After a run of a few games at home, the Flyers are breaking up their stretch of home games with a quick trip up north to face off with the Senators, and a few familiar faces in the process. They’ve picked up a nice bit of steam over these last couple of games, but the next challenge is ahead of them, as they look to keep that rolling on another team’s turf.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
Even with a bit of time...
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The Philadelphia Flyers blue line is still incomplete to start the season and it looks like it will remain that way for quite some time.
According to The Athletic’s Kevin Kurz, both defensemen Rasmus Ristolainen and Oliver Bonk are approximately five to six weeks away from being back in game action. Kurz also adds that that is the timeline as long as there are no setbacks to either blueliner’s recovery.
Per a team source, both Rasmus Ristolainen (triceps surgery) and Oliver Bonk (upp...
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Cam York is on his way to have a breakout season for the Philadelphia Flyers. The 24-year-old defenseman is already grading out as one of the best in the entire NHL through the first couple weeks of the 2025-26 season.
It started out as an unknown. York suffered a lower-body injury in preseason that kept him out through the first three games of the season, but since he came back and has played now three games, he appears to be dominant.
Sure, the scoring that we always dreamed of Yor...
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*The Flyers are back on the ice tonight to say “hey” to our old pal Claude up in Ottawa. At the time I am typing these words, we don’t know which goalie will be starting. But if it’s Dan Vladar… well that’s pretty interesting, isn’t it? [ BSH ]
*Travis Konecny not only got on the scoresheet last game, he also looked more like himself, and he’s happy to be able to get things going now that we’re all back in the swing. [ Inquirer ]
*Remember when Taco was like “oh we are taking Andrae ...
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It’s been another productive week up and down the Flyers’ prospect pool, stick with us as we break down some of the top performances of the week from around the globe.
The News of the Week
The dust has well and truly settled as the seasons are picking up everywhere, and as such, there’s no big news to report this time around. There might well be some on the horizon — as we monitor Jett Luchanko’s situation with the Flyers — but for the time being, we’re coasting.
Three Stars
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Emil Andrae is back with the Phantoms, he’s been given a significant role to work with, and he’s taking it all in stride. From the get-go, Andrae was given the expected high volume of minutes at even strength, as well as deployment on their top power play unit, but along with that, as something of a newer development, he’s been getting some work on the penalty kill. A lot of work on the penalty kill.
There is the plain fact of that matter that, by virtue of the Phantoms continuing to take...
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Heading into this season, it seemed clear that the Flyers were once again entering the year without an out-and-out starting goaltender to play the majority of the games. Samuel Ersson returned to take over his role as the “1B” sort of starter who would more than likely not play more than 45 games, Ivan Fedotov was traded to Columbus, and Aleksei Kolosov was rightfully sent to Lehigh Valley in order to try and rebuild his game after a turbulent 2024-25.
That all cleared the way for D...
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*Don’t want to jinx it or anything, but might the Flyers’ power play be fixed? Finally? The Flyers are seeing some things from Trevor Zegras that make them think maybe they’ve found the solution to what feels like a decade-long problem. [ NBC Sports Philly ]
*It’s not just Zegras though, that’s what’s so cool about it. Jamie Drysdale also seems to be helping right the ship. [ BSH ]
*The success of the power play was one of the main things that made Monday’s game against the Kraken so...
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Philadelphia Flyers forward Owen Tippett has had his name in headlines in the past week for a variety of reasons. He’s playing physical hockey and has five goals in six games this season, but the 26-year-old winger is still viewed as one of the more movable pieces on this roster — at least by some people.
Tippett’s name came up in rumors last week, which sparked further speculation about the forward’s future in Philadelphia.
“We’re gonna see I think some teams poking around on Philad...
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The Flyers' scoring game broke out in their win over the Kraken, and their balanced approach suggests that this output could be not just a flash in the pan.
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Nikita Grebenkin brings the Philadelphia Flyers everything they need and more from a player like him and he deserves to not be dragged in and out of the lineup like he has to start his season.
When the Flyers initially acquired Grebenkin as a part of the Scott Laughton trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs, there was a general sentiment of “Oh, it’s the funny prospect that said that thing and that clip went viral. That’s neat.” And then, after looking just slightly further into what he’s act...
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Philadelphia Flyers winger Owen Tippett has never been considered much of a bruiser. Although he measures in at a sturdy 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds, the 26-year-old’s game has primarily been predicated on speed and skill as opposed to physical dominance.
Well, that appears to be changing.
Now in the midst of an impressive hot streak, Tippett is not only doing what he does best — finding the back of the net — but also leaning into the physical side of his game to become a literal force o...
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The addition of Trevor Zegras and breakout of Jamie Drysdale is making the Flyers' power play better than it has been this decade.
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*Turns out if you put the Flyers up against a team with which they are evenly matched, things get really fun! RECAP !
*You may have noticed that last night, Dan Vladar got his second start in a row. Interesting, no? [ BSH ]
*You may remember Matvei Michkov being benched (again) in the Flyers’ win over the Wild. Rick Tocchet had some Reasons for that, apparently. [ Inquirer ]
*Rick Tocchet also said he seems some Mikko Rantanen in Owen Tippett. Boy would it be nice if that were t...
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The Flyers kicked off this week with a bang, continuing their home stand and going up against a hot Kraken team, and managing to come up with a breakout effort — matching their highest single-game scoring output, the Flyers managed to cruise to their third win of the season, and dish out the Kraken’s first regulation loss of the year.
The Basics
First period: 7:16- Jordan Eberle (Fleury, Catton), 9:56- Owen Tippett (Seeler, Couturier), 13:19- Tyson Foerster (Brink, York)PPG Second pe...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are hosting the Seattle Kraken for the only time this season and while the visitors are off to a surprisingly solid start to their season, the Flyers are no slouch either. There’s some hot and new lineup updates for our boys in the Orange and Black.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
It’s the Flyers 3 Stars of the Week! Check out who was the best of the bunch last week for this team before w...
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If you looked atop the National Hockey League when it comes to ice time , you would see Philadelphia Flyer defenseman Travis Sanheim leading the pack, and the team acknowledges that they don’t want to burn him out.
Heading into Monday’s contests, the blueliner leads the league in average ice time with 27:16, the only player in the league with over 27 minutes per game; second is Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski (26:39). Looking a little bit further down you’d see Sanheim’s partner Cam Yor...
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When you think of Owen Tippett’s career thus far as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers, there are a handful of highlights. There’s the end to end rush against Montreal where he blew by everyone and nearly scored the game-winning goal. And then there’s the razzle dazzle play against Dallas that had most of the league taking notice. But a lot of times the biggest question has been why can’t he play like that more often.
Well, according to Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet, Tippett has been st...
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The Phantoms’ opening weekend was a true tale of two halves: the season opener on Saturday night saw them looking commanding, playing with a high level of pace and creating a good volume of chances, popping a lot of their skill game while still keeping a noticeable level of physical engagement up, but that level of impact dipped significantly in the second half of that back-to-back, as the team brought a more listless and disjointed showing on the way to their first loss of the season to the d...
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The Philadelphia Flyers entered training camp with an open competition in the crease. Sam Ersson, who started 94 games over the last two seasons, was the presumed starter — or at least 1A in the tandem — with free-agent addition Daniel Vladar competing with him for starts.
Well, Vladar looked better than Ersson in the preseason, and that earned him the starting nod on opening night against the Panthers. Since then, Ersson and Vladar have alternated starts through the Flyers’ first five ga...
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*For pretty much a full 60 on Saturday night the Flyers looked kinda crappy in a low-scoring slog against the Minnesota Wild, and then they just went out there and won it in overtime. It was… wild. RECAP !
*If you’re a subscriber over at Charlie’s website, you can check out his 10 Obs. Which include some stuff about Owen Tippett, who despite the overall boringness of the game had a pretty good night for himself. [ PHLY ]
*Dan Vladar? Also pretty dang good! [ Inquirer ]
*But it w...
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It’s the second week of the season, and the team’s centers have been taking center (ha!) stage in all three games: a victory in a rematch over the Florida Panthers, a snooze of a loss to the Winnipeg Jets, and a tight overtime win against the Minnesota Wild. That puts the Flyers at 2-1-0 on the week, with all three games played at the Wells Far – er, Xfinity Mobile Arena. That’s not too shabby a start for a Philadelphia Flyers team that wasn’t expected to do much by the general hockey media sp...
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In what was a busy night for the Flyers’ organization, their 6th overall pick from this past summer’s draft picked up his first real collegiate goal. Now, as we might recall, he had previously scored on his first shift with the Spartans back in this month’s opening weekend in their game against Windsor, but that was an exhibition game, and the murky grey area before the true start of the season. This one, though, counts for real!
Michigan State and Boston University kicked off their two-g...
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Owen Tippett put the Flyers on his back Saturday night, scoring the game-tying goal before Noah Cates scored the game-winner in overtime for a 2-1 victory over the visiting Wild.
The basics
First period: No scoring. Second period: 1:55- Vladimir Tarasenko (Marco Rossi, Jonas Brodin) Third period: 7:10- Owen Tippett (Trevor Zegras, Christian Dvorak) Overtime: 2:37- Noah Cates (Tyson Foerster, Jamie Drysdale) SOG: 21 (PHI) – 16 (MIN)
Some takeaways
No line juggling to start
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The Flyers are pressing on with their run of home games this weekend, and after a rough loss to the Jets on Thursday, they’re hoping they can begin to right the ship in tonight’s matchup with another Central division team in the Wild.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
Last night was a big one for prospects in action around the world for the Flyers, and we had some pretty notable performances to highlight. First, A...
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