Flyers Game Day: Dec. 3 vs. Sabres

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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (14-8-3) will host Lindy Ruff’s Buffalo Sabres (11-11-4) on Wednesday evening. This is the second game of a six-game homestand for the Flyers. The Flyers have posted an 8-4-2 record at home to date. Meanwhile, the Sabres open a six-game road trip.

Tocchet’s club sustained a costly 5-1 home loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. Tyson Foerster suffered an upper-body injury on his next shift. He will miss two to three months. On Tuesday, the Flyers recalled veteran forward Carl Grundstrom from the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

Monday’s loss snapped the Flyers’ three-game winning streak. The Sabres have won back-to-back games: 3-2 over the Minnesota Wild and 5-1 against the Winnipeg Jets.

Leading scorers: Flyers (through 25 games)

Trevor Zegras — 25 points (9g, 16a)
Travis Konecny — 20 points (5g, 15a)
Owen Tippett — 17 points (8g, 9a)
Christian Dvorak — 16 points (6g, 10a)
Sean Couturier — 15 points (4g, 11a)
Matvei Michkov — 14 points (8g, 6a)
Top goal scorer — Tyson Foerster (10g, 13 points) is on Injured Reserve

Flyers production over the last 10 games: Owen Tippett leads the team with 11 points (three goals, eight assists). He's followed by Trevor Zegras (5g, 4a, nine points), Christian Dvorak (3g, 4a, seven points), Travis Konecny (0g, 7a) Matvei Michkov (5g, 1a, six points), Emil…
— Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) December 3, 2025

Leading scorers: Sabres (through 26 games)

Alex Tuch — 26 points (9g, 14a)
Tage Thompson — 24 points (12g, 12a)
Josh Doan — 18 points (8g, 10a)
Rasmus Dahlin — 17 points (1g, 16a)
Jason Zucker — 14 points (7g, 7a in 18 games)
Jack Quinn — 14 points (6g, 8a)
Ryan McLeod — 14 points (6g, 8a)

Where to watch

Time and broadcast: 7:30 p.m. ET on TNT
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
RAV4 keys to the game for Philadelphia: click here
In-game watch party (Maher Media): click here

Projected Flyers lineup

The Flyers had an off-day on Tuesday. The lineup below has been updated since after the morning skate.

Trevor Zegras- Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov – Sean Couturier – Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Nicolas Deslauriers – Rodrigo Abols – Garnet Hathaway

Cam York – Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Egor Zamula

Samul Ersson
[Dan Vladar]

Projected Scratches: Carl Grundstrom (healthy), Noah Juulsen (healthy).

PP1: Sanheim, Zegras, Michkov, Konecny, Tippett
PP2: York, Drysdale, Cates, Brink, Couturier