*Last night’s game was an ugly one but it’s hard to be mad, really. Unless you think too much about missed opportunities or the power play generally. One more chance to keep it going tomorrow. Recap.
*You may have noticed some pretty big lineup changes in last night’s game. Did you notice those? [BSH]
*The main reason for all of these changes is the injury to Noah Cates. If you’re a subscriber over at Charlie’s website you can check out his full breakdown of the Cates injury and what it’ll mean for the team in the rest of this series. [PHLY]
*Related, the Denver-Barkey-at-center experiment continues, and it ought to because kid’s definitely earned a nice long look at this new position. [Inquirer]
*Along with Travis Konecny’s, it seems like Tyson Foerster’s lack of production in these playoffs has been the main focus of the ire of Flyers fans. The ones feeling ire, anyway. Rick Tocchet wants everyone to shut up about Tyson Foerster. [BSH]
*Remember that silly little song Zach Galifianakis sang in the seminal 2009 buddy comedy “The Hangover” about the three best friends that anyone could have? Anyway that song is about Trevor Zegras, Cam York, and Jamie Drysdale. [The Athletic]
*Former Flyers and current Canes Nic Deslauriers loved his time in Philly but wants to be clear: we are his sworn enemy now. As it should be. [Inquirer]
*And finally, did you know that painted goalie masks were invented in Philly?? That’s so cool! This city continues to be the center of the universe. [Inquirer]
