Simon Gagne arrives with his fresh Tampa Bay Lightning teammates on Thursday night.
Playing his aboriginal bold at Wells Fargo Center aback actuality traded in the offseason, Gagne will try to advice the Lightning breeze a five-game accident band to his above club.
In their aboriginal regular-season home bold aback Chicago clinched the Stanley Cup on June 9 with a 4-3 overtime win in Bold 6, the Flyers (2-0-1) defeated Colorado 4-2 on Monday afterwards their appointment championship banderole was aloft to the rafters.
“I had some acceptable times (in Philadelphia),” Gagne told the Lightning’s official website on Monday. Facing the Flyers has been a claiming for the Lightning, who accept been outscored 28-8 during their accident band in this matchup.
“Any time you can account goals, you acutely accretion added confidence,” Giroux said Monday afterwards scoring off the aboriginal of captain Mike Richard’s two assists. Afterwards Steven Stamkos denticulate the blaster on the ability comedy - his team-high third ambition - with 1:19 larboard in regulation, Ryan Malone tallied the game-winner 4:09 into the added session.
Ellis, acquired in the offseason to aback up Mike Smith, has never faced Philadelphia.
With Michael Leighton out indefinitely afterward Monday’s aback surgery, drillmaster Peter Laviolette will either accept Brian Boucher or amateur Sergei Bobrovsky in net.
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