Less than halfway through the 2025-26 season, the Philadelphia Flyers are already icing a much different team than the one they started the year with.

The Philadelphia Flyers lost by shootout New York Rangers, 4-3 (2-0), at Madison Square Garden on Saturday afternoon.

The Philadelphia Flyers will be without two key players against the Rangers, with goaltender Dan Vladar and forward Christian Dvorak ruled out.

The 27-year-old has seven season of NHL experience and in his first year in Buffalo after signing a two-year contract in free agency last summer.

Tage Thompson and Noah Ostlund scored 2:36 apart in the closing minutes of the second period, and the Sabres won their fourth in a row with a 5-3 victory over the Flyers.

No, it took a patient, savvy plan by general manager Daniel Briere, who’s been making all the right moves this year as the Flyers make their way back into playoff contention after a five-year hiatus. Briere started by hiring former Flyer player Rick Tocchet as the team’s new head coach.

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Philadelphia Flyers GM Danny Briere spoke before the Flyers' Saturday matinee bout against the New York Rangers, providing important injury updates and giving some more insight into the decision to call Denver Barkey up to the big leagues.