If Thursday morning's pre-game skate is any indication, rookie right wing David Laliberte will play on a top line with center Mike Richards and left wing Dan Carcillo tonight when the Flyers try to finish off the Devils in Game 5 here at the Prudential Center. Flyers fans have been invited to watch the game at the Wachovia Center, where parking and entry is free. Right wing Ville Leino practiced on a second line with center Danny Briere and left wing Scott Hartnell. Flyers coach Peter Laviolette left the third and fourth lines alone, keeping center Claude Giroux with LW James van Riemsdyk and RW Arron Asham, and keeping C Blair Betts with LW Darroll Powe and RW Ian Lapperriere.

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Philadelphia Flyers fans can watch Game 5 of the National Hockey League’s Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series between the Flyers and the New Jersey Devils from Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday live at the Wachovia Center on the arena&rsquo...

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Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren “Both Simon and Jeff will have surgeries done on Friday by Dr. Steven Raikin at the Riverview Surgery Center located in the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Simon is going to have to have two screws put into his right big toe. This process will probably expedite the healing a little bit for Simon, and possible recovery time, we’re looking at maybe getting him back in the lineup in three weeks. Jeff Carter will have a plate inserted into the shaft of his metatarsal of the second toe on his right foot. This is a little bit more delicate process and Jeff will have to be on crutches for approximately six weeks.” Q: You said six weeks for Carter on crutches – is he done for the playoffs? “Well, he’s on crutches for six weeks, and six weeks from now would put us in the Finals, so I would think so. We’ll remain optimistic to that point, but that’s obviously a long shot given that he won’t have skated in that timeframe.” Q: How do you expect your team to react to this on the ice

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