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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 29, 2007

TODAY'S GAME

WHO: Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay Lightning
WHEN: 1 p.m.

TV/RADIO: Sun Sports/WDAE, 620 AM

WHO'S HURT: Flyers - LW Simon Gagne (concussion), D Mike Rathje (back), out. Lightning - RW Michel Ouellet (dislocated shoulder), LW Ryan Craig (knee), D Dan Boyle (wrist), out.

THE SKINNY: This is the second of four meetings this season. Tampa Bay won the first meeting 5-2 in Tampa in October. ... Lightning have scored two or fewer goals in 10 of the past 11 games. ... C Andreas Karlsson (day off) and C Craig MacDonald (dental work) did not practice Friday but both are expected to play today. ... G Karri Ramo is expected to make his fourth start in the past five games. He is 1-2 with a .939 save percentage and 2.01 goals-against average in his first three career starts. ... Philadelphia is 9-9 on the road this season. ... Lightning have won 12 of the past 13 regular-season meetings between the teams. ... The Flyers snapped a six-game winless streak by beating Toronto on Thursday. ... Tampa Bay is 1-4-1 in its past six home games. ... All fans who have tickets for the Lightning game are invited to stay to watch the first two games of the Lightning College Hockey Classic. The first is at 5 p.m. between Notre Dame and Massachusetts followed by Colorado College vs. RPI at 8 p.m. The New England Patriots-New York Giants game will also be displayed on one of the screens on the Lightning vision scoreboard beginning at 8:15 p.m. ... Flyers entered Friday ranked second in power play (23.7 percent) and 24th in road penalty kill (78.4 percent).

Erik Erlendsson

TODAY'S GAME

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