Philadelphia Flyers vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Projected lineups, NHL starting goalies for today, 9th February, 2024

The Philadelphia Flyers are set to face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET at Amalie Arena. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+, NBCS-PH and BSSUN. The contest can be heard on 102.5 The Bone and WMMR 93.3 FM Rocks.

The Philadelphia Flyers are 33-23-8 after winning their most recent game 2-1 against the Florida Panthers. The Flyers have won three of their past five games.

Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Lightning have a 33-25-6 record after losing their last game 6-3 against the Calgary Flames. The Lightning have won two of their previous five games.

Philadelphia Flyers’ projected lineups

Forwards

• Owen Tippett - Scott Laughton - Tyson Foerster
• Joel Farabee - Morgan Frost - Travis Konecny
• Noah Cates - Ryan Poehling - Garnet Hathaway
• Nicolas Deslauriers - Sean Couturier - Cam Atkinson

Defensemen

• Cam York - Travis Sanheim
• Marc Staal - Egor Zamula
• Ronnie Attard - Erik Johnson

Goalies

• Samuel Ersson - Felix Sandstrom

Injuries

• Nick Seeler (lower body)
• Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)
• Travis Konecny (upper body)
• Ryan Ellis (lower body)
• Jamie Drysdale (upper body)

Philadelphia Flyers starting goalie

Philadelphia Flyers - Samuel Ersson

Samuel Ersson is expected to start for the Flyers. Here are his key stats this season.

• Games Played: 36
• Wins: 18
• Losses: 12
• Draws: 5
• Goals Conceded: 87
• Goals Per Game: 2.52
• Shots Against: 881
• Save Percentage: .901
• Shutouts: 3
• Average Ice Time: 57 minutes and 30 seconds

Tampa Bay Lightning’ projected lineups

Forwards

• Brandon Hagel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
• Steven Stamkos - Anthony Cirelli - Mitchell Chaffee
• Anthony Duclair - Nick Paul - Conor Sheary
• Tyler Motte - Luke Glendening - Michael Eyssimont

Defensemen

• Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh
• Nick Perbix - Erik Cernak
• Calvin de Haan - Mathew Dumba

Goalies

• Andrei Vasilevskiy - Jonas Johansson

Injuries

• Tanner Jeannot (lower body)
• Mikhail Sergachev (lower body)

Tampa Bay Lightning starting goalie

Tampa Bay Lightning - Andrei Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy is expected to start for the Lightning. Here are his key stats this season.

• Games Played: 38
• Wins: 21
• Losses: 16
• Draws: 1
• Goals Conceded: 113
• Goals Per Game: 3.04
• Shots Against: 1062
• Save Percentage: .894
• Shutouts: 1
• Average Ice Time: 58 minutes and 47 seconds