In their next-to-last game of the 2016 preseason, the Philadelphia Flyers (3-2-1) are at Madison Square Garden on Thursday to take on the New York Rangers. Game time is 7 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on NHL Network.
The Flyers will hold a morning skate in Voorhees at 10:30 a.m. before leaving for New York.
Forward Scott Laughton suffered a lower-body injury (suspected to be a foot injury) at practice on Wednesday. The Flyers hope to know more on Thursday. Additionally, defenseman Brandon Manning is reportedly dealing with an injury of some sort.
With Steve Mason's fiancee scheduled to deliver a baby girl on Thursday, Michal Neuvirth will get the start in net for the Flyers against the Rangers. The Flyers will take along Anthony Stolarz to back up Neuvirth.
The Flyers' likely starting lineup:
Brayden Schenn - Claude Giroux - Wayne Simmonds Michael Raffl - Sean Couturier - Jakub Voracek Travis Konecny - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - Dale Weise Nick Cousins- Boyd Gordon - Jordan Weal
Michael Del Zotto - Radko Gudas Nick Schultz - Shayne Gostisbehere Ivan Provorov - Mark Streit
Michal Neuvirth [Anthony Stolarz]
The final preseason game is on Saturday in Boston.
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2016 Draftee Quick Hits
*KHL/MHL: Flyers 2016 first round pick German Rubtsov has played two games for Vityazi Chekhov (the MHL junior team affiliate of KHL team Vityaz) since returning from a foot injury. He is still looking for his first point of the season.
* OHL: Flyers 2016 fourth-round pick Connor Bunnaman has scored three goals and four points in his first two regular season games for the Kitchener Rangers, earning first-star honors in back-to-back games.
* QMJHL: Flyers 2016 second-round pick Pascal Laberge has one goal (his lone point) in three games to date for the Victoriaville Tigres.
* WHL: Flyers 2016 second-round pick Carter Hart is 2-0-1, with a 1.63 GAA and .933 save percentage through his first three starts of the regular season for the Everett Silvertips.
* WHL: Flyers 2016 third-round pick Carsen Twarynski has played one game to date for the Calgary Hitmen. He did not figure in the scoresheet.
* SHL: Flyers 2016 fifth-round pick Linus Högberg has played four games apiece for the Và¤xjö Lakers' senior team in the SHL and for the J20 junior team (for whom he has three assists in four games). For the SHL team, he is thus far playing as the sixth or seventh defenseman.
*SHL: Currently dealing with an injury, Flyers 2016 seventh-round pick has dressed in one SHL game for Djurgà¥rdens IF Stockholm and six (four goals, nine points) for DIF J20.