NBC’s coverage of the 2018-19 NHL season continues with Tuesday night’s matchup between the San Jose Sharks and Philadelphia Flyers at 7:30 p.m. ET. You can watch that game online by clicking here.
The San Jose Sharks started their current five-game road trip with a solid 3-2 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings on Friday. On Monday, they followed that up with a flat performance during a 4-0 loss to the New York Islanders. They don’t have much time to regroup as they face the Philadelphia Flyers a little more than 36 hours later.
In this particular matchup, the Sharks have dominated and won 18 of their last 23 meetings with the Flyers dating back to 2002.
Joe Thornton (knee) and James van Riemsdyk (lower body) will both miss out.
What could help get the Sharks going is waking up their power play, which is a shocking 0-for-10 so far. They did have nine chances Monday in Brookyln, but failed to capitalize on four opportunities.
Brian Elliott has started every game for the Flyers this season as Michal Neuvirth heals up and they allow Calvin Pickard to settle in after being claimed on waivers from Toronto last week. Philadelphia plays the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday, which would be a good opportunity to give their No. 1 in Elliott a rest.
What: San Jose Sharks at Philadelphia Flyers
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia
When: Tuesday, October 9th, 7:30 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSN
Live stream: You can watch the Sharks-Flyers stream on NBC Sports’ live stream page.
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Sharks
Timo Meier - Joe Pavelski - Melker Karlsson
Tomas Hertl - Logan Couture - Kevin Labanc
Evander Kane - Antti Suomela - Joonas Donskoi
Barclay Goodrow - Rourke Chartier - Marcus Sorensen
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Erik Karlsson
Joakim Ryan - Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon - Justin Braun
Starting goalie: TBA
[WATCH LIVE - 7:30 P.M. ET - NBCSN]
Flyers
Claude Giroux - Sean Couturier - Jakub Voracek
Oskar Lindblom - Nolan Patrick - Travis Konecny
Jordan Weal - Mikhail Vorobyov - Wayne Simmonds
Scott Laughton - Jori Lehtera - Michael Raffl
Ivan Provorov - Shayne Gostisbehere
Robert Hagg - Andrew MacDonald
Travis Sanheim - Radko Gudas
Starting goalie: Brian Elliott
MORE: Your 2018-19 NHL on NBC TV schedule
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Sean Leahy is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @Sean_Leahy.