NEW YORK – After sitting out the last three games, speedy left winger Taylor Leier will return to the Flyers’ lineup Tuesday night against the New York Rangers.
Leier, who has one goal and is minus-5 in 31 games, will replace Tyrell Goulbourne, one of the Flyers’ scrappier wingers.
Leier “didn’t come out because he played a bad game,” coach Dave Hakstol said after Tuesday’s morning skate at Madison Square Garden. “We put a different player (Goulbourne) with different abilities into the lineup and injected him into that line”
Based on the morning skate, Scott Laughton will center Leier and Jori Lehtera (0 goals in 25 games) on the fourth line.