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Injuries force Flyers to shuffle lines, defense pairings

Tuesday, 04.03.2012 / 12:54 PM

By Adam Kimelman - NHL.com Deputy Managing Editor / At the Rink blog

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Injuries force Flyers to shuffle lines, defense pairings
VOORHEES, N.J. -- With Danny Briere and Nicklas Grossmann out of the lineup Tuesday against the New York Rangers, the Flyers shuffled three of their four lines and all three defense pairings.

The big move was sliding Matt Read into Briere's place between Wayne Simmonds and Brayden Schenn.

The trio of Briere, Schenn and Simmonds had combined for 9 goals and 10 assists in the last six games together.

Simmonds, named Monday as the NHL's First Star of the Week, doesn't see much changing with Read on the line.

"We've still got the same kind of look," Simmonds said. "Our line, with me and [Schenn] and Danny, we played well down low with the puck, and [Read] is really good down low with the puck. I think it'll be a seamless transition."

Simmonds and Read both said the fact that the trio had played together earlier in the season also gives them confidence the line will click.

"Over the course of the season you get comfortable with some guys, and these two guys I've played with and I'm comfortable playing with them," Read said. "I'm kind of excited for tonight, get things back together and take it to the Rangers tonight."

Here is how the rest of the lineup likely will look when the Flyers hit the ice Tuesday:

Scott Hartnell - Claude Giroux - Jaromir Jagr
Brayden Schenn - Matt Read - Wayne Simmonds
Maxime Talbot - Sean Couturier - Jakub Voracek
Jody Shelley - Eric Wellwood - Zac Rinaldo

Kimmo Timonen - Braydon Coburn
Matt Carle - Pavel Kubina
Andreas Lilja - Marc-Andre Bourdon

Ilya Bryzgalov
Sergei Bobrovsky

Contact Adam Kimelman at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @NHLAdamK

 

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