Vancouver Canucks (1-0-1, 3 pts) at Philadelphia Flyers at (2-0-0, 4 pts)
7:30 p.m. at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia
Catch the action on CSN Philly HD, TSN and 94WIP
[Game Page] – [Game Notes PDF] – [Vancouver Perspective]
Tonight’s goaltenders:
Full lineups, questions to answer and our in-game discussion after the jump.
Flyers Line Combinations
van Riemsdyk – Giroux – Jagr
Voracek – Briere – Simmonds
Hartnell – Couturier – Read
Rinaldo – Talbot – Nodl
Pronger – Carle
Timonen – Coburn
Meszaros – Lilja
Scratches: Matt Walker (healthy), Jody Shelley (suspension: game 3 of 5), Blair Betts (knee)
Vancouver (Possible) Line Combinations
D. Sedin – H. Sedin – Burrows
Samuelsson – Hodgson – Sturm
Higgins – Malhotra – Hansen
Weise – Lapierre – Volpatti
Hamhuis – Bieksa
Salo – Edler
Ballard – Alberts
Scratches: Chris Tanev (healthy), Alex Sulzer (healthy), Andrew Ebbett (healthy)
Questions to Answer
- First big defensive test for the Flyers tonight. How do they hold up?
- Who goes head to head with the Sedins?
- The power play has been decent, but it could be better. How’s it look tonight?
- Over/under on the amount of derisive Luongo chants tonight is set at FOUR. So, over or under?
Note the 7:30 start time. Go Flyers.
