Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night's game with an analytical eye.
#1: Defensive issues didn’t disappear despite Ghost scratch
Even though the Flyers won on Thursday night against the Vancouver Canucks, some lineup changes were inevitable, for a few reasons. To start, Mark Streit was finally ready to return from injury, which would require one defenseman to sit in his place. In addition, Radko Gudas had missed Thursday due to a “healthy” scratch and watched the defense be especially mistake-prone in his absence, so he was almost certainly coming back in.