Game 1 tonight of the season for the Philadelphia Flyers as they head to Pittsburgh to play the Penguins.

Injuries for the Flyers include….
Lars Jonsson with a high right ankle sprain.
Denis Gautheir with a concussion.
Niko Dimatrokos and Ryan Cote expected to be healthy scratches.

The starting lineup appears to be…..

Esche in net

Forsberg-Knuble-Gagne
Richards-Carter-Calder
Umberger-Sanderson-Robitaille
Nedved-Kapanen-Kane

Hatcher-Meyer
Rathje- Pitkanen
Jones- Baumgartner

Besides Evgeni Malkin’s shoulder injury the big news recently for the Penguins is the announcement that they were bought by Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie. Right now it looks like the Penguins will be staying in Pittsburgh, but that could easily change.
It wouldn’t surprise me to see them head up north to Canada in a few years.