8:27 PM: Keith Jones and Kenny Albert said on TNT that Lafreniere is not injured and that Gerard Gallant said that Lafreniere has played 72 games this season and sitting tonight is a little bit of a “reset” for him.”
6:50 PM: Alexis Lafreniere will be a scratch tonight against the Flyers. (MSG):
Filip Chytil will return to the lineup and the lines are (MSG):
- Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad, Frank Vatrano
- Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome, Andrew Copp
- Barclay Goodrow, Filip Chytil, Kaapo Kakko
- Dryden Hunt, Kevin Rooney, Ryan Reaves
Alex Georgiev is in net.