| 4/20/2013 10:06:00 PM |
Description: Flyers forward Matt Read had a goal, two assists, three SOG and a +4 Saturday night against Carolina. | Insight: The Read-Brayden Schenn-Wayne Simmonds line did some extensive damage Saturday night. Read is an inconsistent fantasy performer and has 10 goals and 23 points in 39 games. That's a pace of 48 points per 82 games; he had 47 in 79 games last season. | | |
| 3/7/2013 5:10:00 PM |
Description: Flyers forward Matt Read (ribs) could return to action Thursday against the Penguins, four weeks ahead of schedule. SOURCE: CSNPhilly.com | Insight: Read left the morning skate with the other regulars on Thursday which would imply that he is playing just two weeks after tearing a rib cage muscle against the very same Penguins. Read has seven goals and 13 points through 18 games this season but he has lost his spot on Claude Giroux's line to Scott Hartnell, who returned from his own injury several days after Read went down. | | |
| 2/21/2013 7:46:00 PM |
Description: Flyers forward Matt Read will miss six weeks with torn rib cage muscles, according to GM Paul Holmgren. SOURCE: CSNPhilly.com | Insight: Read has seven goals and 13 points through 18 games this season and nine points in 11 games this month. He was hit hard by Penguins forward Chris Kunitz Wednesday and had to leave the game. Read has been skating on Claude Giroux's line but that spot will be filled by Scott Hartnell in a week or so. | | |
| 2/21/2013 6:24:00 PM |
Description: Flyers forward Matt Read will miss Thursday's game with an upper-body injury. SOURCE: Tim Panaccio, CSNPhilly.com | Insight: Read has seven goals and 13 points through 18 games this season and nine points in 11 games this month. | | |
| 2/20/2013 9:57:00 PM |
Description: Flyers forward Matt Read left Wednesday's game against the Penguins with an upper-body injury. | Insight: Read had seven goals and six assists through 17 games prior to Wednesday. He's been hot with four goals and nine points in 10 games this month. | | |
| 2/18/2013 6:50:00 PM |
Description: Philadelphia center Matt Read padded his season totals with a goal and two assists Monday in a win over New York. | Insight: While the rest of the Flyers have been mostly ineffective this season, Read has been on point with seven goals and six assists in 16 contests. His +3 on Monday raised his plus/minus rating to +1 for the season. | | |
| 1/26/2013 10:53:00 PM |
Description: Flyers forward Matt Read had his first hat trick Saturday against the Panthers. Two of the goals were at even strength. | Insight: Read put together a 47-point season in 2011-12. There might be more top-six minutes available for him with Scott Hartnell out for 4-8 weeks but Read probably isn't a fantasy option in most leagues. | | |