It was a tradition unlike any other. Except it wasn’t. The grand finale of the preseason is notoriously an opportunity for teams to suit up their opening night roster for one last dress rehearsal. But with their opponent,

Olle Lycksell, J.R. Avon, Emil Andrae, Anthony Richard and Noah Cates scored goals for the Flyers. Andrae (one goal, two assists), Richard (one goal, two assists) and Oliver Bonk (two assists) had multi-point games. The goals from Avon, Richard and Cates came on the power play. Cates' was the game-winner.

Maybe the lineups weren’t quite the caliber of talent you’re going to see when regular-season play starts about a week from now but Thursday night’s Flyers-Devils final preseason