Philadelphia center Daniel Briere expects to play on Friday night against Montreal after missing 33 games with groin injuries this season. "We had a pretty hard skate there at the end and we'll see tomorrow how it reacts," Briere said of practice on Monday. "Last week, after Wednesday's skate, the next couple of days were a little tougher. I'm hoping that I'm going to pull over that hump, and even through a tough practice and tough skate, I can recuperate and be fine the next day."