PITTSBURGH — Sean Couturier, the Flyers’ top-line center, took part in the morning skate Friday, whipped assistant coach Ian Laperriere in faceoffs, and said he had made progress since Thursday.
Will he be able to play Friday night in Game 5 at the PPG Paints Arena?
“I’m still hoping,” said Couturier, who had missed Game 4 because of an apparent right-knee injury. “I guess I’ll take warm-ups and see how that goes.”
He did more skating Friday than in his previous two days.
“It was a good day,” Couturier said.
It will be a game-time decision as to whether Couturier, 25, plays Friday against the Penguins, who are trying to end the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal.