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The Flyers are riding a four-game losing streak into Monday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights.

 (Photo: Mitchell Leff, Getty Images)

Tonight: Flyers vs. Vegas Golden Knights

Site: Wells Fargo Center / Philadelphia, Pa.

Time: 7:00 p.m.

TV/Radio: NBCSP, 97.5 FM

Records: Flyers 2-3-1 | Golden Knights 6-3-0

Last game: Flyers lost to DAL 4-1 on Sat. | Golden Knights beat PIT 3-0 on Sat.

BetMGM odds: Flyers +1.5  | O/U 5.5

The Flyers need a finisher, so they're calling upon the one guy who was more snakebitten than anyone during preseason. 

Joel Farabee will make his NHL debut Monday night against the Vegas Golden Knights after a very good showing in the minors. Since being sent to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, Farabee has three goals and an assist in four games. The Flyers are hoping he'll spark an offense that's averaging only 2.5 goals per game, which is tied for 24th among the 31 teams in the league. 

"Right now we’re having a tough time finishing," Alain Vigneault said. "It’s like a golfer that’s in regulation but can’t putt. At the end of the day we’re having a challenging time finding the back of the net. We’re doing a lot of the right things: traffic, jamming pucks, going hard to the net, but we’re having a hard time making the other team pay for the mistakes."

FLYERS PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards

25-James van Riemsdyk, 28-Claude Giroux, 93-Jake Voracek

23-Oskar Lindblom, 14-Sean Couturier, 11-Travis Konecny

21-Scott Laughton, 13-Kevin Hayes, 49-Joel Farabee

12-Michael Raffl, 24-Mikhail Vorobyev, 44-Chris Stewart

Defense

9-Ivan Provorov & 15-Matt Niskanen

6-Travis Sanheim & 61-Justin Braun

8-Robert Hägg & 53-Shayne Gostisbehere

Goalie

37-Brian Elliott

(79-Carter Hart)

Injuries/suspensions

C Nolan Patrick – migraine disorder, injured reserve

GOLDEN KNIGHTS PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards

81-Jonathan Marchessault, 71-William Karlsson, 19-Reilly Smith

67-Max Pacioretty, 26-Paul Stastny, 61-Mark Stone

73-Brandon Pirri, 21-Cody Eakin, 9-Cody Glass

28-William Carrier, 92-Stefan Nosek, 75-Ryan Reaves

Defense

3-Brayden McNabb & 27-Shea Theodore

15-Jon Merrill & 22-Nick Holden

45-Jake Bischoff & 5-Deryk Engelland

Goalie

35-Oscar Dansk

(29-Marc-Andre Fleury)

Injuries/suspensions

G Malcolm Subban – lower-body injury, questionable

LW Valentin Zykov – serving third in 20-game suspension for substance abuse

D Nate Schmidt – left knee injury, injured reserve

RW Alex Tuch – upper-body injury, injured reserve

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Dave Isaac joined the Courier-Post in April 2012 after covering the Flyers for three seasons elsewhere. Contact him on Twitter @davegisaac or by email at disaac@gannett.com.

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