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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (21-12-7) play their first home game of the 2026 calendar year on Tuesday. The opponent: Joel Quenneville’s Anaheim Ducks (21-18-3) on Tuesday evening. It’s the annual Ed Snider Legacy game and marks the midpoint of the Flyers’ 2025-26 regular season schedule.
The Flyers went 3-2-0 during their recent road trip. On Saturday afternoon, Philadelphia skated to a 5-2 victory over the defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers.
Denver Barkey (1st NHL goal), Travis Sanheim (4th goal of the season), Bobby Brink (11th), Nike Seler (1st) and Owen TIppett (ENG, 13th) scored for the Flyers. Dan Vladar made 23 saves, including numerous difficult and timely saves.
The Ducks are winless in their last six games. Anaheim is playing the latter game of a back-to-back set and the second match of an Eastern road trip that will see the team play four times in six nights.
On Monday, the Ducks fell short in a comeback bid against the Washington Capitals. The Caps prevailed, 7-4. Washington led, 5-1, before the Ducks pushed back within one goal. However, the Caps pulled away again with two empty net goals late in the third period. Chris Kreider (14th), Alex Killorn (3rd), Jacob Trouba (7th) and Beckett Sennecke (14th) scored in a losing cause. Ryan Strome had an unsuccessful penalty in the second period.
Tuesday’s game marks the sixth match for the Flyers since the leaguewide holiday break. The team is still looking for its first power play goal since Christmas, going 0-for-8 so far. Dating back to December 1, the Flyers are 6-for-46 (13.0 percent) over their last 16 games. For the season, the Flyers are ranked in a tie for 30th in the NHL (17-for-109) with a 15.6 percent success rate on the man advantage.
Meanwhile, Anaheim has also been in a deep funk on the power play. They are last in the NHL since Dec. 1 with a 10.4 percent (5-for-48) mark in 17 games. For the season, the Ducks power play ranks 25th in the NHL at 16.5 percent success.
Where to watch
Time and broadcast: 7:00 p.m. ET on NBCSP
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
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Leading scorers: Flyers (through 40 games)
Trevor Zegras — 39 points (15g, 24a)
Travis Konecny — 36 points (13g, 23a)
Owen Tippett — 25 points (13g, 12a)
Christian Dvorak — 25 points (9g, 16a)
Noah Cates — 22 points (10g, 12a)
Matvei Michkov — 23 points (9g, 14a)
Sean Couturier — 21 points (5g, 16a)
Bobby Brink — 20 points (11g, 9a)
Travis Sanheim — 18 points (4g, 14a)
Jamie Drysdale — 18 points (3g, 15a)
Goaltender stats
Dan Vladar — 24 GP, 15-6-3, 2.39 GAA, .910 SV%
Samuel Ersson — 15 GP, 6-5-4, 3.09 GAA, .868 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.
- Matvei Michkov (lower body) took a puck off his foot in the Edmonton game on Saturday. He finished the match. However, he was unable to practice on Monday. He underwent further evaluation.
Projected Flyers Lineup
The Flyers held practice at the FTC on Monday. However, they did not run lines. The session was split into two groups. Tuesday’s morning skate will be a much clearer picture on the projected lineup against the Ducks, with or without Michkov. If Michkov cannot play, Nikita Grebenkin will likely re-enter the lineup. Even if Michkov plays, there could be a power play combination tweak or two.
The lineup below is just a placeholder, reflecting last Saturday’s lines in Edmonton.
Trevor Zegras- Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Denver Barkey – Sean Couturier – Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Carl Grundstrom – Rodrigo Abols – Garnet Hathaway
Cam York – Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Rasmus Ristolainen
Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]
PP1: York, Tippett, Cates, Michkov, Sanheim
PP2: Drysdale, Barkey, Dvorak, Konecny, Zegras
Scratches (last game): Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Nikita Grebenkin (healthy), Noah Juulsen (healthy).
Flyers Opponent: Anaheim Ducks
Leading scorers (through 42 games)
Leo Carlsson — 42 points (17g, 25a)
Troy Terry — 40 points (13g, 27a)
Cutter Gauthier — 39 points (19g, 20a)
Beckett Sennecke — 32 points (14g, 22a)
Mason McTavish — 26 points (10g, 16a)
Jackson LaCombe — 24 points (6g, 18a)
Chris Kreider — 23 points (14g, 9a)
Jacob Trouba — 18 points (7g, 11a)
Mikael Granlund — 16 points (7g, 9a)
Olen Zellweger — 16 points (5g, 11a)
Ryan Poehling — 14 points (2g, 12a) in 35 games
Goaltender stats
Lukas Dostal– 27 GP, 13-10-2, 3.18 GAA, .887 SV%
Petr Mrazek — 10 GP, 3-5-0, 4.07 GAA, .858 SV%
Ville Huusso — 9 GP, 5-3-1, 3.25 GAA, .884 SV%
Injury report: Ducks
- Vasily Podkolzin is day-to-day with an illness. He is questionable for Saturday’s game.
- Tristan Jarry is on IR with a lower-body injury. Connor Ingram is backing up Pickard in Jarry’s absence.
- Kasperi Kapanen is on IR.
Anaheim Ducks Projected Lineup: Last game (Jan. 6)
Chris Kreider — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
Cutter Gauthier – Mason McTavish — Beckett Sennecke
Nikita Nesterenko – Mikael Granlund – Ryan Strome
Ross Johnston – Ryan Poehling – Alex Killorn
Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov – Ian Moore
Olen Zellweger – Radko Gudas
Lukas Dostal
[Petr Mrazek]
PP1: LaCombe, McTavish, Carlsson, Sennecke, Granlund
PP2: Trouba, Gauthier, Kreider, Terry, Zellweger
Flyers sign Dvorak to five-year extension
The Flyers announced today that the club signed Christian Dvorak to a five-year contract extension with a $5.15 million cap hit. The final contract cost was likely sealed by Alexander Wennberg’s extension with the San Jose Sharks.
“Christian has played a pivotal role in our team’s success this season and proven to be a reliable, two-way center that can be trusted in all situations. More importantly, he plays a big role in our locker room and has fit in seamlessly to our group and what we are building,” Flyerss general manager Daniel Briere said in a statement released by the team.
Dvorak will speak to the media after Tuesday’s morning skate.
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