Tuesday, December 9, 2024 – 7:00 PM EST
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Opponent’s Site: Broad Street Hockey
Philadelphia Flyers (12-12-4, 28 points, 6th Metro, 10th East)
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Columbus Blue Jackets (12-12-3, 27 points, 8th Metro, 12th East)
After a 2-3-0 road trip, the Blue Jackets are back in the warm embrace of the Fifth Line, where they a healthy 8-3-1 on the season. On the other side, our old friend John Tortorella and the Philadelphia Flyers, who are once again playing very Torts-esque hockey.
Player to Watch
Matvei Michkov
In the leadup to last summer’s draft, there were some who believed that Michkov was a better prospect than Connor Bedard (and Adam Fantilli). The problem? A multi-year contract in the KHL that would delay his arrival in North America. That uncertainty caused him to fall to #7 where the Flyers were all too happy to take such a talent, and were willing to be patient. Their gamble paid off, as Michkov got out of his contract early and signed with the Flyers this off-season. He has been as advertised with 11/14/25 in 26 games so far. He is second on the team in each of those marks, behind Travis Konecny.
Jackets Notes
Monday was a much-deserved off day, so there was no update on the players fighting injury. Yegor Chinakhov missed the entire road trip with an upper body injury. Cole Sillinger left Sunday’s game with an ankle injury after blocking a shot. Ivan Provorov injured his thumb on Friday in Vancouver, but was able to handle his regular workload on Sunday … The penalty kill has allowed a goal in 13 consecutive games.
The Other Bench
It’s been a streaky year for the Flyers. They’ve had one 6 game losing streak, but also two 5 game point streaks. They’ve currently lost three in a row, including a 2-4 loss at home to Utah on Sunday … In vintage Torts fashion, the Flyers have gone past regulation in 11 of 28 games. They’re 4-2 in overtime and 3-2 in shootouts.
Season Series
12/10/2024 PHI @ CBJ
12/21/2024 CBJ @ PHI
01/14/2025 PHI @ CBJ
04/15/2024 CBJ @ PHI
Stats
| Philadelphia | Columbus | |
| 2.86 (21) | GPG | 3.41 (7) |
| 3.43 (27) | GAPG | 3.56 (30) |
| 16.9 (26) | PP% | 17.4 (25) |
| 80.5 (11) | PK% | 71.6 (30) |
| 46.7 (27) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 51.1 (10) |
| 48.4 (24) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 51.9 (9) |
| 8.5 (19) | 5v5 Shooting % | 10.1 (5) |
| 89.4 (29) | 5v5 Save % | 89.7 (26) |
| Travis Konecny, 13 | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko, 10 |
| Travis Konecny, 19 | A Leader | Zach Werenski, 20 |
| Travis Konecny, 32 | P Leader | Zach Werenski, 28 |
| Travis Konecny, 33 | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier, 47 |
| 6-4-3 | Home/Road | 8-3-1 |
| 4-4-2 | Last 10 | 6-3-1 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| James van Riemsdyk | Sean Monahan | Kent Johnson |
| Dmitri Voronkov | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Justin Danforth | Mathieu Olivier |
| Mikael Pyyhtia | Sean Kuraly | Kevin Labanc |
| Zach Werenski | Dante Fabbro |
| Ivan Provorov | Damon Severson |
| Jake Christiansen | Jordan Harris |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Daniil Tarasov |
Philadelphia Flyers
| Joel Farabee | Sean Couturier | Travis Konecny |
| Owen Tippett | Morgan Frost | Matvei Mickhov |
| Tyson Foerster | Noah Cates | Bobby Brink |
| Scott Laughton | Ryan Poehling | Garnet Hathaway |
| Cam York | Travis Sanheim |
| Nick Seeler | Jamie Drysdale |
| Emil Andrae | Rasmus Ristolainen |
| Samuel Ersson |
| Aleksei Kolosov |