Update (2:07 p.m. ET, Sunday): Travis Konecny has been placed on injured reserve by the Philadelphia Flyers with a lower-body injury, with a listed return date of Oct. 17, according to the NHL‘s official injury report. The move reverses an earlier Sunday update that had Konecny off the injury report entirely, and it rules him out of Sunday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
The Konecny injured reserve designation is a significant blow for Philadelphia, which enters the day as the only winless team in the Eastern Conference at 0-4-2. Carolina arrives at 4-1-1 and has won four straight games, including a 3-2 overtime win over the Flyers on Oct. 3.
Hurricanes Vs Flyers Game Information
- Date: Sunday, Oct. 11
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
- Venue: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PA
- TV/Streaming: NHL Net, NBC Sports Phil, CARNHL
- Season series: Carolina leads 1-0
By The Numbers
- Goals: Carolina 23, Philadelphia 7
- Points: Carolina 65, Philadelphia 19
- Shots on goal: Carolina 193, Philadelphia 121
- Shooting percentage: Carolina 11.9%, Philadelphia 5.8%
- Goals against average: Carolina 2.67, Philadelphia 4.00
- Save percentage: Carolina .878, Philadelphia .893
- Power-play goals: Carolina 7, Philadelphia 2
- Penalty minutes: Carolina 73, Philadelphia 47
- Points standing: Carolina 9 points (1st in Metro), Philadelphia 2 points (last in Metro)
Carolina Hurricanes Outlook
Carolina has won four straight games and sits atop the Metropolitan Division at 9 points. The Hurricanes have scored 23 goals on 193 shots, a shooting percentage of 11.9%, and their power play has produced seven goals this season. Sebastian Aho leads the team with 9 points and 5 goals, and he scored twice with an assist in the Oct. 3 overtime win over Philadelphia.
Pyotr Kochetkov is the projected starting goaltender for Carolina. The Hurricanes remain without center Seth Jarvis, on injured reserve following shoulder surgery with a listed return date of Oct. 24, and defenseman Alexander Nikishin, out due to a contract dispute with a listed return date of Nov. 1.
Philadelphia Flyers Outlook
Philadelphia has lost five straight games and carries a shot-on-goal differential of minus-82 through its first four games, a mark that ranked as the second-worst in NHL history through four games behind only the 1970-71 Buffalo Sabres, according to Yahoo Sports. The Flyers have scored seven goals on 121 shots, a shooting percentage of 5.8%, and their power play has converted on two chances.
Travis Konecny had led the Flyers with 3 assists and 3 points, but the injured reserve designation now sidelines him for Sunday’s game and beyond, per his listed Oct. 17 return date. With Konecny out, Matvei Michkov, who leads the club with 2 goals, becomes Philadelphia’s top offensive option. Joseph Woll is the projected starting goaltender for Philadelphia.
The Flyers also remain without defenseman Cam York, day-to-day with an upper-body injury carrying an Oct. 11 return date, and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, on injured reserve with an upper-body injury and a listed Oct. 15 return date. Right wing Nikita Grebenkin is on injured reserve with a back injury and carries a Feb. 13, 2027 return date. Flyers coach Rick Tocchet said after an Oct. 6 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, “This team is way too comfortable and they did not compete tonight.”
Key Matchup
Carolina’s power play, which has scored on seven chances this season, now faces a Philadelphia penalty kill and lineup that will play without its leading scorer. The Hurricanes’ special teams already decided the Oct. 3 meeting, when Shayne Gostisbehere scored the overtime winner on a power play 2:09 into the extra period. With Konecny on injured reserve, the Flyers’ power play, which has managed just two goals all season, loses the player who had produced more points than anyone else on the roster, leaving Philadelphia with even less firepower to slow Carolina’s man-advantage unit.
What To Watch
Philadelphia is trying to avoid extending its winless start past 0-4-2 as the Eastern Conference’s lone team without a victory, a mark that stood even before Sunday’s loss of its top scorer. Carolina sits first in the Metropolitan Division at 4-1-1 and can extend its winning streak to five with a season-series sweep of Philadelphia. How the Flyers’ offense responds without Konecny, who had been its only player with more than two points this season, will be worth tracking as Philadelphia searches for its first win.
For more on Carolina’s recent form, see the Hurricanes’ 7-2 win over the Canucks and the recap of Carolina’s Oct. 3 overtime win over Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s struggles continued in a 4-1 loss to the Lightning on Oct. 6. Background on the matchup is also available in the previous Hurricanes vs Flyers preview.
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