Philadelphia Flyers

Flyers-Rangers: Lineups, Notes, TV info & a Surprise

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2 years ago

March 1, 2023

K;Andre Miller, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers

K'Andre Miller (center) celebrates his goal against the Flyers on Dec. 17. He is now serving a suspension. Photo: AP.

A bit surprisingly, a walking trade rumor named James van Riemsdyk will be in the Philadelphia Flyers’ lineup Wednesday night against the visiting New York Rangers.

Many teams have held out expected-to-be-dealt players for fear of injury. The Flyers (23-28-10) are rolling the dice.

Justin Braun, Kevin Hayes, and Nick Seeler, three players also in the rumor mill, will be in Philly’s lineup as well.

As for the Rangers (34-17-9), their already-strong lineup has been improved by the acquisitions of Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane. Kane, acquired from Chicago on Tuesday, will not play tonight. He will make his Rangers debut Thursday against Ottawa at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers will be without defenseman K’Andre Miller, who was suspended for three games for spitting on Los Angeles’ Drew Doughty.

Because of cap reasons, the Rangers will dress only five defensemen and 11 forwards Wednesday, based on their pregame skate.

The Flyers have lost seven of their last eight and have fallen out of the playoff race. They are without three of their key forwards — Travis Konecny, Cam Atkinson, and Sean Couturier.

With little depth, they will miss the playoffs for the third straight season, the first time that has happened since the 1990s.

Flyers’ expected lineup

Farabee-Frost-Tippett

Laughton-Cates-Allison

JVR-Hayes-Rotating RW

Desaluriers-Desnoyers-Brown

Defense

Provorov-York

Sanheim-Ristolainen

Seeler-DeAngelo

Braun

Goalie

Hart (16-19-9, 2.94 GAA, .908 SP)

Rangers’ expected lineup

Kreider-Zibanejad-Tarasenko

Panarin-Trocheck-Goodrow

Lafreniere-Chytil-Kakko

Vesey-Motte-Rotating RW

Defense

Mikkola-Fox

Harpur-Trouba

Schneider

Goalie

Shesterkin (26-10-7, 2.65, .910)

Breakaways

The Rangers are on a 24-8-5 run. … In his career against the Rangers, Hart is 4-5-2 with a 3.18 GAA and .891 save percentage. … Vincent Trocheck has four goals and seven points over his last five games. … Van Riemsdyk is the Philadelphia Flyers’ leading active scorer against the Rangers, managing a modest 22 points (14-8) in 51 career games. … Artemi Panarin (13 goals, 39 points in 28 games), Mika Zibanejad (15 goals in 32 games), and Chris Kreider (15 goals in 38 games) have feasted on the Flyers in their careers. … The Rangers are 12th in the NHL in goals-per game (3.30), the Flyers are 29th (2.62). … The Flyers lead the all-time series against the Blueshirts, 136-130-48. … This season, the Rangers are 2-0 vs. the Flyers, winning 1-0 in overtime at MSG, and 6-3 at the Wells Fargo Center… The Flyers will play nine of their 13 games at home in March, including a season-high seven-game homestand March 14-28. … Twelve of the Philadelphia Flyers’ players are 25 and under.