Tortorella makes Flyers leading scorer a healthy scratch for Saturday's game vs Rangers

The Philadelphia Flyers will take on their divisional rivals, the New York Rangers, on Saturday night and will be doing so without their leading scorer, Kevin Hayes.

Following the morning skate, Flyers head coach John Tortorella discussed the decision to make Hayes a healthy scratch.

Hayes, 30, was benched for the third period of Thursday's 2-1 win over the Metropolitan Division-leading New Jersey Devils. In 30 games this season, the Dorchester (Massachusetts) native has 29 points (nine goals, 20 assists), 15 penalty minutes and is a minus-five.

Flyers coach John Tortorella on scratching Kevin Hayes, the leading scorer on a team averaging 2.39 goals per game: "I can't keep looking by things because we're worried about scoring." pic.twitter.com/lARlJeSzFp— Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) December 17, 2022

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