The Flyers made a quick roster move on Monday, putting forward Owen Tippett on injured reserve and bringing up Jacob Gaucher from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
Tippett had been in the lineup as recently as Thursday, when Philadelphia was in Detroit against the Red Wings. He played the full game in the Flyers’ 2-1 loss, finishing with 15:36 of ice time and a minus-1 rating, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether he picked up the injury in that contest.
By Saturday, though, he was already ruled out against the Ottawa Senators with an upper-body injury. Philadelphia went on to win that game 3-1, its first victory of the season.
Under NHL injured reserve rules, Tippett cannot return until this coming Saturday, when the Flyers host the Anaheim Ducks.
The injury comes during a sluggish start for Tippett, who put together a 51-point season in 2025-26. Through nine games this year, the 27-year-old Peterborough, Ont. native has one goal and one assist, along with a minus-2 rating and an average of 16:26 of ice time per game.
Still, Tippett has been one of Philadelphia’s more reliable scoring threats since arriving ahead of the trade deadline in the 2021-22 season. He has reached at least 20 goals and 40 points in each of his four full seasons with the club, including a career-best 28 goals and 53 points in 2022-23.
Gaucher, meanwhile, gets another shot with the big club after appearing in four games in each of the last two seasons, though he has yet to record his first NHL point. The 25-year-old has started the year strong in Lehigh Valley, collecting four goals and eight points over the Phantoms’ first six games.
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