After taking down the New Jersey Devils on Sunday night, the San Jose Sharks are back at it again, this time in Philadelphia to take on the Flyers. Like the Sharks, the Flyers are not expected to win many games this season. In fact, the two teams have nearly identical records. The Sharks are 5-9-2 and the Flyers are 5-8-2.

For the Flyers, Travis Konecny ​​​​is the top scorer with 16 points. It matches Mikael Granlund’s team leading the Sharks by 16 points. Konecny ​​also leads the Flyers with seven goals, one more than Granlund’s six.

Look for Vitek Vanecek in net tonight. It’s hard to see Head Coach Ryan Warsofsky returning to Mackenzie Blackwood less than 24 hours after his shutout against the Devils. Vanecek has a 3.32 goals average and a 0.898 save percentage this season. He is expected to face Samuel Ersson, who has a 4-2-2 record for the Flyers, a 2.69 goals against average and a .902 save percentage.

One of the side stories of this game is the play of Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov and Sharks rookie Will Smith. Remember, the Sharks passed on Michkov during the 2023 NHL draft, opting to take Smith instead. While you could argue that Smith was the best player available to the Sharks (I don’t believe Michkov wanted to play in San Jose), there are still those who will compare the two players and decide if San Jose will win the game win/lose. design as a result.

Michkov is back in the lineup tonight after being scratched in the last two games. Meanwhile, Smith is also back in the lineup after missing the last game due to a ‘development day’. I think the key here is that Michkov was scratched because the coach was unhappy with his play, Smith was scratched because it’s part of a development plan.

Lineup update for #SJSvsPHI:

• Forwards Matvei Michkov and Ryan Poehling return to the lineup tonight.
• Erik Johnson returns to action on the blueline.
• Samuel Ersson starts in net.
• Jamie Drysdale and Morgan Frost are out of the lineup. pic.twitter.com/YJQOb4b1Ky

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) November 11, 2024

In addition to Michkov, Ryan Poehling is back in the line-up. Erik Johnson will too. With the return of these three players, young defender Jamie Drysdale and forward Morgan Frost will have healthy scratches.

San Jose Sharks lines today

For the Sharks, Will Smith is expected to be back in the lineup, while Jake Walman continues to battle an injury. Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now hinted at the idea that Macklin Celebrini might have his own development day today, so he might not be in the lineup. We’ll assume this is true until we hear otherwise.

This is what we think the lines will/should look like tonight.

Forward
Alex Wennberg – Macklin Celebrini – Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund – Mikael Granlund – Fabian Zetterlund
Luke Kunin – Will Smith – Barclay Goodrow
Ty Dellandrea – Nico Sturm – Carl Grundstrom

Defense
Jack Thompson – Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro – Timothy Liljegren
Henry Thrun-Jan Rutta

Goalkeepers
Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood

Philadelphia Flyers lines vs. San Jose Sharks

With all the changes mentioned above, here’s what our friends at Broad Street Hockey think the lines will look like today.

Forward
Owen Tippett – Sean Couturier – Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee – Scott Laughton – Bobby Brink
Anthony Richard – Ryan Poehling – Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster – Noah Cates – Garnet Hathaway

Defense
Emil Andrae – Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler – Rasmus Ristolainen
Yegor Zamula – Erik Johnson

Goalkeepers
Sam Erson
Ivan Fedotov

How to watch Sharks on Flyers, November 11, 2024

Sharks fans can watch the game on NBC Sports California or listen via the Sharks Audio Network app.

Flyers fans can watch the game on NBC Sports Philadelphia. The radio broadcast will be on 97.5 The Fanatic and via the Flyers Radio 24/7 app.

Puck drops at 4:00 PM PT/7:00 PM ET at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.