Thing is, you could make a case for scratching Denver Barkey or Tyson Foerster, who haven't been lighting it up either.

Struggling Flyers star Matvei Michkov might be heading for a healthy scratch in Game 5 after he did not have a spot in the team's top four lines during practice Sunday.

Michkov led the Flyers in scoring between the Olympics and the end of the regular season, but he's looked overmatched in the playoffs.

The Flyers are inserting left wing Alex Bump, who had been a healthy scratch for the first four games, into the lineup for Game 5 in Pittsburgh and sending Matvei Michkov to the bench.

At Sunday's practice at the Flyers Training Center in Voorhees, N.J., Michkov was observed to be taking line rushes with projected scratches Garrett Wilson and Carl Grundstrom, while rookie Alex Bump skated with Foerster and Cates.

But rookie forward Denver Barkey, 20, was called up from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League in December, and then in March they were joined by Alex Bump, 22, and Porter Martone, 19, who signed his three-year, entry-level contract March 29. The four have created a bond on and off the ice.

While the Philadelphia Flyers had a successful regular season and playoffs, it has not been a good year for Matvei Michkov. According to Charlie O’Connor of PHLY Sports, Michkov was practicing on the Flyers’ fifth forward unit this morning,

It looks like Matvei Michkov could be a healthy scratch for Game 5 of the Flyers' first-round playoff series against the Penguins.

There is plenty of youthful talent in the NHL postseason, including rookies and players 21 and under getting their first taste of playoff hockey in the best league in the world.