"Danny Briere, whose bruised ribs likely will keep him out of Wednesday night's game in Buffalo, was not available after practice Tuesday to explain whether he desperately will miss his standard Western New York booing. But Peter Laviolette was very clear on whether the Flyers should desperately miss Briere.

"Injuries are part of the game," said the coach. "A lot of these players had good camps, and we had touch decisions about them.

"They went down and played well and we had an opportunity to bring them back.""