Arena: Wachovia Center
Time: 09 Jan 2010 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Tampa Bay 5-4-1; Philadelphia 6-3-1
This is the third meeting between the teams. The Flyers won the first two games. Mike Richards and Jeff Carter each had two goals in a 6-2 win Nov. 2 in Philadelphia. It was the fifth straight road loss for the Lightning, and they held a closed-door meeting afterward. Blair Betts and Richards each had two goals in a 5-2 win Dec. 23 at Tampa Bay. That game kicked off a four-game Flyers’ winning streak and they are 6-1-1 since then.With five power-play goals in two games, the Flyers moved back into second place with a 23.4 percent success rate. … Philadelphia’s Chris Pronger ranks fifth with 105 blocked shots and Kimmo Timonen is 12th with 90. … St. Louis is tied for eighth with 39 takeaways. … Philadelphia’s players are a combined plus-4 while Tampa Bay’s are minus-10. … The Flyers still lead the NHL with 17.4 penalty minutes per game. … Tampa Bay’s six road wins are tied for second-worst.
Emery has missed 17 games since he last played Dec. 5. He had abdominal surgery Dec. 8. Defenseman Ryan Parent has missed seven games with a back injury. Defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefson has missed 12 games with a left MCL injury. … Lightning defenseman Paul Ranger left the team 11 weeks ago for personal reasons but a recent St. Petersburg Times report suggests he may return within a week. Left wing Todd Fedoruk injured his knee against the Flyers on Dec. 23 and has missed five games. Center Jeff Halpern suffered a lower-body injury in that game and has missed five games. Defenseman Matt Walker has missed seven games with a lower-body injury.
The Flyers could move into eighth place in the Eastern Conference if they win and the Devils win in Montreal Saturday night. The Lighting could move to within a point of the ninth-place Flyers with a win. The secondary big story could be the return of Flyers’ first-string goalie Ray Emery, who hasn’t played since abdominal surgery in early December. But new coach Peter Laviolette is establishing his authority, so look for him to start hot goalie Michael Leighton rather than the incumbent who’s coming back earlier than doctors originally predicted. We will post live score and results of this match, as soon as posible.. stay tuned.