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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (3-6-3) are home on Saturday afternoon to play Joel Quenneville’s Anaheim Ducks (4-6-0). This is the first of two meetings this season between the clubs.
On Wednesday in Buffalo, the Flyers skated to a 3-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Rookie winger Cole Knuble scored the first two goals of his NHL career, sandwiched around a Trevor Zegras (3rd) power play goal. Dan Vladar made 27 saves for the victory.
Projected Goalie Matchup
Flyers: Joseph Woll (1-3-2, 2.64 GAA, .917 SV%)
Ducks: Lukas Dostal (3-4-0, 3.16 GAA, .886 SV%)
Flyers scoring leaders
Points
Matvei Michkov — 8
Trevor Zegras — 8
Christian Dvorak — 4
Oliver Bonk — 4
Denver Barkey — 4
Porter Martone -3
Travis Sanheim — 3
Travis Konecny — 3
Sean Couturier — 3
Owen Tippett — 2
Nick Seeler -2
Goals
Matvei Michkov — 6
Trevor Zegras — 3
Porter Martone — 2
Christian Dvorak — 2
Cole Knuble — 2
Tyson Foerster — 1
Porter Martone — 1
Owen Tippett – 1
Noel Acciari — 1
Travis Sanheim — 1
Rasmus Ristolainen — 1
Assists
Trevor Zegras — 5
Denver Barkey — 4
Oliver Bonk — 4
Sean Couturier — 3
Travis Konency — 3
Matvei Michkov — 2
Christian Dvorak — 2
Nick Seeler — 2
seven players — 1
Where to Watch
Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Venue: Xfinity Mobile Arena
Television networks: NBCSP
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic
Flyers Injury Report
The Flyers are riddled with injuries at present. Following is the known list and their current availability status.
- Owen Tippett (lower body) — IR
- Travis Konecny (knee) — IR
- Cam York (upper-body) — IR, now day-to-day
- Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body) — IR, could be activated for the game (better than 50-50 chance)
- Nikita Grebenkin (back surgery) — sidelined at least four months from October
Potential Flyers Lineup (will be updated)
The Flyers had a complete off day on Tuesday. They plan a morning skate in Buffalo on Wednesday. Meanwhile, these default lines represent Monday arrangement of the available skaters.
Trevor Zegras – Christian Dvorak – Noel Acciari
Porter Martone – Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Michael Bunting – Sean Couturier – Jacob Gaucher
Alex Bump – Denver Barkey – Cole Knuble
Travis Sanheim – Oliver Bonk
Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale
Hunter McDonald – David Jiricek or Rasmus Ristolainen
Joseph Woll
Dan Vladar
Available: Simon Benoit, Garrett Wilson (cleared waivers). David Jiricek
Game-time decision (questionable): Rasmus Ristolainen
Team Toyota Flyers Spotlight: Controlled Aggression
Two games ago, Tocchet made a strategic adjustment to the long-suffering Flyers power play. He moved the left-handed shooting Trevor Zegras from the right hall boards to the left. Being able to skate “downhill” with the puck with his stick angled on his natural side has opened up Zegras’ effectiveness on the power play at least so far.
Meanwhile, Matvei Michkov has the right flank to himself and the ability to roam the offensive zone.
It’s not a cure-all but the power play adjustment has helped so far.
Behind Enemy Lines: Ducks in a funk
Anaheim is very hungry for a victory. They are playing their fourth game within six nights. It’s the final game of their four-game road trip. The trip has been rough so far: 5-2 loss to the Rangers (Monday), 3-2 loss to the Islanders (Tuesday), and 4-1 defeat at the hands of the Devils (Thursday). Overall, Anaheim has lost five games in a row; all in regulation.
Tocchet media availability: October 23, 2026
60th Anniversary: Today in Flyers History
Signed by the Flyers as a free agent in the summer of 1998, veteran goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck spent two seasons with the club. On October 24, 1999, the former Florida Panthers netminder blanked his old team on 22 shots in a 2-0 home win at the First Union Center. Fellow ex-Panther Jody Hull scored the game-winner and Eric Lindros added an empty net goal.
The shutout was the third in a row for “Beezer.” Over the course of the game, Vanbiesbrouck sets a franchise record for consecutive shutout minutes. His streak would eventually reach 227:40 before it was finally snapped.
Vanbiesbrouck’s franchise record would stand until March 12, 2012. Ilya Bryzgalov shattered the mark with a 249:43 shutout minute streak.
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