(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
| 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 |
| 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.
- Claude Giroux needs two points to move into 10th all-time in Flyers history, passing Simon Gagne.
