Now that the Flyers have strung together three straight victories under Peter Laviolette, the coach now has a crucial decision on his hands. Does he stick with emergency third-string goaltender Michael Leighton, who has allowed just six goals in his last three starts? Or does he go back to Brian Boucher, who suffered a lacerated right ring finger last week and is cleared to play? Leighton has played 80 games in his NHL career and has never before won three in a row. The fact that he played back-to-back games with Boucher healthy might be an indication Laviolette will play him until he loses. If that’s the case, Leighton could be back between the pipes Wednesday night in New York when the Flyers visit the Rangers And if Leighton starts and wins that game, he could win the Massachusetts lottery and be in goal for the New Year’s Day Winter Classic in Boston’s historic Fenway Park. That was something Boucher was secretly pining for.

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