The Philadelphia Flyers are back in action on Thursday in the second half of a back-to-back. They lost a shootout last night and are 14-14-4 on the year. The Flyers take on the LA Kings tonight at 7:30 p.m. EST. The Kings are 18-9-4 this year.
Nicolas Deslauriers remains on Injured Reserve and has been out with an upper-body injury since Nov. 9. Other than that, the team does not have any injuries of note. Here's what their lineup should look like.
Forwards:
- RW Travis Konecny - C Sean Couturier - LW Joel Farabee
- RW Matvei Michkov - C Morgan Frost - LW Owen Tippett
- RW Bobby Brink - C Noah Cates - LW Tyson Foerster
- RW Garnet Hathaway - C Ryan Poehling - LW Scott Laughton
Defense Pairings:
- Cam York - Travis Sanheim
- Egor Zamula - Rasmus Ristolainen
- Nick Seeler - Jamie Drysdale
Goalies:
- Ivan Fedotov
- Samuel Ersson
Powerplay Units:
- Travis Konecny, Sean Coturier, Bobby Brink, Matvei Michkov, and Jamie Drysdale.
- Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Tyson Foerster, Owen Tippett, and Egor Zamula.
Penalty Kill Squads:
- Ryan Poehling, Garnet Hathaway, Nick Seeler, and Jamie Drysdale.
- Scott Laughton, Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim, and Rasmus Ristolainen.
The Flyers will be at home for tonight's contest.
Odds for Flyers game tonight and upcoming schedule
The Philadelphia Flyers are home underdogs tonight against the LA Kings. Here are the full odds per FanDuel:
- The Kings are -152 on the moneyline.
- Philadelphia is +126 to win outright.
- The puck line is Kings -1.5.
- The Kings are +168 to cover, while the Flyers are -210.
- The over/under is set at 5.5 goals combined.
- The over is set at -124 and the under is set at +102.
After tonight's contest, the Flyers will get a little bit of a break following the back-to-back. They resume action on Saturday at 7 p.m. EST vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets.
They are back in action after that the following Monday. Philadelphia will face the Pittsburgh Penguins at 7 p.m. After that, the Flyers don't play again until Saturday, Dec. 28. At 4 p.m. EST, they'll visit the Anaheim Ducks.
They then have two more games to close out the calendar year: Sunday, Dec. 29, against the Kings again (at 9 p.m. EST) and Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m. vs. the San Jose Sharks.