Here are the line combinations and starting goalies for the Philadelphia Flyers vs Carolina Hurricanes game on November 28th.
The 11-9-1 Philadelphia Flyers are facing off against the 12-8-0 Carolina Hurricanes at Wells Fargo Center tonight. This will be the third head-to-head match up for the teams.
The Flyers are expected to ice the same lineup that earned a 1-0 shootout victory against the New York Islanders on Saturday.
The forward lines remain the same, in light of the Noah Cates injury news. Cates is expected to miss a minimum of six weeks.
The defense pairings are the same as well. Rasmus Ristolainen and Marc Staal remain as the third pairing. Both blueliners are looking to get up to speed after coming off of injuries.
Carter Hart will be the starting goalie. He's 6-5-0 with a 2.53 goals against average (GAA) and a .911 save percentage (SV%).
The Other Side
The Hurricanes are not holding a morning skate today. Here is how the top six forward group looked at the end of last game.
Antti Raanta has a 6-3-0 record to go with a 3.47 GAA & .854 SV%. Pyotr Kochetkov's record is 2-4-0 despite better numbers than his counter part: 2.91 GAA and .881 SV%.
At the time of this writing there is no starting goalie announced for the game. We will provide an update once we have it.
*Update: Kochetkov has been confirmed as the Hurricanes starting goaltender.
The game starts at 7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time.
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