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Flyers – Rangers: Game 22 Preview

Bill Minchin Sports Editor

Published25 Nov 2016

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(Kate Frese/Sports Talk Philly)

By Bill Minchin, Sports Talk Philly Writer

The Philadelphia Flyers (9-9-3) return home after a two game Florida road swing to take on Henrik Lunqvist and the first place New York Rangers (14-6-1). This is the first of four meetings between the boys from Broad Street and the Broadway Blueshirts. Game time is 1:00pm

The Flyers will look to bounce back from another failed attempt to hold a third period lead. Philadelphia let a 2-1 advantage slip away in the closing minutes of Wednesday night's affair in Tampa allowing three goals in the final six minutes.

Flyers Leaders	GP	G	A	P	Rangers Leaders	GP	G	A	P
Wayne Simmonds	21	10	8	18	Kevin Hayes	21	9	9	18
Jake Voracek	21	7	10	17	J.T. Miller	21	8	10	18
Claude Giroux	21	4	13	17	Michael Grabner	21	12	4	16
Brayden Schenn	18	3	10	13	Mats Zuccarello	21	7	8	15
Travis Konecny	21	4	8	12	Mika Zibanejad	19	5	10	15

Player to Watch
28 Claude Giroux	40 Michael Grabner
Last 5 Games: 0 G, 1 A, 1 P, Even	Last 5 Games: 2 G, 1 A, 3 P, +4

Claude Giroux has hit a wall lately in terms of point production. The Flyers captain has just one assist in his last five games and will need to step up if the team is going put together an extened winning streak. Toda will not be easy as the top line will most likely see the defense pair of Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi.

Michael Grabner has seemed to get a renewed bounce in his step since coming to the Rangers. Grabner is one of the fastest players in the league and is dangerous every time he touches the puck.

Goalie Matchup
35 Steve Mason	30 Henrik Lunqvist
5-7-3, 3.04 GAA, .893 SV%	9-6-1, 2.46 GAA, .911 SV%

Steve Mason is between the pipes yet again for the Flyers. Mason played two really good games in Florida this week. The third period collapse on Wednesday was more on the defense in front of him as it was his fault. With that, Mason will need to be stellar for the Flyers to win today.

The Rangers will counter with Henrik Lunqvist. Lundqvist has returned to form this season after an up and down 2015-16 campaign. It is no secret that as the Rangers goalie goes so do the Rangers.

Flyers Projected Lineup

Scratches: Roman Lyubimov, Nick Schultz, Andrew MacDonald, Boyd Gordon, Michal Neuvirth, Sean Couturier

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
10 Brayden Schenn	28 Claude Giroux	93 Jake Voracek
11 Travis Konecny	25 Nick Cousins	17 Wayne Simmonds
12 Michael Raffl	78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	24 Matt Read
76 Chris VandeVelde	21 Scott Laughton	22 Dale Weise
Defense
15 Michael Del Zotto	53 Shayne Gostisbehere
23 Brandon Manning	3 Radko Gudas
9 Ivan Provorov	32 Mark Streit
Goalie
35 Steve Mason

Game Notes

Power Play: Flyers (2nd, 6th at home), Rangers (7th, 4th on road)
Penalty Kill: Flyers (23rd, 19th at home), Rangers (5th, 3rd on road)
.Milestone Watch
- Claude Giroux needs two points to move into 10th all-time in Flyers history, passing Simon Gagne.