“We need to put the best team on the ice each night that gives us the best chance to win,” Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said Monday, and for once at least that’s not all in his coach’s hands. Because the best the Flyers have looked this season has been when Brian Elliott has manned their net, and the only avenue to finding out if he is recovered enough from his core muscle injury to backstop their playoff run is to test him at some point over the final three games of the regular season.
Elliott again practiced with the team Monday as it prepared for Tuesday’s game against the Islanders in Brooklyn, a game that could conceivably clinch one of the eight playoff spots in the Eastern Conference.