The Side Jawn

Who/When/Where:

Flyers vs Preds (Thu, Oct 30, 7:00 pm ET at Xfinity Mobile Arena, TV: NBCSP, Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic)

In goal: Dan Vladar starts for the Flyers, Juuse Saros for Nashville. 

Roster shuffle: Samuel Ersson hits the IR (lower body), Aleksei Kolosov recalled to back up Vladar,

Preds injuries: Roman Josi (upper body) and Adam Wilsby (lower body) out/DTD. 

Projected lines

Flyers top six: Tippett – Couturier – Konecny
Foerster-Cates-Brink

Preds top six: Forsberg – O’Reilly – Evangelista Haula – Stamkos – Marchessault 

Tidbit:

Home-ice mojo: Flyers are 5–1–0 at home to start the season.

3 Keys:

Own the slot vs. Forsberg/O’Reilly: Keep that line on the outside.

Shoot early and often on Saros: Create traffic and capitalize on second chances.

Special teams discipline.

-Jawn Kruk

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