Every Babcock quote over the last couple months seems to be about “playing tight” and being more defensive, which apparently means sitting back and being fed in your own zone before ripping the puck up ice for a stretch pass (a.k.a Carlyle hockey) or getting it to the red and going for a dump-and-chase.

Tags: Auston Matthews , James van Riemsdyk , Leo Komarov , Mitch Marner , Morgan Rielly , Nazem Kadri , Patrick Marleau , Roman Polak , William Nylander No.

88 in Flyers orange and black was retired at Wells Fargo Center, raised to hang next to the names of Bernie Parent, Mark Howe, Barry Ashbee, Bill Barber and Bobby Clarke.

The Panthers practiced for the first time since their mandatory break on Thursday, and although Luongo is still on pace for a return early next month, the news was good to hear for a team nine points adrift of the final wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference.

Tags: Aleksander Barkov , Alex Ovechkin , Anders Lee , Brent Burns , Brock Boeser , Duncan Keith , Evgeni Malkin , Filip Forsberg , John Tavares , Josh Bailey , Max Pacioretty , Nathan MacKinnon , Nikita Kucherov , Patrik Laine , Sean Couturier , Steven Stamkos , Tyler Seguin , Vladimir Tarasenko , William KarlssonEric Lindros’ famed No.