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Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers (0-1-1) will try for their first win of the season on Monday night. The team has its home opener; the first of a stretch of nine home games in the next 10 matches. The opponent: Paul Maurice’s Florida Panthers. Here’s the 411 to get you set for the game.
Time and broadcast: 7:00 p.m. EDT on NBCSP
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Last Thursday, the Flyers sustained a 2-1 loss to the Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. Noah Cates notched Philly’s lone goal. Veteran agitator scoring the winner on a screened shot in the third period. Dan Vladar suffered a hard-luck loss in goal. For a statistical synpsosis, click here.
The Flyers will use the home opener to introduce a memorial uniform patch in tribute to Bernie Parent. Philly’s players will wear it all season. Additionally, the number 1 has been painted in the trapezoids behind the nets at either end of the ice.
The Flyers made a roster move on Sunday. The team recalled defenseman Emil Andrae from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The team sent veteran defenseman Dennis Gilbert (who cleared waivers last week) to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
Flyers Projected Starting Lineup
Travis Konecny – Sean Couturier – Matvei Michkov
Christian Dvorak– Trevor Zegras – Owen TIppett
Tyson Foerster – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Nikita Grebenkin – Jett Luchanko – Garnet Hathaway
Nick Seeler – Travis Sanheim
Adam Ginning – Jamie Drysdale
Emil Andrae – Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]
Scratches: Rodrigo Abols (healthy), Nicolas Deslauriers (healthy), Egor Zamula (healthy).
Flyers Daily: Mondays with Meltzer (October 13, 2025)
This week’s Mondays with Meltzer edition of Flyers Daily previews the home opener against Florida. Jason Myrtetus and I compare observations on the first two games of the season. What has worked? What are the concerning signs?
Phantoms Lose at Home to WB/S
Coming off a 5-2 home win the Belleville Senators on Saturday night, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms suffered a 4-1 home loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Sunday. The Phantoms trailed just 2-1 at the second intermission but the Baby Pens pulled away in the final stanza.
Penalty problems continued to plague John Snowden’s team. After going 7-for-7 on the penalty kill in Friday’s opener, the Phantoms found themselves shorthanded five additional times on Sunday. This time, the Phantoms got burned. The Penguins went 2-for-5 on the power play. The Phantoms went 1-for-3 on their power plays.
Defenseman Helge Grans scored an unassisted second period goal for Lehigh Valley’s only goal on Sunday. Making his AHL debut in goal, Carson Bjarnason stopped 26 of 29 shots. Tristan Broz added an empty net goal (second tally of the final period) to seal the win. Samu Tuomaala, a healthy scratch on opening night, joined the lineup on Sunday (three shots on goal, two minor penalties). Meanwhile, Filip Larsson stopped 26 of 27 shots to earn the win in net for the Penguins.
Let’s Go Flyers