Jett Luchanko will be a healthy scratch on Thursday against the Ottawa Senators, allowing Abols to re-enter the lineup. The 29-year-old Abols is averaging 7:29 time-on-ice and has zero points through two games this season.
Expected to be Philadelphia's backup, or at best, a time-share goalie with Samuel Ersson, Vladar has made an early-season case for extra playing time and returns to the crease on Thursday against the Ottawa Senators. The 28-year-old Vladar has been near-perfect early in the 2025-26 season, posting an outstanding 1.75 GAA and .929 SV% in four games (3-1-0). That said, in five previous NHL seasons, Vladar has had a save percentage above .900 only once. The Flyers enter Thursday's contest as +138 road underdogs against a struggling Senators team that has been outscored 33-22 this season (2-4-1).
Expected to be Philadelphia's backup, or at best, a time-share goalie with Samuel Ersson, Vladar has made an early-season case for extra playing time and returns to the crease on Thursday against the Ottawa Senators. The 28-year-old Vladar has been near-perfect early in the 2025-26 season, posting an outstanding 1.75 GAA and .929 SV% in four games (3-1-0). That said, in five previous NHL seasons, Vladar has had a save percentage above .900 only once. The Flyers enter Thursday's contest as +138 road underdogs against a struggling Senators team that has been outscored 33-22 this season (2-4-1).
Rodrigo Abols and Nicolas Deslauriers will be healthy scratches on Monday against the Seattle Kraken, allowing Nikita Grebenkin and Jett Luchanko to re-enter the lineup. The 19-year-old Luchanko, the Flyers' 13th-overall pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, has played three games this season and continues searching for his first career point.
Rodrigo Abols and Nicolas Deslauriers will be healthy scratches on Monday against the Seattle Kraken, allowing Nikita Grebenkin and Jett Luchanko to re-enter the lineup. The 29-year-old Abols is averaging 7:29 time-on-ice and has zero points through two games this season.
Rodrigo Abols and Nicolas Deslauriers will be healthy scratches on Monday against the Seattle Kraken, allowing Nikita Grebenkin and Jett Luchanko to re-enter the lineup. The 22-year-old Grebenkin, in his first season with the Flyers, is averaging 10:17 time-on-ice and has one point (0G / 1A) in three games.
Rodrigo Abols and Nicolas Deslauriers will be healthy scratches on Monday against the Seattle Kraken, allowing Nikita Grebenkin and Jett Luchanko to re-enter the lineup. The 34-year-old Deslauriers is averaging 6:13 time-on-ice and has five penalty minutes through two games this season.
Five games into the Flyer's 2025-26 season (2-2-1), Vladar is making an early push for a heavier workload. The 28-year-old Czech goalie has been outstanding through three games this season (2-1-0), posting a stellar 1.65 GAA and .934 SV%. That said, in five previous NHL seasons, Vladar has had a save percentage above .900 only once. The Flyers enter Monday's contest as +114 road underdogs against a Seattle Kraken team that has yet to lose in regulation this season (3-0-2).
Ginning played in each of the first four games of the season, but will be replaced by Egor Zamula in the lineup on Saturday. Ginning has just two SOG and four hits while averaging 16:09 TOI/gm this season.
Luchanko has dressed in three straight games, but was held off of the scoresheet in each contest. He'll be replaced by Rodrigo Abols in the lineup on Saturday.
Grebenkin dressed in three straight games, tallying one assist and three hits while averaging 10:17 TOI/gm. He'll be replaced by Nicolas Deslauriers on Saturday.
Zamula has been a healthy scratch for the last two games but will rejoin the Flyers’ lineup on Saturday, replacing Adam Ginning. He’s been held without a point through two games this season, averaging 15:49 of ice time per game.
Abols has been a healthy scratch for the last three games, but he will replace Jett Luchanko in the lineup on Saturday. Abols had one SOG and one hit in 8:05 TOI in his season debut.
Deslauriers has been a healthy scratch for the last three games, but he will replace Nikita Grebenkin in the lineup on Saturday. He had one SOG and two hits in 7:31 TOI in his season debut.
Vladar allowed two goals on 26 shots in the Flyers win over the Panthers on Monday. Vladar has been great in his first two starts of the season, posting a 1-1-0 record, 2.02 GAA and .933 SV%. Tonight he'll face a Wild team on the tail-end of a back-to-back. The Flyers come in as -111 home favourites.
The Flyers are off to a 1-1-1 start to the 2025-26 season and will turn to Ersson for his second start between the pipes. The 25-year-old Ersson was serviceable in his only outing this season, saving 35 of 39 shots (.897 SV%), but allowed the game-deciding goal late in overtime in a 4-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. Goaltending counterpart Dan Vladar has been solid to start his Flyers' tenure, so Ersson will need to string together some consistent play if he hopes to increase his workload this season. The Flyers enter Thursday's contest as +120 home underdogs against a Winnipeg Jets team that is averaging 4.0 goals per game through three games this season (2-1-0).
York is slated to skate on Philadelphia's top defensive pairing alongside Travis Sanheim in Thursday's contest against the Winnipeg Jets after being sidelined through the first three games of the season due to a lower-body injury. The 24-year-old York averaged 20:47 time-on-ice and tallied 17 points (4G / 13A) in 66 games last season.
Andrae made his season debut in Philadelphia's most recent game, but he has now been reassigned to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL). The 23-year-old Andrae is in his sophomore season after playing 42 games with the Flyers in 2024-25, scoring seven points (1G / 6A) in the process.
York is slated to skate on Philadelphia's top defensive pairing alongside Travis Sanheim, but has been sidelined through the first two games of the season due to a lower-body injury. The 24-year-old York averaged 20:47 time-on-ice and tallied 17 points (4G / 13A) in 66 games last season.
