Flyers Game Day: Jan. 29 @ Bruins

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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (24-19-9) are in Beantown on Thursday to take on Marco Sturm’s Boston Bruins (31-20-3). For the Flyers (2-7-2 in their last 11 games), it’s the second half of a road back-to-back set. On Wednesday, Philadelphia lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-3. Travis Konecny scored a hat trick in a losing cause.

The Flyers battled back from a 3-1 deficit in the third period to forge a 3-3 deadlock. Unfortunately, they had a coverage breakdown that led to backdoor goal. The final Columbus goal was an empty-net tally. (For more, see “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” wrapup).

Boston last played on Tuesday. David Pastrnak scored in overtime to seal a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators. Jeremy Swayman stopped 28 of 30 shots.

Where to watch

Time and broadcast: 7:00 p.m. ET on NBCSP+
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
RAV4 keys to the game for Philadelphia: click here
In-game watch party (Maher Media): click here

Leading scorers: Flyers (through 52 games)

Travis Konecny — 48 points (20g, 29a)
Trevor Zegras — 46 points (19g, 27a)
Owen Tippett — 33 points (18g, 15a)
Christian Dvorak — 33 points (12g, 21a)
Matvei Michkov — 27 points (12g, 15a)
Noah Cates — 26 points (10g, 16a)
Sean Couturier — 26 points (5g, 21a)
Travis Sanheim — 23 points (6g,17a)
Bobby Brink — 22 points (13g, 9a) in 46 games
Cam York — 22 points (4g, 18a) in 45 games
Jamie Drysdale — 21 points (3g, 18a)

Goaltender stats

Dan Vladar — 29 GP, 16-8-4, 2.52 GAA, .904 SV%
Samuel Ersson — 23  GP, 8-9-5, 3.39 GAA, .860 SV%
Aleksei Kolosov — 4 GP, 0-2-0, 4.00 GAA, .830 SV%

Injury report: Flyers

• Tyson Foerster (right arm surgery) is likely out for the rest of the season. He has a five-month estimated timetable from December.
• Rasmus Ristolainen (lower body) left Wednesday’s game in Columbus after his second shift of the first period. He did not return. This injury is unrelated to the upper-body ailment that recently kept the big Finn out of the lineup for a week. Additionally, Ristolainen missed the first two-plus months of the season while rehabbing triceps surgery from an injury last year.
• Rodrigo Abols (ankle) suffered an injury in the Jan. 17 game against the Rangers. He was placed on IR the next day.
• Travis Konecny (foot) hobbled off at the end of the second period in the Columbus game.He blocked a shot off his foot. Konecny returned for the third period and scored his second and third goals of the game. However, Tocchet indicated afterwards that Konecny’s availability in Boston is questionable.

Projected Flyers Lineup (based on Wednesday)

The Flyers will not hold a morning skate on Thursday. Look for Samuel Ersson to play the second game of the back-to-back set with Vladar just back from an injury. Emil Andrae is likely to return to the lineup after Ristolainen’s injury in Columbus. Konecny will play if able. Tocchet will have an afternoon update.

Trevor Zegras — Christian Dvorak — Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov — Noah Cates — Bobby Brink
Denver Barkey — Sean Couturier — Owen Tippett
Carl Grundstrom — Lane Pederson — Nikita Grebenkin

Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler  — Jamie Drydale
Emil Andrae — Noah Juulsen

Samuel Ersson
[Dan Vladar]

Wednesday’s scratches: Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Garnet Hathaway (healthy), Emil Andrae (healthy).

Flyers Opponent: Boston Bruins

Leading scorers (through 54 games)

David Pastrnak — 69 points (22g, 47a)
Morgan Geekie — 49 points (30g, 19a)
Elias Lindholm — 37 points (11g, 26a) in 44 games
Pavel Zacha — 36 points (14g, 22a)
Charlie McAvoy — 32 points (4g, 31a)
Fraser Minten — 26 points (13g, 13a)
Viktor Arvidsson — 26 points (12g, 14a)
Casey Mittelstadt — 24 points (10g, 14a)
Marat Khusnutdinov — 23 points (11g, 12a)

Goaltender stats

Jeremy Swayman — 36 GP, 21-12-2, 2.86 GAA, .903 SV%
Jonas Korpisalo — 21 GP, 10-8-1, 3.12 GAA, .895 SV%

Injury report: Bruins

• Elias Lindholm (upper body) left Tuesday’s game and did not return. His status for Thursday is unclear. He’s officially day-to-day.
• Jordan Harris (ankle) is on IR. He started a conditioning assignment to Providence last week.

Projected lineup: Bruins

Morgan Geekie— Elias Lindholm (?) – David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt – Pavel Zacha — Viktor Arvidsson
Michael Eyssimont — Fraser Minten –Marat Khusnutdinov
Tanner Jeannot — Sean Kuraly — Mark Kastelic

Jonathan Aspirot — Charlie McAvoy
IHanpus Lindholm — Mason Lohrei
Nikita Zadorov — Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman
[Jonas Korpisalo]

Flyers Daily (January 29, 2026)