After undergoing core-muscle surgery and missing nearly two months, Flyers goaltender Brian Elliott played two regular-season games last week and tried to shake off the rust.
Was it enough action for the veteran to be sharp in the first-round playoff series against the dynamic Penguins?
We are about to find out.
“We’re really comfortable playing in front of him,” captain Claude Giroux said. “He just battles. I mean, there aren’t a lot of guys who would have that surgery and be back and playing like that. I had that surgery, too, and I still can’t believe” he’s back so soon.