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Less than 24 hours after taking a three-games-to-none lead in their Eastern Conference first-round matchup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Flyers were back on the ice for practice Thursday in Voorhees.<\/p>\n
Everyone was accounted for, except defenseman Cam York<\/a>, forward Owen Tippett<\/a>, and goalie Dan Vlada\u0159.<\/p>\n Tippett has been banged up for quite some time and in and out of practices recently, and coach Rick Tocchet<\/a> revealed Tuesday that York took \u201ca shot to the ribs.\u201d Both played Wednesday, with Tippett scoring an empty-netter to seal the 5-2 victory, and Tocchet said on Thursday that both had maintenance days.<\/p>\n The question marks, however, swirl around Vlada\u0159. In the third period, he took a knee to the hand or arm from Bryan Rust as the Penguins forward tried to cut across the crease during a power play. Vlada\u0159 immediately appeared to be in pain after losing his blocker and was seen flexing his hand while being checked by the Flyers\u2019 head athletic trainer, Tommy Alva. But he stayed in the game.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s banged up,\u201d Tocchet said postgame. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how he is [Thursday]. But yeah, I don\u2019t know at this moment how bad it is.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked after practice about the goalie, Tocchet was guarded with his response.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s more of a maintenance day,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was probably going to be off anyway. But he is a little banged up. Feels better today. That\u2019s basically all the information we have.\u201d<\/p>\n Signed as a free agent on July 1, Vlada\u0159 has been the Flyers\u2019 mainstay in net this season. He went 29-14-7 with a 2.42 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage across 52 games in the regular season. Twelve of those wins came during the Flyers\u2019 post-Olympic push, when he posted a 2.34 GAA and a .908 save percentage.<\/p>\n