Overview
- Puck drop is set for 6:00 p.m. ET with the Penguins at 7-2-1 (15 points, 2nd in the Metro) and the Flyers at 4-3-1.
- Philadelphia’s last game was a 4-3 shootout win over the Islanders, decided by a Matvei Michkov shootout goal and a Samuel Ersson clinching save.
- The Flyers reassigned 2024 first-round pick Jett Luchanko to the OHL, with Rodrigo Abols taking the fourth-line spot.
- Top-pair defenseman Travis Sanheim missed Monday’s practice with a minor “tweak,” and the Flyers’ starter remains undecided between Dan Vladar and Ersson.
- Penguins winger Rickard Rakell will miss at least a month after left-hand surgery, and Arturs Silovs is available in net after Tristan Jarry started Monday.