Flyers set to face off against struggling Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers are the league’s worst team and the Flyers played like the team we know on Monday night. What does this mean? Well, it means the Flyers should run all over the Oilers tonight. Don’t let the records fool you, though. At this time of the year, these are the teams that are the most dangerous. The Oilers are desperate for points and while they may be out of a playoff race, it’s hard for a team to just sit back and call it a year so early on.

Edmonton will be trying to win their second game in a row tonight – they’ve won one of their last ten – while the Flyers will be looking for their third. The Flyers have won back to back games, five of their last seven, and are 13-5-1 since December 23rd.

Peter Laviolette has not yet announced the starting goalie for tonight’s match-up, but after the strong game that Emery put in on Monday, I’d expect to see him between the pipes tonight. Michael Leighton against Minnesota, maybe?

The big story tonight is the return of Chris Pronger to the city which he requested to be traded from back in 2006. How will the Edmontonians react to Pronger stepping on the ice tonight at the Rexall Place?

Watch for Lukas Krajicek tonight. Can he continue his stellar defensive play, or was his game the other night product of “first game momentum”?

The game can be seen at 9:30 on The Comcast Network (where available).

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