Provorov -- Justin Braun
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Robert Hagg
Travis Sanheim -- Matt Niskanen
Brian Elliott
Carter Hart
Scratched: Samuel Morin, Connor Bunnaman
Injured: Nolan Patrick (migraine disorder)
Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund - Michael Frolik
Milan Lucic -- Derek Ryan -- Andrew Mangiapane
Sam Bennett -- Mark Jankowski -- Austin Czarnik
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Oliver Kylington -- Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Michael Stone, Tobias Rieder
Injured: Juuso Valimaki (knee)
Status report
Elliott will make his season debut for Philadelphia. ...The Flyers assigned defenseman Andy Welinski to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. ...Rittich will make his sixth start in seven games.
Stat pack
Lindblom has three points (two goals, one assist) during a three-game point streak. …Tkachuk has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games. …Frolik is one game from 800 in the NHL.