Vladar good to go as Flyers’ starter vs. Penguins in Game 4

Dan Vladar smiled as he fist-bumped staff members and left the ice after morning skate.

The Flyers’ most valuable player will be in net Saturday for Game 4 against the Penguins at Xfinity Mobile Arena (8 p.m. ET/NBCSP). With a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven first-round playoff series, the Flyers have a chance to close out Pittsburgh and avoid going back to PPG Paints Arena.

Vladar had an injury scare in the third period of the Flyers’ 5-2 win Wednesday night, but he was able to stay in the game.

“To see him get in those kind of uncomfortable spots the last couple of games, you never want to see that for anybody, let alone him when he’s in the zone like that,” Owen Tippett said Saturday. “It’s a huge boost to see him out there, but none of us in this room doubted him.”