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Opening their 2026-27 regular season slate, Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers host Dan Muse’s Pittsburgh Penguins at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Wednesday night.The archrival clubs faced off in the 2025-26 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal, with the Flyers prevailing in six games.

Broadcast information

Time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
Networks: TNT, TRUTV and HBO MAX

Projected Flyers lineup

On Tuesday, the Flyers conducted their final practice before opening night. The team’s line combinations (which is something that’s always subject to change):

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

Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Simon Benoit

Dan Vladar
[Joseph Woll]

Extra skaters: David Jiricek, Garrett Wilson
Injured: Nikita Grebenkin (day to day), Denver Barkey [IR]

Betalytics analysis

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Flyers scoring leaderboard (2025-26)

Travis Konecny — 68 points (27g, 41a)
Trevor Zegras — 67 points (26g, 41a)
Owen Tippett — 51 points (28g, 23a)
Matvei Michkov — 51 points (20g, 31a)
Christian Dvorak — 51 points (18g, 33a)
Noah Cates — 47 points (19g, 28a)
Travis Sanheim — 37 points (11g, 26a)
Sean Couturier — 36 points (12g, 24a)
Jamie Drysdale — 32 points (8g, 24a)
Cam York — 26 points (4g, 22a) in 74 games
Tyson Forster — 17 points (13g, 4a) in 29 games
Denver Barkey — 17 points (5g, 12a) in 43 games

Beyond the top 12

Nikita Grebenkin — 14 points (4g, 10a) in 55 games
Rasmus Ristolainen — 14 points (1g, 13a) in 44 games
Carl Grundstrom — 13 points (9g, 4a) in 47 games
Porter Martone — 10 points (4g,6a) in 9 games
Nick Seeler — 10 points (4g, 6a)
Alex Bump — 9 points (5g, 4a) in 17 games

Flyers goaltender stats: 2025-26

Dan Vladar — 52 GP, 29-14-7, 2.42 GAA, .906 SV%
Samuel Ersson — 32 GP, 13-11-5, 3.15 GAA, .867 SV%
Aleksei Kolosov — 4 GP, 0-2-0, 4.00 GAA, .830 SV%

Flyers Daily (Sept. 30, 2026): Special guest Daniel Briere

Welcome to the 2026-2027 Flyers season as the puck drops tonight vs the Penguins. General Manager Daniel Brière joins host Jason Myrtetus to discuss the upcoming season. Jason and the GM discuss the shortened training camp and preseason, how that affects roster decisions, taking the next steps for young players and tons more.

Flyers 60th Anniversary Moment: Sponsored by Guffaw Cigars

The 2026-27 campaign marks the start of the Flyers’ 60th season. Each day on Hockey Hot Stove, we’ll look at a memorable moment in team history. The segment is sponsored by Flyers Hall of Famer Brian Propp’s line of signature Guffaw cigars.

The Flyers have never held a regular season game before prior to the month of October. Prior to this season, the Flyers earliest opening night game was on October 4, 2017, when they opened the 2017-18 regular season on the road against the San Jose Sharks. The Flyers won that game, 5-3. Wayne Simmonds led the way with a hat trick. Claude Giroux and Jordan Weal also tallied for Philly.