We are going to see a different lineup Monday night when the Philadelphia Flyers take the ice for Game 5 against the Penguins in Pittsburgh and it\u2019s <\/p>\n
After suffering a disheartening loss in Game 4<\/a> on Saturday night, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet has decided to shake something up voluntarily for the first time in this series. Aside from needing to put in defenseman Noah Juulsen on the bottom pairing because Emil Andrae suffered a minor injury \u2014 and kept him there even after Andrae recovered because why change what\u2019s working? \u2014 Tocchet has not had to touch the lineup at all, whether it is a different combination of lines or bringing in some new players who have been sitting up in the press box.<\/p>\n At Sunday\u2019s practice, Tocchet revealed a new Flyers lineup as he searches for something to work and kill off the Penguins in Game 5.<\/p>\n Flyers new lineup gives them something else for Game 5<\/p>\n It will not shock anyone a whole lot to look at what the Flyers\u2019 lineup looks like as they prepare to try and knockout the Penguins in Pittsburgh on Monday.<\/p>\n According to NBC Sports Philadelphia\u2019s Jordan Hall, the Flyers lineup will have a number of changes compared to what they have put on the ice in this series so far:<\/p>\n Denver Barkey \u2014 Trevor Zegras \u2014 Owen Tippett Travis Sanheim \u2014 Rasmus Ristolainen The headliner of this change is obviously who is not included rather than who is.<\/p>\n Matvei Michkov is projected to be a healthy scratch for Game 5 after having a not-so-good series so far and really not being as big of a difference as everyone hoped in his first playoff experience. In the four games, he\u2019s earned zero points and has just four shots on goal, but also to go along with it, has taken three minor penalties and has not really looked like someone who is going to contribute to winning games a whole lot.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old Russian winger has been next to Noah Cates, as he has for the majority of the season, and with Denver Barkey on the other wing. Now he is going to be sitting up in the press box and it won\u2019t make a massive impact on the overall deployment since Michkov has been averaging just 10:06 time-on-ice through his four appearances.<\/p>\n Now, next to Cates it will be Tyson Foerster \u2014 who also did not have a fantastic game on Saturday night, and sees himself demoted from the first line. But while it is technically a demotion, Foerster has found immense success next to Cates in the past so it could be a way to re-find his game. And alongside them, rookie Alex Bump will be coming in to make his series (and NHL playoffs) debut. Bump should provide a very interesting dynamic to the lineup as a shooter that likes to get inside, and is not afraid to take on defenders 1-on-1 and knowing just how inept and slow some Penguins defenders are, it could lead to some success.<\/p>\n
Travis Konecny \u2014 Christian Dvorak \u2014 Porter Martone
Alex Bump \u2014 Noah Cates \u2014 Tyson Foerster
Luke Glendening \u2014 Sean Couturier \u2014 Garnet Hathawa<\/p>\n
Cam York \u2014 Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler \u2014 Emil Andrae<\/p>\n