PHILADELPHIA — Forward Mats Zuccarello returned to the lineup after missing six of the previous seven games with a groin injury. He played 15 minutes, 29 seconds, 2:55 of that on the power play, and was a minus-3.
Zuccarello took the place of Cody McLeod, who suffered a broken hand in a fight in Wednesday’s 5-0 win over the Islanders, and started the game in McLeod’s spot in the lineup, at left wing on the fourth line, with center Lias Andersson and right wing Steven Fogarty. But by the end of the first period, he was playing on the first line, with center Mika Zibanejad and right wing Jesper Fast.