The Lightning come to Philadelphia to play the Flyers in another Saturday afternoon nationally broadcasted game. The Lightning lead the season series 2-0 last beating the Flyers 4-2 on November 22 in Philadelphia.
The Flyers are coming off a 5-3 loss to the Canadiens on Wednesday. The Lightning are coming off a 1-0 OT win over the Devils on Thursday.

Injuries for the Flyers include Eric Desjardins, Peter Forsberg, Keith Primeau and Branko Radivojevic.
Injuries for the Lightening include Martin Cibak, he is listed day- to-day.

Antero Niittymaki will get the start in goal today. He has also been named starting goaltender for Finland in the Olympics.

With both Kim Johnsson and Joni Pitkanen returning today, Alexandre Picard was sent back to the Phantoms and Chris Therien is expected to be a healthy scratch. Potential defensive lines are Pitkanen-Hatcher, Jones-Rathje, Johnsson-Meyer.
Ben Eager was called up from the Phantoms to replace injured Radivojevic. Potentional forward lines are Nedved-Gagne-Knuble, Handzus-Brashear-Kapanen, Carter-Umberger-Eager, Richards-Savage-Stevenson.