Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, a Calder Trophy finalist in 2015-16, will be a healthy scratch for the first time this season. "It's not a small thing to have Shayne out of our lineup, yet it's a good thing for him in his growth and his development and a few things we're asking him to concentrate on," coach Dave Hakstol said. Gostisbehere has 10 points in 17 games and his 21:08 average ice time leads Flyers defensemen. But he's minus-4 and has been on the ice for 36 goals scored at 5-on-5, third-most among Flyers defensemen, according to BehindTheNet.ca. "I was a little taken aback by it but right now I think it's what's best for the team I guess," Gostisbehere said. "I can learn a lot from up there." Part of that learning curve is adjusting to the different ways teams are playing him. "Guys in the League know him now, they didn't last year," defenseman Mark Streit said. "They knew he was a good, skilled player. But then you get defended differently. It's part of the League. Guys are smart, they do video and they try different ways of defending that. It's just part of the business and just something you have to get used to." Hakstol said he didn't envision Gostisbehere being out of the lineup very long, and said a night to watch things from the press box could be beneficial in the long run. "Sometimes to be able to take a step back, watch things, address some things by coming out of the lineup, has a way of moving a player past some of those things," he said.
