The Philadelphia Flyers hope to break their 3 game winless streak tonight as they take on the Boston Bruins.
The Flyers lead the series 3-0 against the Bruins this season. The last meeting was on January 2, the Flyers won 1-0 in Boston.
The Flyers are coming off a 4-3 Shootout loss to Carolina on Tuesday. The Bruins are coming off a 4-3 OT win against Anaheim on Monday.
Injures for the Flyers include Peter Forsberg, Keith Primeau, Eric Desjardins, Robert Esche and Joni Pitkanen.
Injuries for the Bruins include Glen Murray, Brian Leetch, Hannu Toivonen, Andrew Raycroft, Alexei Zhamonov and Ian Moran.
With Forsberg’¢s injury the lines get changed up a bit. Handzus-Gagne-Kapanen is one, Richards-Sim-Knuble is another.
With tonights game Chris Therien will move into sole 4th place for all time games played by a Flyer with 747. He is first overall for defenseman. Bob Clarke is at 1,144, Bill Barber at 903 and Brian Propp at 790.
John Slaney, Captain of the Philadelphia Phantoms has been selected to play in the AHL All-Star game this year, starting defenseman. This is his 5th All-Star game, 4th as a starter.