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Lecavalier to make season debut Thursday

Eight games into the Flyers' 2015-16 regular season have gone by without Vincent Lecavalier seeing ice time. He has been a healthy scratch every night thus far.

Thanks to a few injuries, that will likely change Thursday when the Flyers host the New Jersey Devils.

Sean Couturier remains day-to-day while recovering from a concussion and skated for just a few minutes Wednesday before leaving the ice before the rest of the team.

In Tuesday's 4-3 overtime loss to Buffalo, fourth-liner Pierre-Edouard Bellemare went down with a lower-body injury and did not return. The Flyers announced Wednesday afternoon that Bellemare would be out for at least two weeks with a "lower-body injury.