Overview
- Puck drops at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET at SAP Center, with NBCSCA carrying the game in Sharks markets and NBCSP for Flyers viewers.
- Philadelphia arrives on a five-game point streak and a season-best six straight road victories, each settled in overtime or a shootout.
- San Jose has dropped three in a row and six of eight, including a 5-0 loss to Buffalo, and has slipped to fifth in the Western wild-card race with 70 points.
- Rookie Macklin Celebrini leads the Sharks with 35 goals, 60 assists and 95 points, though he was held scoreless in his last two games after a nine-game point streak.
- Lineup updates: the Sharks sit Toffoli, elevate Philipp Kurashev alongside Celebrini and Will Smith, and reinsert John Klingberg on defense; the Flyers are set to use 11 forwards and seven defensemen with Emil Andrae and are expected to start Dan Vladar, with Sean Couturier, Luke Glendening and Denver Barkey recently listed day-to-day.