Aleksei Kolosov News

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.

Kolosov was the third-round pick of the Flyers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft and will make his professional North American hockey debut with the Lehigh-Valley Phantoms (AHL). The 22-year-old netminder had a 2.21 GAA and .925 SV% in six games (2-4-0) with Dynamo Minsk (KHL) this season.