Flyers at Sharks, Game 13: Notes, Lineups, and How to Watch

Dec 29, 2022; San Jose, California, USA; San Jose Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen (36) cannot stop a shot on goal during the third period to tie the game against the Philadelphia Flyers at SAP Center at San Jose. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 29, 2022; San Jose, California, USA; San Jose Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen (36) cannot stop a shot on goal during the third period to tie the game against the Philadelphia Flyers at SAP Center at San Jose. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports

The Philadelphia Flyers head out on their yearly California road trip that kicks off in San Jose against the winless Sharks. The trip consists of four games in nine days and actually ends in Carolina before the team returns home.

The Flyers split the two-game series with the Sharks last season. San Jose scored three goals, though only needed Erik Karlsson’s first period tally,  in a 3-0 shutout on Oct. 23. The Flyers got their revenge in an overtime win on Dec. 29. Travis Konecny scored with just over two minutes remaining while Tony DeAngelo’s goal gave Philadelphia the 4-3 win.

Philadelphia Flyers

This has the makings of a trap game, right? San Jose hasn’t won a game yet and is coming off two embarrassing performers. This is where the Flyers end up taking an opponent too lightly, right? Maybe a different Flyers team would do that. This team has felt different since the puck dropped on opening night. Yes, they’ve looked flat in a few games so far. But it doesn’t seem like they’re one to play down to an opponent that is clearly struggling.

And the good news is that Sean Couturier will be back in the lineup after missing a few games due to a lower body injury. Carter Hart is on the trip, but isn’t quite ready to return as of yet. He did take part in the optional morning skate and stayed on for extra work. There’s a chance he could play sometime during the trip. Sam Ersson has been handling starting duties in the meantime.

With Couturier back, it’s Morgan Frost who comes out of the lineup once again. It’s a situation worth monitoring as there seems to be a clear disconnect between the Flyers and Frost. It’s something that needs to be figured out before things start leaking out. Frost, while still pointless, has been generating a bunch of scoring chances lately. His teammates, namely Tyson Forester, haven’t been able to finish them.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Owen Tippett – Sean Couturier –Tyson Foerster

Travis Konecny – Noah Cates – Cam Atkinson

Joel Farabee – Scott Laughton – Bobby Brink

Nicolas Deslauriers – Ryan Poehling – Garnet Hathaway


Cam York – Travis Sanheim

Nick Seeler – Sean Walker

Egor Zamula – Louie Belpedio

Samuel Ersson

San Jose Sharks

Talk about having the worst start to a season that you can. The Sharks have not won a single game and just have a single point in 11 total games. They’ve given up 10 goals in back to back games while only scoring three combined. They had been shutout in three straight games prior. They have scored more than one goal in just two games.

Fabian Zetterlund leads the Sharks with only three goals while Tomas Hertl’s seven points are the most on the team. Eight players have scored a goal for San Jose this season. But nothing has come in bunches for a team that is looking for any kind of answer they can find.

The goaltending numbers are also by far amongst the worst in the league. Only Filip Gustavsson (4.89 GAA & .871 SV%) has worse numbers than both Mackenzie Blackwood (4.78 GAA & .879 SV%) and Kaapo Kahkonen (4.30 GAA & .876 SV%) when looking at goaltenders who have played in a similar amount of games. It’s hard to have good numbers when the team in front of you is bleeding scoring chances, though.

Sharks Projected Lineup

William Eklund – Tomas Hertl – Fabian Zetterlund

Anthony Duclair – Mikael Granlund – Luke Kunin

Jacob MacDonald – Nico Sturm – Kevin Labanc

Givani Smith – Ryan Carpenter – Filip Zadina


Mario Ferraro – Kyle Burroughs

Nikolai Knyzhov – Jan Rutta

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Nikita Okhotiuk

Mackenzie Blackwood

Where, When, and How to Watch/Listen

Time:  10:30 PM

 Where: SAP Center

Watch: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic

Live Stream: FuboTV

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