Flyers Game Day: April 7 @ NJ

By Bill Meltzer / April 7, 2026

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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (39-26-12) are in Newark on Tuesday to take on Sheldon Keefe’s New Jersey Devils (40-34-3). This is the third and final meeting of the season series between the teams. The Flyers won the first two games:6-3 (home) and 5-3 (road) in late November.

The Flyers have gone 7-3-0 over their last 10 games. The Devils are 6-3-1. Philly now controls its own fate in the push for a playoff spot.

The Flyers enter Tuesday’s game coming off a 2-1 home overtime win against the Boston Bruins on Sunday afternoon. Flyers rookie Porter Martone assisted on the game’s first goal and later notched his first NHL goal to win the game in overtime. The Devils, meanwhile, enter this game coming off a home-and-home split with the Montreal Canadiens: 4-3 home loss on Saturday and 3-0 road shutout win the next day.

Where to watch

Time and broadcast: 7:00 p.m. EDT on NBCSP and ESPN
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 77 games)

Travis Konecny — 66 points (27g, 39a)
Trevor Zegras — 62 points (23g, 39a)
Owen Tippett — 50 points (28g, 22a)
Christian Dvorak — 49 points (17g, 32a)
Matvei Michkov — 43 points (17g, 26a)
Noah Cates — 43 points (17g, 26a)
Travis Sanheim — 35 points (10g, 25a)
Sean Couturier — 32 points (10g, 22a)
Jamie Drysdale — 30 points (8g, 22a)
Cam York — 26 points (4g, 22a) in 69 games
Tyson Forster — 14 points (11g, 3a) in 24 games
Denver Barkey — 14 points (5g, 9a) in 38 games
Nikita Grebenkin — 14 points (4g, 10a) in 55 games

Goaltender stats

Dan Vladar — 48 GP, 26-13-7, 2.43 GAA, .906 SV%
Samuel Ersson — 31 GP, 13-11-5, 3.15 GAA, .867 SV%
Aleksei Kolosov — 4 GP, 0-2-0, 4.00 GAA, .830 SV%

Flyers Lineup (subject to change)

The Flyers will not hold a morning skate on Tuesday. Lines below reflect Sunday’s combinations against Boston. The combinations will be updated if necessary.

Tyson Foerster – Trevor Zegras – Owen Tippett
Travis Konecny – Christian Dvorak – Porter Martone
Alex Bump– Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Carl Grundstrom – Sean Couturier – Luke Glendening

Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Noah Juulsen

Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]

Scratches: Denver Barkey (healthy), Garnet Hathaway (healthy), Emil Andrae (healthy), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body), Garrett Wilson (healthy).

Flyers Playoff Outlook

n the Metropolitan Division standings, the third-place Flyers enter this game with a one-point lead (plus a game in hand) on the New York Islanders. Philadelphia has a two-point lead on the Columbus Blue Jackets. It is vital for the Flyers to stay ahead of the Islanders, Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals (87 points) in total points. Philly would lose the regulation wins tiebreaker with any of those three teams.

As a backup, the Flyers are still in the Eastern Conference wildcard mix if they fall out of a top-three spot in the Metro.However, that would be a more complicated path. The Ottawa Senators, like the Flyers, currently have 90 points. The Senators hold the tiebreaker advantage. Meanwhile, the Detroit Red Wings are just two points behind the Flyers and Senators.

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- April 7, 2026 at 11:20 am #69846
  
  Bill Meltzer
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- April 7, 2026 at 11:33 am #69847
  
  MBFlyerfan1
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  I am all in on this team making the playoffs, because if they don’t, it will be a disaster. Another year on the outside looking in, but this time with a draft pick in the late teens. I feel like they will be offer sheeting Fantilli or Carlsson because that is the only way they get a true #1 center.
- April 7, 2026 at 11:35 am #69849
  MountyB
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  Flyers Game Day: April 7 @ NJ
  
  Go FLYERS!
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- April 7, 2026 at 11:43 am #69851
  
  Bill Meltzer
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  I am all in on this team making the playoffs, because if they don’t, it will be a disaster. Another year on the outside looking in, but this time with a draft pick in the late teens. I feel like they will be offer sheeting Fantilli or Carlsson because that is the only way they get a true #1 center.
  
  I think good players can be drafted in different spots. I also don’t think just barely missing out this year would be a disaster longer term, but it would be pretty damn disappointing at this point. I do agree that the only way to bring in a center has to be from the outside. However, a Fantilli or Carlsson offer sheet would be matched. If they go the trade route, perhaps someone like Mason McTavish, who has had a down year and whose team has to get Carlsson and Gauthier signed.
  - April 7, 2026 at 11:45 am #69852
    
    Bill Meltzer
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    Flyers Game Day: April 7 @ NJ
    
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- April 7, 2026 at 12:31 pm #69857
  
  Thor
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  The Flyers rebuild/retool is hopefully just about over. The Flyers don’t have any Centers in the system that are anywhere near making it to the NHL. If the Flyers make the playoffs, I think it will draw some quality free agents during the off season. Briere made good moves signing Vladar and trading for Zegras. With the dead money from Hayes, Atkinson and Laughton coming off the books this summer, Briere should have some money to spend to get us a quality Center in free agency.
  - April 7, 2026 at 1:20 pm #69861
    
    MBFlyerfan1
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    The main issue I have is, who are these quality free agents? The list of UFA’s is pretty bare when it comes to difference making players.
  - April 7, 2026 at 1:37 pm #69862
    
    Thor
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    Just a quick list–Mikael Granlund, Boone Jenner, Mason McTavish, Marco Rossi, Gabe Vilardi. We would all prefer somebody younger like McTavish, but we will see what happens. Maybe some sort of a trade for non free agent? Something has to be done because Dvorak and Coots are not top line Centers.
- April 7, 2026 at 3:07 pm #69869
  
  Bill Meltzer
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  Just a quick list–Mikael Granlund, Boone Jenner, Mason McTavish, Marco Rossi, Gabe Vilardi. We would all prefer somebody younger like McTavish, but we will see what happens. Maybe some sort of a trade for non free agent? Something has to be done because Dvorak and Coots are not top line Centers.
  
  Agreed. The Flyers do have a surplus at wing, so that helps.
- April 7, 2026 at 3:08 pm #69870
  
  Bill Meltzer
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  The main issue I have is, who are these quality free agents? The list of UFA’s is pretty bare when it comes to difference making players.
  
  It’s a fair concern. Teams tend to extend these players — especially at C and D — before they ever hit uFA status.
  - April 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm #69875
    
    Shoresy
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    You’re right, Bill. The only way the Flyers get a true #1 C will be to trade with a team that has one and sees itself going into a full/partial rebuild. And the price will be very steep and will include younger players that have high upside and can be part of a rebuild on that team. These will be players that Flyers fans do not want to part with. Young roster players, perhaps a F and a D along with a prospect and 1R draft pick. And even then, it’s a huge gamble. I don’t see GM DB as a gambler.
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