Tonight: Flyers at Nashville Predators

Site: Bridgestone Arena/Nashville

Time: 8 p.m.

TV/Radio: NBCSP/97.5 FM

Records: Flyers 2-1-0, Predators 0-2-0

#FlyersMailbag:Figuring out a young defense corps

FLYERS PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards

28-Claude Giroux, 14-Sean Couturier, 93-Jake Voracek

40-Jordan Weal, 51-Valtteri Filppula, 17-Wayne Simmonds

22-Dale Weise, 19-Nolan Patrick, 11-Travis Konecny

20-Taylor Leier, 21-Scott Laughton, 12-Michael Raffl

Defensemen

9-Ivan Provorov & 47-Andrew MacDonald

53-Shayne Gostisbehere & 8-Robert Hagg

6-Travis Sanheim & 3-Radko Gudas

Goalie

37-Brian Elliott

Injuries/Suspensions

none

PREDATORS PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards

33-Viktor Arvidsson, 92-Ryan Johansen, 15-Craig Smith

9-Filip Forsberg, 19-Calle Jarnkrok, 56-Kevin Fiala

17-Scott Hartnell, 13-Nick Bonino, 46-Pontus Aberg

55-Cody McLeod, 51-Austin Watson, 20-Miikka Salomaki

Defensemen

14-Mattias Ekholm & 94-Samuel Girard

25-Alexei Emelin & 76-P.K. Subban

52-Matt Irwin & 7-Yannick Weber

Goalie

35-Pekka Rinne

Injuries/Suspensions

D Ryan Ellis — injured reserve, knee surgery

D Roman Josi — day-to-day, undisclosed injury

C Colton Sissons — day-to-day, undisclosed injury

THREE THINGS TO WATCH

1. Keep Simmonds hot

Wayne Simmonds is the NHL's third star of the week after his opening-night hat trick and overtime winner in Anaheim that helped beat the Ducks. The Flyers' first line of Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier and Jake Voracek appears to be heating up, but Simmonds is adding scoring also.

"Without them I obviously don’t have the opportunity to be named a star," Simmonds said of his teammates. "I’m not the type of player who’s going end-to-end. I rely a lot on my teammates and we’re playing really well. That’s the reason for it."

2. A complete effort

Last season the Flyers could be counted on for inconsistency both within games and in streaks of games.

So far on this opening road trip they've played rather complete games. It's been a focus to improve play on the road and if they can put together a solid 60 minutes against the winless Predators, they could have a trip they can be really happy with.

“Obviously we’re real early but we’ve had good efforts and it’s important to have the results as well,” coach Dave Hakstol added. “It’s always about that next one. We’re heading into our third home opener (Tuesday) night and obviously it’s gonna be a challenging environment. Hopefully we can continue our push here and finish out this road trip.”

3. Goalie matchup

Brian Elliott looks to be be back in net for the Flyers. His record in 12 career games against the Predators is 8-4-0 with a 2.25 goals-against average and .921 save percentage.

Pekka Rinne has a 4-2-2 record in eight career games against the Flyers to go with a 2.65 goals-against average and .914 save percentage.