Flyers going with the same lineup tonight in NJ as in Carolina.

Which means same scratches.

No Cote, No Asham and yet ... the Devils have Andrew Peters and David Clarkson ... Hum? More fights for Carcillo coming up?

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We asked John Stevens about James van Riemsdyk's low ice time (all those PKs cut into him) in the opener. He logged about 9 minutes.

“His minutes [Friday] were very healthy for him,” Stevens said. “We spent over 14 minutes killing penalties, and that’s going to take ice time away from guys who don’t kill penalties and he’s one of those guys.

“We’re working him into the power play unit with Richie [Mike Richards] to get some extra ice time there. And then, being on the road with [Eric] Staal, he played 27minutes last night. We’re looking for matchups with him and [Jeff] Carter and Richards and same thing on the back end.

“I wouldn’t read too much into ice times. [Claude] Giroux’s ice time was down too [10:48] because of that. We’re very happy with our forward group.”

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