The 22 year old rookie goaltender has made every start for the Flyers since outduelling Buffalo's Ryan Miller in late October. Now Bobrovsky will make his 10th straight start tonight at home versus the Sens. The Flyers are 8-0-1 in the past ten games.
Thoughts are that Boucher will make a start in one game in the Flyers back-to-back games against the Sens and Habs. Last time that Bobrovsky made consecutive starts in consecutive days the Flyers suffered an overtime loss to the Caps. While Bobrovsky's play was strong and the loss was in no way his fault, this was still the last time the Flyers have ended up on the losing end.
What about Mike? Michael Leighton has been skating consistantly in practice over the past week and says he's feeling good. The Flyers play the Habs on Tuesday and Bobrovsky would have make his 11th straight start, second in two nights. Nothing has been said about when Michael Leighton may return to the line-up but it could be sooner rather than later.
The last team Leighton saw real success against was the Montreal Canadiens, when he shut them out in 3 out of the 5 games in the Eastern Conference Finals. Leighton was has been on the IR since injuring his back in the Flyers second preseason game.
If Bobrvosky doesn't start back-to-back and Leighton doesn't return, Boucher will get the start. Bouch is 1-2-1 in 4 games with a GAA of 2.26. his last start was October 25th where the Flyers offense was call out by Laviolette in the 2-1 loss.
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