Flyers Sens Notes

Ottawa Senators (5th in the EAST, 2nd in the NE)
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Philadelphia Flyers (2nd in the EAST, 1st in the ATL)

-Flyers Notes-
Andreas Nodl's banged up foot has led to James van Riemsdyk getting a spot in the lineup tonight versus the Sens. Van Riemsdyk has no goals and 4 assists in 13 games this season. He has sat 4 straight games due a mix of his bad play and the strong play of Andreas Nodl. Laviolette is hoping that the benching will spark JvR to pick up his game. JvR is skating with Richards and Zherdev tonight.

Sergei Bobrovsky will make his 10th straight start, he is 8-0-1 in the last ten. Bobs is 10-2-1 with a GAA of 2.08. The Flyers are scoring an average of 4.33 goals per game over the past 10.

The Flyers are playing their first of two games over the next two nights. Tomorrow they will head into an aggressive Montreal crowd to play the Northeast division leading Habs.

-Depth Chart-
Hartnell Briere Leino
Jvr Richards Zherdev
Giroux Carter Powe
Carcillo Betts Shelley

Pronger Carle
Timonen Coburn
O'Donnell Meszaros

Bobrovsky Boucher

Scratches:
Walker (IR-Hip), Leighton (IR-Back), Lappy (IR-PCS), Nodl (DTD-Foot), Bartulis (healthy).

-Sens Notes-
Filip Kuba returned to the Sens last game after recovering from a broken leg suffered Sept 18th.
Goalie Brian Elliot shutout the Bruins on Saturday to help the Sens to a 2-0 win. He is 9-4-0 with a GAA of 2.58.
Danny Alfredsson leads the Sens in goals with 7 and points with 15. Sergei Gonchar and Jason Spezza lead Ottawa in assists with 8. All three are key powerplay contributers.