The Philadelphia Flyers‘ play their home opener Tuesday night against the San Jose Sharks and they will do it without winger James van Riemsdyk.Reacquired as a free agent in the offseason Authentic Alexander Radulov Jersey , the 29-year-old van Riemsdyk will be out five to six weeks due to a lower-body injury suffered when he blocked a clearing attempt Saturday at Colorado, according to the club.Van Riemsdyk, who began his career with the Flyers, signed a five-year, $35 million deal with Philadelphia in the offseason after he totaled 36 goals and 18 assists with the Maple Leafs in 2017-18.Article continues below ...“It’s a big loss, but it’s going to be other guys who are going to step up and fill some roles,” center Sean Couturier told Philly.com after Monday’s practice. “It’s just an opportunity for someone else.”That someone appears to be 26-year-old Jordan Weal Ben Bishop Jersey , who will reportedly take van Riemsdyk’s spot on the third with rookie Mikhail “Misha” Vorobyev and Wayne Simmonds.The Flyers (1-1) split a pair of games out west to start the season. After opening with a 5-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights, the Flyers lost by that same score on Saturday to the Colorado Avalanche.Goalie Brian Elliott stopped 30 of 34 shots while Couturier and Vorobyev scored their first goals of the season.“We got two of the four points on the road, and for me, this was a game where points were available,” coach Dave Hakstol told Philly.com after Saturday’s loss. “I liked the fact we were cleaner and sharper with the puck (against the Avs) … but there are things we can clean up.”The Sharks (1-2) were shut out 4-0 by the New York Islanders Monday in the second outing of their five-game road swing. The Islanders broke open a close contest with three third-period goals and Robin Lehner stopped 35 shots.“It was a game that was winnable,” Sharks captain Joe Pavelski told NHL.com. “It’s frustrating we don’t stick any in the net with some of the looks we had, some of the power plays http://www.officialstarsproonline.com/a … hie-jersey , the kind of momentum we felt like we had. It’s one of those games every time you get that Grade A (chance), it seems to hit him in the chest or finds his pad.”Martin Jones made 26 saves for the Sharks.The Islanders broke on top with a second-period power play goal. The Sharks were 0-for-4 on the power play and are 0-for-10 through three games. The Islanders were 1-for-4.“We got beat in special teams tonight and that’s an important piece of the game that we have to start being on the right side of the ledger on,” coach Pete DeBoer told the San Jose Mercury News, though he called the Sharks’ nine shots on goal with the man advantage “encouraging.”The news was better off the ice for San Jose. DeBoer said before the game that the swelling in center Joe Thornton’s surgically repaired right knee is the result of an infection.“Nothing structurally. It looks like an infection, put him on antibiotics,” DeBoer told the Mercury News before the games. “He should be fine.”Thornton, who was placed on injured reserve Adam Clendening Jersey Womens , is not with team. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) William Karlsson scored 8:17 into overtime and the Vegas Golden Knights bounced back from a blown lead late in the third period to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Monday night to take a 2-1 series lead.After Tomas Hertl tied the game with 1:57 left in regulation, the expansion Golden Knights rebounded and won in overtime despite failing to convert on two early power-play chances.Marc-Andre Fleury made 39 saves, including a brilliant one to rob Logan Couture early in the overtime. Couture had another chance in the sequence before the winning goal.But the Knights broke out with the loose puck and Karlsson beat Martin Jones with a wrist shot high to the stick side and was mobbed by his teammates. Jones made 29 saves.LIGHTNING 4, BRUINS 2TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Brayden Point had an empty-net goal and three assists and Tampa Bay Lightning found a way to slow Boston’s high-scoring line of Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand to beat the Bruins in Game 2 of their second-round playoff series.The victory evened the best-of-seven matchup between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. Game 3 is Wednesday night in Boston.Point assisted on Tampa Bay’s first three goals before sealing the win with his empty-netter with 25.2 seconds left. Yanni Gourde Devin Shore Jersey , Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat also scored for the Lightning, which rebounded from a 6-2 loss in Game 1.Bergeron, Pastrnak and Marchand combined for three goals and 11 points in the opener. They had four more points in Game 2, but were unable to take over the game.Charlie McAvoy scored for the Bruins late in the first period. Torey Krug’s late goal trimmed Tampa Bay’s lead to 3-2 with just over four minutes remaining.—