Ray Emery

Ray Emery (center), pictured during the Flyers' morning skate Thursday, will make his fourth start in a row Thursday night for a game in Tampa Bay.

TAMPA — The Flyers' No. 2 goalie will be their No. 1 again for the start of a two-game Florida roadtrip.

Ray Emery, 4-0-1 on the season with three wins in a row, will make his fourth consecutive start Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Steve Mason, 0-3-0 in four starts, is expected to return to the lineup for Saturday's game against the Florida Panthers.

Meantime, rookie defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere likely will sit out Thursday's game after debuting in the NHL with games last Saturday and Tuesday.

Brandon Manning, just up from the AHL, will take Gostisbehere's spot in the lineup.

A native of South Florida, Gostisbehere may play on Saturday against the Panthers, his hometown team. Regardless, the 21-year-old blueliner is expected to be sent back to the AHL's Lehigh Valley Phantoms when the Flyers return home next week.

Manning will be the Flyers' only lineup change from Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Los Angeles Kings because center Vincent Lecavalier isn't ready to return from a lower-body injury.

Gostisbehere was a minus-1 with two giveaways and no points in 12:40 of ice time on Tuesday.

Lecavalier really was hoping to return on Thursday to play against his longtime team, but he's not quite ready.

Lecavalier's injury, by the way, appears to be a left ankle issue as opposed to a foot, which had been suspected.

Here is the Flyers' projected lineup:

FLYERS

Forward lines

12 Michael Raffl, 28 Claude Giroux, 93 Jakub Voracek

10 Brayden Schenn, 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, 17 Wayne Simmonds

18 R.J. Umberger, 14 Sean Couturier, 24 Matt Read

36 Zac Rinaldo, 76 Chris VandeVelde, 42 Jason Akeson

Defense pairs

8 Nicklas Grossmann, 32 Mark Streit

15 Michael Del Zotto, 55 Nick Schultz

43 Brandon Manning, 22 Luke Schenn

Goaltender

29 Ray Emery

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