For the first time this season, Flyers rookie defenseman Robert Hagg will be a healthy scratch.
Hagg will be replaced by hard-nosed Brandon Manning when the Flyers host the fleet New York Rangers on Thursday night.
Hagg has played two games, both alongside new defensive partner Radko Gudas, since returning from a lower-body injury that caused him to miss four contests. The Flyers beat Washington, 6-3, in the first game as the two defensemen combined for three assists, and they lost to Detroit in a shootout, 5-4.
Coach Dave Hakstol said he didn’t like the chemistry between Hagg and Gudas in Tuesday’s loss in Detroit.