John Tortorella confirmed that the 36-year-old veteran will be out with an upper-body injury. His absence opens the door for Egor Zamula and Emil Andrae to get into the lineup.
, an on-ice coach of sorts to a team with inexperienced players pushing for roster spots and playing time.confirmed Saturday that the team would be without Staal for “weeks.” The team is calling it an upper-body injury. The 36-year-old left Thursday’s game vs. Edmonton in the second period after crashing into the boards.
Part of this Flyers season involves learning more about their prospects. They will have a good look at Zamula, 23, and Andrae, 21, while playing against two strong teams on the road this week. Tortorella seemed to tip off that both will play on Tuesday, too. It’s possible Ristolainen is ready to go for Tuesday night in Vegas. At the very least, the Flyers could activate him off IR and put Staal on IR.Egor Zamula looking to stay with the Flyers. Scoring his first goal vs. Vancouver didn’t hurt.The Flyers made it a hat trick last season, ranking at the bottom of the NHL in power-play percentage for the third consecutive season. They weren’t at the bottom of the list Saturday morning, but close enough — 28th out of 32 teams.
“We’re going to keep on working with them and find our way,” Tortorella said. “I think we’ve developed a lot of offense early on this year except for maybe one game where we didn’t have the puck in Ottawa. We’ve got to try to find some sort of consistency with our power play, even if we don’t score a goal, just to keep the momentum on our side. That’s what worries me the most when a power play struggles. Maybe you don’t score the goal, great, but you just lose so much momentum sometimes.
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