Flyers at Avalanche

FLYERS (9-13-7) at AVALANCHE (14-10-2)

Flyers projected lineup
Kevin Hayes -- Noah Cates -- Travis Konecny
Scott Laughton -- Lukas Sedlak -- Zack MacEwen
James van Riemsdyk -- Morgan Frost -- Owen Tippett
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Patrick Brown -- Joel Farabee
Ivan Provorov -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Travis Sanheim -- Cam York
Nick Seeler -- Justin Braun
Felix Sandstrom
Carter Hart
Scratched:Max Willman, Tony DeAngelo
Injured:Sean Couturier (back), Cam Atkinson (upper body), Wade Allison (hip/oblique), Tanner Laczynski (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Mikko Rantanen -- Valeri Nichushkin
Andrew Cogliano -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Jean-Luc Foudy -- Alex Newhook -- Charles Hudon
Dryden Hunt -- Ben Meyers -- Jacob MacDonald
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Brad Hunt -- Andreas Englund
Pavel Francouz
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: None
Injured:Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Darren Helm (hip), Bowen Byram (lower body), Shane Bowers (upper body), Kurtis MacDermid (lower-body), Evan Rodrigues (lower body), Nathan MacKinnon (upper body), Josh Manson (lower body)
Status report
Philadelphia held an optional morning skate. ... Atkinson, a forward, skated on his own but there was no update on his status. … Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said on his radio appearance that Rodrigues, a forward, is close to returning but won't play.