Brayden Schenn out with apparent shoulder injury
Winger R.J. Umberger and defenseman Luke Schenn will be back in the lineup when the Flyers face play in Boston on Wednesday night.
BOSTON - One of the Schenn brothers returned to the lineup Wednesday and the other missed the game against the Bruins because of an undisclosed injury.
Defenseman Luke Schenn, a healthy scratch the previous three games, replaced Brandon Manning (minus-2 over five games). His brother, Brayden, was sidelined by an apparent shoulder injury and is listed as day-to-day.
Brayden Schenn was in a violent second-period collision with Dallas' Antoine Roussel on Tuesday, but he returned to the game and took part Wednesday in the morning skate.
Sam Gagner would have been scratched if Schenn was available. Instead, he remained in the lineup and played right wing on a line with left winger R.J. Umberger and center Scott Laughton.
Umberger had missed the previous three games, including the first two with an upper-body injury. He said he was healthy enough to play Tuesday but was scratched for the 2-1 loss to the Stars.
"No one enjoys not playing. I think that's the competitive nature of all of us as players," Umberger said after the optional morning skate, which was attended by 13 players. "I'm anxious to get back in there and to continue to build off things I was doing before I got hurt."
Luke Schenn also went through healthy-scratch syndrome last season under former coach Craig Berube.
"Obviously, it's not something you want to go through, but at the same time, sometimes it's out of your control a little bit," said Schenn, 25. "It doesn't really change your mentality as far as wanting to improve and get better as a player. I feel like I'm still a young player, still got a ways to go in this league. Continue to work, whether you're in or you're out, but obviously you want a chance to play every day."
Schenn replaced Manning, whose mistakes contributed to both of Dallas' goals.
"We can play better," Umberger said of the loss. "We know that, and it was tough not being able to help the team out."
Propp's recovery
Brian Propp, one of the best players in Flyers history, suffered a stroke last month but is recovering nicely, according to his wife, Kris.
"He's making very good progress," she said, adding that her husband was still going through rehabilitation.
Propp, 56, is second in franchise history in goals (369) and assists (480), and third in points (849).