The Flyers got a boost on Sunday, with Travis Konecny and Owen Tippett both coming off injured reserve.
Philadelphia announced the move as the club prepares to close out a short homestand, starting with the Utah Mammoth on Sunday and followed by the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.
Konecny, 29, had been out for the last 10 games after suffering a lower-body injury in Philadelphia’s 2-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on October 8. He has played five games this season and has three assists, but no goals.
Last year, the London, Ontario native led the Flyers with 68 points, finishing with 27 goals and 41 assists. He added a goal and four assists in Philadelphia’s 10 playoff games.
A first-round pick by the Flyers in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Konecny is in his 11th season with the team. His best regular-season production came in 2024-25, when he posted 24 goals and 52 assists for 76 points across all 82 games. He is in the second season of an eight-year, $70 million contract.
Tippett, 27, has missed the last six games with an upper-body injury he sustained in the same 2-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on October 15. Through nine games this season, the Peterborough, Ontario native has one goal and one assist.
He put together a strong 2024-25 campaign, scoring 28 goals and adding 23 assists for 51 points in 81 games. Tippett also recorded a goal and an assist in six playoff games.
Drafted 10th overall by the Florida Panthers in 2017, Tippett was acquired by Philadelphia in March 2022 in the trade that sent Claude Giroux to Florida. He is in the third season of an eight-year, $49.6 million contract.
The Flyers enter Sunday’s game last in the Metropolitan Division with 10 points through 15 games.
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