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Flyers-Rangers: Preseason Game 4 Preview

Kevin Durso Sports Editor

Published19 Sep 2018

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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor

The Flyers are back on the ice for the fourth straight day. For the first time in the preseason, they will face a team other than the Islanders.

The New York Rangers await as the Flyers hit the road for the third time in the preseason so far, facing the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Game time is set for 7 p.m.

The Flyers are have Claude Giroux and Jordan Weal back in the lineup as veterans. Radko Gudas makes his preseason debut on the blue line. Brian Elliott will also get the start in goal.

Additionally, there is the usual healthy dose of prospects in the lineup for a preseason road game. Carsen Twarynski plays again after playing in Tuesday's game. Mikhail Vorobyev, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, German Rubtsov and Phil Myers are all back in the lineup.

Carter Hart is also serving as backup goalie and is expected to play a portion of the game.

These were the line combinations used at the morning skate:

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
28 Claude Giroux	46 Mikhail Vorobyev	22 Dale Weise
54 Oskar Lindblom	38 Corban Knight	21 Scott Laughton
81 Carsen Twarynski	40 Jordan Weal	62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
42 Cole Bardreau	63 German Rubtsov	36 Colin McDonald
Defense
8 Robert Hagg	61 Philippe Myers
43 T.J. Brennan	3 Radko Gudas
70 Yegor Zamula	26 Christian Folin
Goalie
37 Brian Elliott	79 Carter Hart

At a skating session in Voorhees, Wayne Simmonds returned to the ice after a scheduled maintenance day on Tuesday. Sean Couturier sat out practice on a scheduled maintenance day. Andrew MacDonald participated in practice.

The Rangers will carry a solid number of veterans such as Mika Zibanejad, Vladislav Namestnikov, Pavel Buchnevich, Brady Skjei and Henrik Lundqvist.

In goal, Lundqvist is expected to split duties with Dustin Tokarski, who spent last season with the Phantoms.

The Rangers roster for Wednesday's game is as follows:

Forwards: Peter Holland, Ryan Spooner, Jimmy Vesey, Gabriel Fontaine, Matt Beleskey, Brett Howden, Filip Chytil, Ryan Gropp, Pavel Buchnevich, Vladislav Namestnikov, Mika Zibanejad, Vinni Lettieri

Defensemen: Brendan Smith, Libor Hajek, John Gilmour, Brady Skjei, Tony DeAngelo, Joey Keane

Goalies: Henrik Lundqvist, Dustin Tokarski

Where to Watch
Stream: Flyers Website
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic