No. 7 Buffalo Sabres at No. 2 Philadelphia Flyers
Game 2, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals — Sabres lead series, 1-0
5:00 p.m. tonight at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia
Catch the action on CSN Philly or TSN in Canada
[Game Preview] – [SBNation.com Coverage] – [Buffalo Perspective]
Tonight’s goaltenders:
After the jump, lineups, questions to answer and our in-game discussion.
Flyers Projected Lineup
Hartnell – Briere – Leino
JVR – Giroux – Carter
Nodl – Richards – Versteeg
Carcillo – Betts – Powe
Timonen – Coburn
Carle – Meszaros
Syvret – SOD
Scratches/Injuries: Nikolay Zherdev (healthy), Jody Shelley (healthy), Nick Boynton (healthy), Chris Pronger (hand), Oskars Bartulis (shoulder)
Black Aces: Johan Backlund, Matt Walker, Erik Gustafsson, Kevin Marshall, Ben Holmstrom, Zac Rinaldo, Michael Ryan, Mike Testwuide, Eric Wellwood
Buffalo Projected Lineup
Vanek – Connolly – Pominville
Ennis – Boyes – Stafford
Gerbe – Gaustad – Kaleta
Niedermayer – McCormick – Grier
Morissonn or Persson- Weber
Butler – Myers
Montador – Gragnani
Note: There are still questions on D for the Sabres. Morissonn is likely out, Sekera might not be in to replace him, and Persson is an emergency call up who could play.
Scratches/Injuries: Mark Mancari (healthy), Patrick Lalime (healthy), Jochen Hecht (upper body), Derek Roy (leg), Jordan Leopold (finger)
Questions to Answer
- If the Sabres D isn’t at full health, which it looks like it won’t be, can the Flyers exploit it and get more pucks through on Ryan Miller?
- Can the Flyers effectively screen Miller, so he doesn’t see every damn shot he faces?
- Will Kris Versteeg and Jeff Carter step up at all?
- Danny Briere’s expected to be big in this series. Can he show that today?
- Can Sergei Bobrovsky put in another impressive performance?
Go Flyers.
