Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers will play in their last preseason contest when they face off against the Boston Bruins on Saturday in the TD Garden. They will be hoping to make it out of this final exhibition tilt without any more injuries.
After falling behind early, the Phantoms never recovered, dropping the preseason opener, 6-1, on Friday night at PPL Center.
Michael Del Zotto will miss the next four-to-five weeks with a lower-body injury, GM Ron Hextall announced Friday.
The Flyers scored three goals in the third period to beat the New York Rangers, 4-2, on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
The Flyers are once again facing the New York Rangers, who they beat in overtime, 4-3, on Monday, this time from Madison Square Garden. The opening face-off is set for 7 p.m.
Flyers forward Scott Laughton suffered a lower-body injury at practice on Wednesday and will be out three-to-four weeks. Defenseman Brandon Manning has also not played recently due to an upper-body injury and is listed week-to-week.
The Flyers roster was trimmed down to 26 on Wednesday and with both Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny still on the roster, the possibility of one or both of them making the Flyers final roster looks as good as ever before.
The Flyers announced that forward Taylor Leier and defenseman Sam Morin have been assigned to the Phantoms and at noon, forward Colin McDonald will clear waivers and report to the Phantoms as well. McDonald was placed on waivers on Tuesday.
After watching a three-goal lead disappear, it was Jake Voracek who used a tremendous individual effort to give the Flyers a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Monday night at Wells Fargo Center.
With the Flyers roster now down to 32, the last three games of the preseason are about narrowing down the final 23 that will make the roster for opening night. Among the players still around trying to make the team are Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny.
