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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (4-9-4) are in Manhattan on Thursday to take on Mike Sullivan’s New York Rangers (8–7-1). This is the first of four meetings between the Metropolitan Division rivals.
On Saturday, the Flyers ended a three-game losing skid with their best offensive performance of the season. Six different Flyers tallied one goal apiece — Matvei Michkov (10th), Travis Konecny (1st), Noah Cates (2nd), Christian Dvorak (3rd), Oliver Bonk (1st) and Cole Knuble (ENG, 3rd) — while Dan Vladar made 19 saves in a 6-3 victory.
For an in-depth preview of the matchup, see the RAV4 Things.
Projected Goalie Matchup
Flyers: Joseph Woll (1-5-2, 3.13 GAA, .899 SV%)
Rangers: Dylan Garand (5-6-1, 2.57 GAA, .905 SV%)
Flyers scoring leaders
Points
Trevor Zegras — 14
Matvei Michkov — 13
Porter Martone — 8
Christian Dvorak — 7
Travis Sanheim — 7
Jamie Drysdale — 7
Goals
Matvei Michkov — 10
Trevor Zegras — 4
Porter Martone — 3
Tyson Foerster — 3
Cole Knuble — 3
Christian Dvorak — 3
Noah Cates — 2
nine players — 1
Assists
Trevor Zegras — 10
Travis Sanheim — 6
Jamie Drysdale — 6
Porter Martone — 5
Oliver Bonk — 5
Denver Barkey — 5
Travis Konecny — 4
Sean Couturier — 4
Christian Dvorak — 4
Nick Seeler — 4
Where to Watch
Time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
Venue: Madison Square Garden
Television networks: NBCSP
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
Flyers Injury Report
The known injury list stands at two players.
- Rasmus Ristolainen (hand) — IR, reinjured in Oct. 24 game, out at least two weeks from then.
- Nikita Grebenkin (back surgery) — sidelined at least four months from October.
Potential Flyers Lineup
The Flyers have an 11:30 a.m. EST morning skate on Thursday. Lineups will be updated as necessary.
Trevor Zegras – Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Tyson Foerster –Denver Barkey- Owen Tippett
Porter Martone – Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Cole Knuble – Sean Couturier – Noel Acciari
Travis Sanheim – Jamie Drysdale
Cam York – Oliver Bonk
Nick Seeler – Simon Benoit
Joseph Woll
[Dan Vladar]
Scratches: David Jiricek, Michael Bunting.
Team Toyota Flyers Spotlight: Porter Martone
Any player’s first game at Madison Square Garden — arguably the most famous arena in the world — is a rite of passage. For Flyers rookie winger Porter Martone, Thursday is his first career regular season game against the Rangers.
For the 2025-26 season to date, Martone has posted eight points (3g, 5a) in 17 games. However, he’s posted five points (1g, 4a) over his last five games and has generated assists in back-to-back matches.
Behind Enemy Lines: Garand becomes a workhorse
With Igor Shesterkin lost for the season, the Rangers have had to turn to Dylan Garand to carry the load in goal. Between his play in goal and improvements to team defense, Garand has regulary given his team a chance to compete in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, the Rangers bounced back on Tuesday from a loss to the Edmonton Oilers the previous game, On Tuesday, the Blueshirts defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues by a 3-1 score.
Garand, who has appeared in each of the Rangers last 11 games, stopped 32 of 33 shots for the win. He flirted with a shutout until the final minute of the game
Flyers Daily: November 4, 2026
60th Anniversary: Today in Flyers History
November 5, 2005 was a landmark night for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Deuces Wild line. Simon Gagne recorded his second career hat trick and linemate Peter Forsberg collected a goal and two assists to supply all the offense for Philadelphia in a 4-3 home win over the Atlanta
Thrashers.
Meanwhile, on the same night, the team welcomed Bill Logan of Langhorne, PA as the 25 millionth fan to attend a Flyers home game. Logan was showered with confetti and personally greeted by Ed Snider. Later, he was a guest of host Steve Coates on CSN Philadelphia’s “Coatsey’s Corner” segment during intermission.
Additionally, Logan received a team-signed jersey, a Lacman watch valued at $1,000, a large flat-screen television, round- trip aifare from Southwest Airlines, accommodations for an eight-day, seven night stay in Florida which included passes to Universal Orlando and SeaWorld, catered balcony suite for a future Flyers game, the chance to meet all the players in the Flyers locker room after the game, a limousine ride and dinner for four in Victors Club for a future Flyers game, and a guest pass to attend Flyers head Coach Ken Hitchcock’s postgame press conference at a future game.
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