Philadelphia Flyers News

After losing six straight (0-5-1), the Flyers have won their last two contests with Ersson between the pipes, including a stellar 23-save shutout on Tuesday in a 2-0 win over the Boston Bruins. The 25-year-old Ersson has had an inconsistent start to the 2024-25 season, a byproduct of porous team play, posting a 3.00 GAA and .891 SV% in seven appearances (3-2-1). The Flyers enter the action on Thursday as -136 home favorites against a St. Louis Blues club pummeled 8-1 by the Ottawa Senators in their previous game.

After missing the last three games, Brink will return to the Flyers lineup on Tuesday, replacing Nicolas Deslauriers. Brink has four points (1G / 3A) in six games this season, all recorded during a season-opening four-game point streak.

Bobby Brink will return to the Flyers lineup on Tuesday, replacing Deslauriers. The hard-hitting Deslauriers played the last four games for the Flyers, tallying one assist, five penalty minutes, and nine hits.

After snapping a six-game losing skid on Saturday, the Flyers returned to the losing column on Sunday and have a lowly 2-6-1 record this season. Despite allowing five goals on 26 shots (.808 SV%), Ersson was between the pipes in Saturday's 7-5 victory over the Minnesota Wild and will return to the crease on Tuesday against the Boston Bruins. Allowing 4.4 goals per game, the Flyers rank in the bottom tier of the NHL and enter Tuesday's contest against the Bruins as +170 road underdogs.

The Flyers rank worst in the league defensively, allowing an average of 4.5 goals per game, and will hope that Kolosov can give them some confidence in the crease in his first career NHL game. The 22-year-old Kolosov has a 3.29 GAA and .875 SV% in four games (1-2-1) with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) this season. The Flyers snapped a six-game losing streak on Saturday (0-5-1), with a 7-5 win over the Minnesota Wild, and enter the action on Sunday as -160 home favorites against the Montreal Canadiens.

The Flyers rank worst in the league defensively, allowing an average of 4.5 goals per game, and will hope that Kolosov can give them some confidence in the crease in his first career NHL game. The 22-year-old Kolosov has a 3.29 GAA and .875 SV% in four games (1-2-1) with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) this season. The Flyers snapped a six-game losing streak on Saturday (0-5-1), with a 7-5 win over the Minnesota Wild, and enter the action on Sunday as -160 home favorites against the Montreal Canadiens.

Konecny missed Friday's practice but is good to go for Saturday's game vs. The Wild. Konecny comes into play with three goals and one assist in seven games this season.

Johnson was a healthy scratch for the last two games but will replace Cam York in the lineup on Saturday. With York out for two weeks with an upper-body injury, expect Johnson to play more regularly moving forward.

York suffered an upper-body injury late in Wednesday's loss in Washington and will miss at least the next two weeks. Erik Johnson will replace York in the lineup on Saturday but Rasmus Ristolainen will move up to the top pair to take on additional minutes in York's absence.

Luchanko was a healthy scratch for the last two games, so instead of sitting in the press box, the Flyers have sent the 18-year-old back to his junior team. Luchanko had no points in four games with the Flyers and returns to Guelph where he had 74 points (20G / 54A) in 68 games last season.

The Flyers, losers of six straight (0-5-1), will desperately try to return to the win column on Saturday against a red-hot Minnesota Wild club that is one of two teams without a regulation loss this season (5-0-2). Partially a byproduct of poor team play, the 25-year-old Ersson has posted a lackluster 3.22 GAA and .886 SV% through five appearances this season (1-2-1).

Konecny was absent from practice on Friday, and his status for Saturday's game against the Minnesota Wild is up in the air. The lowly 1-5-1 Flyers can ill afford to lose their talented forward, Konecy, who has four points (3G / 1A) in seven games this season.

Seven games through the 2024-25 season, York leads all Flyers players, averaging 22:56 time-on-ice. York has also contributed three points (2G / 1A) and will be sorely missed from the Flyers' blueline if he misses any time. The Flyers return to action on Saturday afternoon against the Minnesota Wild.