UPDATE (2:15 PM)

Brian Boucher will start in goal tonight. Here's tonight's starting lineup.

Hartnell – Richards – Giroux
JVR – Carter – Briere
Laperriere – Pyorala – Asham
Cote – Kalinski – Nodl

Carle – Pronger
Coburn – Timonen
Parent – Bartulis

Boucher
[Emery]


MINI-PREVIEW (10 AM)

There is nowhere for the Flyers to go but up from Saturday's fiasco. As of this morning, the Flyers (27 points) sit in last place in the Atlantic Division and are four points closer in the standings to Carolina (17 points) than Pittsburgh (41 points). In recent years, Philly has often struggled to win in Montreal -- at least during the regular season.

The good news is that the Flyers have a chance to start making up ground if they get their act together. Tonight in Montreal, the team begins a stretch of four games in six nights. The Habs have had plenty of turmoil in their own right this season and were humiliated by Buffalo last week but bounced back to handle Boston. Mike Cammalleri tallied a hat trick in the Boston tilt.

The Flyers need their top six forwards to start playing better hockey on a shift-in and shift-out basis in every facet of the game. The top two defensive pairings have also struggled of late and Ray Emery's goaltending has been a mess (amid rumors of him playing through an injury). As of this writing, Peter Laviolette has not named his starting goalie for tonight.


Potential starting lineup (subject to change)

Hartnell - Richards - Briere
JVR - Carter - Giroux
Nodl - Pyorala - Asham
Cote - Kalinski - Laperriere

Carle - Pronger
Coburn - Timonen
Bartulis - Parent

Emery/Boucher

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