After a successful first regular season outing against the Columbus Blue Jackets (0-1-0), the Philadelphia Flyers (1-0-0) travel up to Canada to take on the Ottawa Senators (0-1-0) at Canadian Tire Centre at 1 p.m.
The game will be the second of the season for both teams, though the Flyers were the ones who emerged victorious in their first game. Previously, the Sens dropped a tough decision to the Carolina Hurricanes (1-0-0) by a score of 5-3.
Flyers notes
- Carter Hart will start again against Ottawa
- Tyson Foerster and Emil Andrae will play
- Yegor Zamula and Bobby Brink will sit
- Marc Staal remains in the lineup
- The Flyers’ line of Brink, Joel Farabee, and Sean Couturier played the second-most minutes at even strength against Columbus
- Zamula had the lowest xGF percentage of any Philly defenseman against the Blue Jackets
Flyers lineup
Joel Farabee – Sean Couturier – Tyson Foerster
Owen Tippett – Morgan Frost – Cam Atkinson
Scott Laughton – Noah Cates – Travis Konecny
Nicolas Deslauriers – Ryan Poehling – Garnet Hathaway
Cam York – Travis Sanheim
Marc Staal – Sean Walker
Nick Seeler – Emil Andrae
Carter Hart
Senators notes
- Ottawa plays in their home opener
- This will be the Senators’ first game since Daniel Alfredsson re-joined the team as a coach
- Center Josh Norris will not play against Philadelphia
- Forward Zack MacEwen has been cleared to skate
Senators lineup
Brady Tkachuk – Tim Stutzle – Claude Giroux
Mathieu Joseph – Ridly Greig – Vladimir Tarasenko
Dominik Kubalik – Rourke Chartier – Drake Batherson
Parker Kelly – Mark Kastelic – Zack MacEwen
Jakob Chychrun – Thomas Chabot
Jake Sanderson – Artem Zub
Erik Brannstrom – Travis Hamonic
Joonas Korpisalo, Anton Forsberg
How to watch Flyers @ Senators
To watch the Senators, fans can tune into TSN5, RDS, TSN 1200, and Unique 94.5 in English and in French. The Flyers will be televised on NBC Sports Philadelphia, and they can be heard on 93.3 WMMR or Flyers Radio 24/7. Additionally, the game can be streamed on both ESPN+ and FuboTV.