Flyers Game Day: Oct. 20 vs. Kraken

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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (2-2-1) are home on Monday to host Lane Lambert’s Seattle Kraken (3-0-2) at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The team plays its fourth of a stretch of nine home games over a 10-match span. Here’s the 411 to get you set for the game.

Time and broadcast: 7:00 p.m. EDT on NBCSP
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
PhiladelphiaFlyers.com keys to the game for Philadelphia: click here after 11 a.m. ET

The team practiced at the FTC in Voorhees on Sunday. Tyson Foerster (maintenance day) did not participate. He hobbled to the bench from a blocked shot in Saturday’s 2-1 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild. He finished the game. Nikita Grebenkin skated in Foerster’s spot at Sunday’s practice.

Flyers Projected Starting Lineup

Note: Saturday’s lineup below. Lines will be adjusted after Monday’s morning skate.

Travis Konecny – Sean Couturier – Matvei Michkov
Trevor Zegras – Christian Dvorak– Owen TIppett
Tyson Foerster – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Nikita Grebenkin – Jett Luchanko – Garnet Hathaway

Cam York– Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula – Noah Juulsen

Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]

PP1: Drysdale, Tippett, Couturier, Konecny. Mickkov
PP2: Sanheim. Foerster, Cates, Brink, Zegras
Scratches: Rodrigo Abols (healthy), Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Adam Ginning (healthy).

Flyers Daily: Mondays with Meltzer (Oct. 20, 2025 edition)

Jason Myrtetus and I review the first five games of the 2025-26 regular season. Going into opening night, would you have accepted five out of 10 points from the opening five games? What has worked so, and what hasn’t? Where are the most realistic opportunities for improvement? How long will it take Matvei Michkov and Travis Konecny to break their respective slow starts? Should the Flyers run with Dan Vladar as the starting goalie for bit? So far, the team has alternated starts.

All of this and more in this week’s Mondays with Meltzer edition of Flyers Daily.