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Flyers’ Tyson Foerster out for 2-3 months after freak injury

Philadelphia Flyers winger Tyson Foerster suffered an awkward-looking injury during Monday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins and his injury timeline has been revealed. And, well, it’s not so good. Announced by the team, after some minor reports started to leak about the length of Foerster’s potential absence just to make it official, the 23-year-old winger will be out for two to three months. It’s a rough timeline of between eight and 12 weeks, but that’s the information that w...

No big-name free agent signing could be blessing in disguise for Flyers

On Monday’s edition of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast , Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman noted that one of the teams crying in their beers with the dearth of free agent talent in 2026 was the Philadelphia Flyers. But while they’re missing out on game-breaking talent, it might end up working in their favor still. With Alex Tuch being at the top of the list for now, it’s a drop from the talent that was once available in Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, Kyle Connor, Kirill Kaprizov, and Adrian Kempe. So,...

Flyers activate Oliver Bonk from IR, assign to Phantoms

While the Flyers are taking an off day after their tough loss to the Penguins in their return from their road trip last night, this, as it turns out, hasn’t meant that we’re completely without news to get us through the day. This morning, it was announced that Oliver Bonk has been medically cleared at last, and he’s been activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to the Phantoms, where he’ll begin his first season of professional hockey. Oliver Bonk activated from Flyers injured reserve ...

4 players who could replace injured Tyson Foerster in Flyers lineup

Just when it seemed like things were starting to get rolling again for the Flyers, they were struck by another setback. The Flyers took a tough loss to the Penguins on home ice last night after sweeping their back-to-back on the road over the weekend, but even more distressingly, they lost Tyson Foerster to a strange looking injury in the second period — shortly after he notched his 10th goal of the season — and he was quickly ruled out to return to the game. As of last night’s postgame, ...

Tuesday Morning Fly By: Looking for misery

*Monday was a doozy in more ways than one, so we’ve got a lot to cover over here. We’ll kick it off with a couple bits of news. First, the Flyers placed Adam Ginning on waivers after his conditioning stint was up, and yesterday it was confirmed that he cleared, and he’ll be sticking around with the Phantoms. [ NBCSP ] *The rumor mill is still turning, and the most recent word is that the Flyers might be looking to add some veteran support, and the Canucks could be a pool they’re particula...

Takeaways: Penguins punish Flyers 5-1 as Tyson Foerster leaves early due to injury

The Flyers lost on the scoreboard and in all facets of the game on this night, yet the loss of two points was overshadowed by the possible significant loss of winger Tyson Foerster due to an injury that didn’t look good. The basics First period: 9:18 – Sidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Anthony Mantha) Second period: 5:36 – Tyson Foerster (Travis Konecny, Trevor Zegras) (PPG), 8:08 – Sidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Erik Karlsson) (PPG), 15:52 – Bryan Rust (Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson) (PPG) Thir...

Flyers’ Tyson Foerster exits game with awkward-looking injury

The Philadelphia Flyers just lost their leading goalscorer after he did something that he’s been doing all season long. It’s just so classic Flyers. In the middle of the second period of the Flyers hosting the rival Pittsburgh Penguins, winger Tyson Foerster went for a powerful one-timer during a 5-on-3 power play. With all the weight behind him to try and earn his team the lead in a fairly important game, to try to wire the puck past Tristan Jarry and give the Flyers the advantage, somet...

Flyers vs. Penguins: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread

The Philadelphia Flyers are back home and now facing the archrival Pittsburgh Penguins. Both teams are hypercompetitive and in the playoff hunt, performing better than expected — so this might truly be the first Flyers-Penguins game that feels like a Flyers-Penguins game in quite a while. Puck drop:  7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading Rick Tocchet coaches the Philadelphia Flyers. Rick Tocchet used to coach the Vancouver Canuck...

Flyers’ 3 Stars of the Week: Dan Vladar deserves the world

It may’ve been American Thanksgiving, but the Flyers didn’t get to be home for it: all four of their games last week were on the road, with two in Florida, one on Long Island, and one in New Jersey. They finished the week 3-1-0 against three teams with Stanley Cup aspirations and a plucky rebuilding squad, which is a successful road trip any way you slice it. That first shutout loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning aside, the Flyers managed to win every which way. They hung tough against the re...

3 stats that will make or break Flyers season

It is December and the Philadelphia Flyers are right in the playoff mix. While we were maybe bracing ourselves to watch our favorite hockey team take a tumble through the first couple months of the season and then somehow keep us tuned in, it’s been a fairly enjoyable start to the campaign. But, there are some key little numbers that could mean a playoff berth or looking up draft lottery odds by March. We all know how volatile a season can be — we’re riding high on some crazy percentage b...

Flyers could be interested in Canucks’ veteran players

The Philadelphia Flyers could be heavily involved in the trade market in the next few months and according to one report, they might be looking over there to the west coast for some acquisitions. On the latest episode of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast , S portsnet’s Elliotte Friedman was going over how the Flyers season is going — highlighting goaltender Dan Vladar as one of the NHL’s best free agent acquisitions is a nice touch — but then he got into the rumor mill. Specifically, how Flyers he...

Monday Morning Fly By: Back to work

*What a busy weekend it’s been! The Flyers closed out the month of November with a pair of games on the road, and a pair of big wins. They kicked off that back-to-back with a shootout win over the Islanders. [ BSH ] *And closed it out with another exciting win over the Devils. [ BSH ] *For a different perspective on these games, Charlie has his observations on the Friday game here. [ PHLY ] *And on the Saturday game here. [ PHLY ] *It was a big win for the Flyers, and a ver...

Rick Tocchet records 300th win as a head coach as Flyers beat Devils

Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet added to his storied NHL legacy after the Flyers’ 5-3 win versus the New Jersey Devils, tallying his 300th career win as a head coach. In the same game where Owen Tippett scored his 100th NHL goal, the 2023-24 Jack Adams award winner hit the triple century mark, while the Flyers improved to a 14-7-3 record on the season. The 18 year NHL veteran began his coaching career in Tampa Bay in 2008, before an eight year layoff that was then followed by stops in...

Flyers place defenseman Adam Ginning on waivers

The Philadelphia Flyers placed defenseman Adam Ginning on waivers today. The Flyers made the news official this afternoon as Ginning was recalled from his conditioning loan earlier in the month . Transaction: Defenseman Adam Ginning has been recalled from his conditioning loan and placed on waivers. — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) November 30, 2025 Ginning, who will turn 26 in January, played five games for the Flyers this season. The blueliner was in the opening night lineu...

Takeaways: Flyers, Vladar hold on for 5-3 win over Devils

On a tough second half of a back-to-back and the Flyers’ fourth game in six days, the Flyers went to Newark and beat the Metropolitan-leading Devils 5-3. They’ve ended a difficult four-game, Thanksgiving week road trip at an impressive 3-1-0 mark, and they now sit squarely in third in the Metro standings.  The basics First period: 5:18 – Owen Tippett (Christian Dvorak, Trevor Zegras), 12:08 – Simon Nemec (Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier)  Second period: 0:53 – Matvei Michkov (T...

Flyers’ Owen Tippett scores 100th NHL goal, 200th career point against Devils

Owen Tippett was sitting on the brink of a milestone, with 99 goals and 199 points in his National Hockey League career entering Saturday’s game against the New Jersey Devils, and it didn’t take long for the Flyers winger to hit both milestones on the same play. Just over five minutes into the opening period, Flyers center Christian Dvorak found Tippett heading towards the net, and Tippett made a nifty move on Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom to hit the century mark. A DOUBLE milestone f...

Flyers @ Devils: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread

It’s another quick turnaround, as the Flyers are back for the second half of their third back-to-back of the month, and looking to close out the month of November on a high note in tonight’s rematch with the Devils. The first meeting went pretty emphatically the way of the Flyers, but this Devils team is heating back up again, and the Flyers will have a more challenging matchup in front of them than the last time around. We’ll see how they fare here. Puck drop:  7:00 p.m. How to watc...

Shane Vansaghi’s new line impresses as Michigan State gets back in the win column

After getting swept by Wisconsin the week prior, Michigan State bounced back with two wins against Colgate this week. In the series, Flyers prospect Shane Vansaghi and his new linemates found offensive success, with Vansaghi picking up three primary assists. Fellow prospect Porter Martone had a bit of a quiet series, with just one assist and a goal that was called back. Vansaghi’s new line shines Vansaghi began the season on a line centered by Cayden Lindstrom, with Gavin O’Connell a...

Takeaways: Flyers blow three-goal lead but show resilience in 4-3 shootout win over Islanders

The Flyers had a 3-0 lead in the second period, but saw that erased by the end of period two. The dynamic duo of Trevor Zegras and Sam Ersson in the shootout frame was enough as Philadelphia defeated the host New York Islanders 4-3 on Friday afternoon. The basics First period: 8:30- Tyson Foerster (Unassisted), 8:52- Sean Couturier (Unassisted) Second period: 1:48- Trevor Zegras (Emil Andrae, Matvei Michkov) (PPG), 5:42- Emil Heineman (Jonathan Drouin, Kyle Palmieri), 8:11- Matthew S...

Flyers @ Islanders: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread

Our beloved Philadelphia Flyers are out here playing hockey on Black Friday…but somewhere not in Philadelphia? They’re off to an island to go face the New York Islanders in this classic matchup in which we sort of dread watching. Here’s hoping for nothing too controversial to come out of this game and the Flyers put the sleepy Long Island boys to bed early. Puck drop:  4:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 93.3 WMMR Pregame reading Well, hopefully this game has ...

Friday Morning Fly By: More like orange and black Friday

*Happy National Day of Commerce! We hope you’re all prepared to do your patriotic duty and buy a lot of goods and/or services. Related, the Flyers are having a sale, if you’re interested. [ Flyers ] *Recently, the Flyers executed what might just be the worst play ever made by two professional hockey players. Just breathtaking stuff. [ BSH ] *Charlie had some Thoughts about the game, if you’re a paying member of his website. [ PHLY ] *We’ve been seeing the Flyers popping up in tr...

Flyers just had the worst breakaway attempt ever in NHL history

The Philadelphia Flyers have made history. On Wednesday night, Sean Couturier and Nikita Grebenkin combined to There have been a handful of shootout and breakaway attempts that have been quite memorable for the fact they were so awful. On April 11, 2010, New York Rangers forward Olli Jokinen needed to score against Brian Boucher for the Rangers to stay alive, keep the shootout going, and avoid elimination in the final game of the year. Boucher needed to stop the puck for the Flyers to win...

Takeaways: Flyers mount another comeback to beat Panthers 4-2 in strange matchup

The Flyers wrapped up the Florida leg of their road trip tonight with the third and final matchup of the season against the Panthers. It was a wild game, to be sure, complete with strange breakdowns, unconventional approaches to attempting to create chances, and another huge comeback on the Flyers’ part to come away with a 4-2 win, and ultimately, a win in the season series. The Basics First period:  5:21- Brad Marchand (Bennett, Verhaeghe) Second period:  5:16- Carter Verhaeghe (Ben...

Flyers @ Panthers: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread

It’s their last game before the holiday, and the next stop on the Flyers’ road trip is in Sunrise, Florida, as they’re set to face off with the Panthers for the third and final time this season. They’ll be hoping to catch the Panthers — who have been finding more middling results so far this season — on one of their off nights, and bounce back from their tough showing on Monday, which saw them shut out by the Lightning. It’s another bit of up and down from the Flyers in what’s been a wild seas...

Flyperblog: A handful of Flyers fans resist falling in love with Trevor Zegras

It is extremely important to note that absolutely none of the below is real. This is an entirely fake work of satire by an individual who could and should probably put his brainpower to better use. Thanks for reading! Trevor Zegras is off to a fantastic start with the Philadelphia Flyers, having scored 21 points in 20 games. This start puts Zegras up there with Peter Forsberg, Danny Briere, Jaromir Jagr, Tony Amonte, and Jeremy Roenick, who all had 20 or more points in their first 20 game...