Ersson will be between the home pipes versus Buffalo on Saturday, according to Jackie Spiegel of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ersson is 2-5-1 with a 4.34 GAA and an .835 save percentage in the month of March. The 25-year-old has given up 11 goals on 60 shots in his last two outings, giving him a 20-15-5 record with a 3.13 GAA and an .882 save percentage for the lowly Flyers this season. The Sabres are generating 3.15 goals per game in 2024-25, 11th in the NHL.
Dorwart agreed to terms on a two-year, entry-level contract with Philadelphia on Friday, PuckPedia reports.
Dorwart's 2024-25 campaign ended Thursday when Michigan State was eliminated from the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship by Cornell. In his junior season, the 22-year-old center notched 13 goals and 18 helpers for his second straight 30-plus point campaign. While not officially announced by the team, Dorwart's contract would seem to indicate he will link up with the Flyers for the remainder of the 2024-25 season, effectively burning the first year of his ELC.
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Flyers' Nick Seeler: Logs assist to snap slump
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Seeler posted an assist, five hits and two blocked shots in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Canadiens.
Seeler saw heavy minutes as the Flyers dressed but benched Cam York for the full contest. The extra ice time likely helped Seeler end a 12-game point drought, which he did with an assist on Tyson Foerster's third-period tally. Seeler is at a career-high 16 points with 75 shots on net, 113 hits, 169 blocked shots and a plus-4 rating over 69 appearances this season. His physicality is strong, but the rest of his playing style isn't very fantasy friendly.
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Flyers' Olle Lycksell: Provides assist Thursday
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Lycksell notched an assist in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Canadiens.
Lycksell wasn't able to keep up momentum from earlier in March when he had three assists over a two-game stretch. He followed it up with six consecutive scoreless outings before setting up a Nicolas Deslauriers tally in the first period Thursday. Lycksell is now at four helpers, nine shots on net, seven hits and a minus-3 rating over 17 NHL appearances this season. He's in a fourth-line role, so fantasy managers likely won't need to turn to him for help this season.
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Flyers' Nicolas Deslauriers: Pots rare goal
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Deslauriers scored a goal and blocked two shots in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Canadiens.
This was Deslauriers' first goal and point in 14 contests in March, and it snapped a 19-game point drought overall. The winger missed roughly two months due to an upper-body injury in that stretch, and he hasn't always been a lock for the lineup since returning. The Flyers are short on healthy bodies and also don't have any more regular recalls available after using their allotted four following the trade deadline. Deslauriers has two points, 15 shots on net, 60 hits and 15 PIM over 24 outings this season.
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Flyers' Tyson Foerster: Scores in Thursday's win
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Foerster scored a goal on four shots, added two hits and blocked two shots in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Canadiens.
Foerster snapped a month-long goal drought -- he had been limited to four assists over the last 14 games of John Tortorella's tenure as head coach. The change behind the bench, currently with interim head coach Brad Shaw, may lead to a bit more freedom for some of the Flyers' top scorers. Foerster has 17 goals and 33 points in 73 outings this season, matching his point total from his 77-game sample as a rookie last year. He's added 124 shots on net, 69 hits, 51 blocked shots, 43 PIM and a minus-11 rating in 2024-25.
Michkov produced two goals and an assist in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Canadiens.
The 20-year-old seemed happy to see the back of coach John Tortorella, who was fired Thursday morning. Michkov opened the scoring less than two minutes into the first period, then potted the Flyers' final goal midway through the third period. He even had a chance at his first career hat trick, but hit the post when taking aim at an empty net. Michkov snapped a 10-game goal drought with the performance, and on the season he's up to 22 goals and 54 points in 72 appearances, putting him two points back of Montreal's Lane Hutson in the rookie scoring race.
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Flyers' Sean Couturier: Big night against Montreal
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Couturier scored two goals, one the game-winner on the power play, and added an even-strength assist in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Canadiens.
A Montreal turnover midway through the third period sprung Philly for a 2-on-1, and Couturier used Travis Konecny as a decoy before snapping the puck past Jakub Dobes to give the Flyers a 5-2 lead. Remarkably, it was Couturier's first power-play goal of the season. The 32-year-old has gotten onto the scoresheet in five straight games, racking up four goals and eight points over that stretch, and Thursday's performance got Couturier up to 40 points (14 goals, 26 assists) on the season in 71 appearances.
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Flyers' Samuel Ersson: Back in win column Thursday
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Ersson made 26 saves in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Canadiens.
The 25-year-old goalie snapped a four-game losing streak thanks to a big performance by his offense. Ersson is struggling to get to the finish line on the season -- he's given up at least three goals in nine of his last 10 outings, going 2-5-2 over that stretch with a rough 4.40 GAA and .831 save percentage.
Ersson is set to start at home against Montreal on Thursday.
Ersson will be looking for his first win since March 13 -- he's 0-3-1 with a 4.43 GAA and an .826 save percentage across his past four outings. The 25-year-old netminder has a 19-15-5 record, 3.10 GAA and .882 save percentage in 42 appearances this campaign. Montreal is in a three-way tie for 14th in goals per game with 2.99.
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Flyers' Jett Luchanko: Shifts to AHL
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Luchanko has been moved from OHL Guelph to AHL Lehigh Valley.
Luchanko had 21 goals and 56 points in 46 outings with Guelph this campaign. He also started 2024-25 with Philadelphia, recording two PIM, three shots and six hits across four appearances while averaging 14:03 of ice time. The 18-year-old was taken with the No. 13 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.
Murchison signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Flyers on Wednesday. The contract will begin in 2025-26.
Murchison had four assists and 48 PIM in 37 appearances with Arizona State University as a senior this season. He also blocked 98 shots, which was the most of any player in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Philadelphia selected Murchison with the No. 158 overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. He will likely begin next season in the AHL.
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Flyers' Rodrigo Abols: Hands out helper
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Abols logged an assist and two hits in Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Maple Leafs.
Abols snapped a six-game point drought when he helped out on a Ryan Poehling tally in the first period. The 29-year-old Abols has emerged as a bottom-six regular for the Flyers following the trade deadline, but he hasn't been particularly productive on offense. For the season, he has four points, 21 shots on net, 22 hits, 10 blocked shots and a minus-9 rating over 19 NHL appearances.
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Flyers' Jakob Pelletier: Nabs helper in loss
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Pelletier produced an assist in Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Maple Leafs.
Pelletier has stayed in the lineup since his Flyers debut Feb. 22, but he's struggled to make an impact while playing in a bottom-six role. He was pinned down on the fourth line for most of March before moving up to the third line recently. He's contributed 14 points, 42 shots on net, 40 hits and a plus-7 rating across 40 appearances between the Flyers and the Flames this season. At 24 years old and without a guaranteed NHL role, Pelletier's shine in dynasty formats is almost gone, and he isn't a factor in redraft formats.
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Flyers' Sean Couturier: Four-game, five-point streak
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Couturier scored a goal in a 7-2 loss to Toronto on Tuesday.
He scored on a deflection late in the second to cut the score to 6-2. Couturier is on a four-game, five-point scoring streak (two goals, three assists). He has 14 shots in that span. Couturier might offer you some fantasy relief if you've been hit hard by injuries down the middle.
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Flyers' Ryan Poehling: Four points in last four games
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Poehling picked up a goal Tuesday in a 7-2 loss to Toronto.
Poehling opened the scoring in the first period when he one-timed a pass over Anthony Stolarz's glove from above the left hashmarks. The forward has three goals and one assist in his last four games. It's a nice little late-season bump, but it's not really enough to make Poehling fantasy relevant.
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