Round 1 of this match up went to the Flyers on the Penguins home ice. Now the Pens will look to lengthen the Flyers losing streak to 2. The Penguins are coming off of an OT win versus the NY Isles where back up goalie Brent Johnson got the win. That mean Marc-Andre Fleury will be ready for the Flyers come Saturday night.
Watching the Penguins broadcast from last night they highlight 3 areas of the Flyers to watch for: Danny Briere who leads the Flyers with 3 goals. Scotty Hartnell who leads the league with 23 penalty minutes. The Flyers Powerplay who is a terrible 1/17 this season, but just saw the return of Chris Pronger two games ago.
@NHLFlyers, the Flyers twitter service, announce that Sergei Bobrovsky would get the start tonight. He gave up 2 goals on 31 shots in his first career start to open the 2010-2011 season.
Ryan Bright (@Philabright) reported that the Pens will be without Arron Asham and Zbynek Michalek. Possibly Brooks Orpik who is day to day with a groin injury.
Anthony SanFilippo (@AnthonySan37) reports that Matt Walker may need hip surgery that could keep him out up to 3 monthes.
Flyers Projected Depth Chart
Carter Richards Carcillo...Pronger Carle...Bobrovsky Boucher
Leino Briere Hartnell...Timonen Coburn
JvR Giroux Zherdev...Meszaros O'Donnell
Powe Betts Shelley
Players to Watch
Jody Shelley: he's done nothing and is in danger of losing his roster spot. Look for him to step up and make his presence felt if he gets the ice time.
Scotty Hartnell: look for him to be a menace tonight, maybe score a goal and a few chippy plays. He'll try to get under the Pens skin early.
Matt Cooke: will try to get Sergei Bobrovsky off his game with the rough stuff.
Eric Tangradi: scored his 1st career goal last night. Is playing with Malkin at the moment.
Game at 6:00 pm due to the Phillies game. Coverage on CSN PHI
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