Martin Biron v. Cristobel Huet
As I mentioned yesterday, the Flyers obviously coughed up a great opportunity in Friday night's game when they gave up three goals in the 3rd to lose to Washington 5-4. Those three goals were equal to the number of shots the Flyers had in the same period. So if they weren't generating chances and if they weren't playing defense, what did the Flyers do that third period? That's a question John Stevens is going to have to answer.
Martin Biron did not play well in game one, and he will definitely have to be better. The Capitals scored a lot of goals over his shoulder, so maybe he needs to make an adjustment to not go down into his stance so soon. Some lineup adjustments on the blue line could help out as well.
Randy Jones is expected to be back this afternoon, and that leaves John Stevens with a dilemma: who do you take out of the lineup? Unfortunately, a lot of Flyers fans were upset when they woke up this morning and read Stevens saying it's between Lasse Kukkonen and Ryan Parent. Yes, I understand that they're both inexperienced, and yes, I understand that Kukkonen had a pretty bad giveaway on the game winner. However, Jaroslav Modry was on the ice for all five goals. That's not a coincidence. The guy just can't play hockey very well. I don't know if he's not focused because of his dad or if his injury is bothering him, but he hasn't played well. He's hurting the team.
Bill Meltzer has scratches. Whether or not Patrick Thoresen will be in the lineup is the only question about the forwards today.
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