Game 37, Winter Classic Discussion Thread: New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers

New York Rangers (23-9-4, 50 pts) at Philadelphia Flyers at (22-10-4, 48 pts)

3 p.m. today at Citizens Bank Park (!) in South Philadelphia

Catch the action on NBC, CBC, RDS and 94WIP

Today’s goaltenders:

Flyers Projected Lineup

Hartnell – Giroux – Jagr
Read – Briere – Simmonds
Talbot – Couturier – Voracek
van Riemsdyk – Schenn – Zolnierczyk

Timonen – Coburn
Carle – Bourdon
Meszaros – Lilja

Injuries/Scratches: Zac Rinaldo (healthy), Jody Shelley (healthy), Erik Gustafsson (wrist), Chris Pronger (concussion)

Rangers Projected Lineup

Callahan – Richards – Hagelin
Anisimov – Stepan – Gaborik
Dubinsky – Boyle – Mitchell
Prust – Rupp – Fedotenko

McDonagh – Girardi
Del Zotto – Stralman
Bickel – Staal

Injuries/Scratches: Wojtek Wolski (sports hernia), Steve Eminger (shoulder), Michael Sauer (concussion), Jeff Woywitka (healthy)

Questions to Answer

1. How’s the weather impact the game?
2. How’s the Giroux line perform?
3. How do changes on defense for the Rangers work out?
4. Do a good number of Rangers fans sneak their way into Citizens Bank Park?
5. Can Sergei Bobrovsky prove that Peter Laviolette is a smart man?

Go Flyers.