FLYERS (32-23-8) at PANTHERS (43-16-4)
7 p.m. ET; BSFL, NBCSP
Flyers projected lineup
Joel Farabee -- Scott Laughton -- Tyson Foerster
Owen Tippett -- Morgan Frost -- Cam Atkinson
Noah Cates -- Ryan Poehling -- Garnet Hathaway
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Sean Couturier -- Bobby Brink
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Egor Zamula -- Marc Staal
Adam Ginning -- Ronnie Attard
Samuel Ersson
Felix Sandstrom
Scratched: Olle Lycksell, Ryan Johansen
Injured: Nick Seeler (lower body), Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body), Travis Konecny (upper body), Jamie Drysdale (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Vladimir Tarasenko -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Evan Rodrigues
Nick Cousins -- Kevin Stenlund -- Ryan Lomberg
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Josh Mahura, Steven Lorentz, William Lockwood, Jonah Gadjovich
Injured: None
Status report
The Flyers did not hold a morning skate Thursday, but Ersson is expected to make his fourth start in five games. … Philadelphia will have a new defensive pair after trading Sean Walker to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday and placing Seeler on injured reserve after the defenseman blocked a shot in a 2-1 shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues on Monday. ... Ginning was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Johansen, a forward, was acquired from Colorado in the Walker trade but was placed on waivers Wednesday. … Tarasenko, who normally plays right wing, will play left wing on the top line in his Panthers debut after being acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. ... Cousins goes from the second line to the fourth. … Florida placed Lockwood, a forward, on waivers to make roster room for Tarasenko.
