Kolosov plays at WFC for first time, Flyers win preseason finale initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Flyers wrapped up the preseason with a 5-4 win Thursday evening over the Devils on the Wells Fargo Middle.
Olle Lycksell, J.R. Avon, Emil Andrae, Anthony Richard and Noah Cates scored objectives for the Flyers. Andrae (one aim, two assists), Richard (one aim, two assists) and Oliver Bonk (two assists) had multi-point video games.
The objectives from Avon, Richard and Cates got here on the facility play. Cates’ was the game-winner.
Alexei Kolosov performed in Philadelphia for the primary time when he took over in web halfway via the sport.
The preseason finale did not function a costume rehearsal for the Flyers. New Jersey’s massive membership is already in Prague, Czechia for the 2024 NHL International Sequence, so the Flyers deployed extra of an inexperienced, Phantoms-heavy lineup.
Assistant coaches Darryl Williams, Brad Shaw and Rocky Thompson and expertise coach Angelo Ricci led the Flyers’ bench.
The Flyers went 4-3-0 within the exhibition slate.
• In his last tune-up, Ivan Fedotov performed half of the sport and turned away seven of eight pictures.
The Flyers’ backup made 55 saves on 63 pictures in 4 preseason appearances.
Kolosov got here on in aid for the second time via the exhibition slate and transformed 11 saves. The second of his three objectives allowed was an influence play snipe.
He completed his abbreviated preseason with 18 stops on 22 pictures.
A saga stemming back to May resulted in Kolosov not attending rookie camp and lacking a week-plus of primary camp. The 22-year-old prospect is projected to open the season with AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley.
• Lycksell continued his sturdy preseason with the game-opening aim within the first interval. Bonk, the Flyers’ second first-rounder from 2023, made a pleasant play alongside the blue line to set it up.
As a bubble ahead, Lycksell had two objectives, two assists, 13 pictures and a plus-1 score in 5 exhibition video games. Curiously, although, he did not observe with the large membership group Thursday morning. More on that and the roster outlook here.
Andrae delivered what the Flyers needed to see within the preseason from their younger defensemen. The 22-year-old recorded a aim, 4 assists and a plus-3 mark in 4 video games. He is the favourite to be the Flyers’ first call-up on the back end when the club needs one.
• Sawyer Boulton and Hunter McDonald each had fights for the Flyers. Boulton ended up dropping the gloves twice with Devils ahead Samuel Laberge.
• In some non-game well being issues, Nick Seeler missed observe Thursday. Williams mentioned the defenseman was nonetheless dealing some numbness and results from taking a puck to his leg Tuesday evening.
“It was like a innocent play, however it hit that peroneal nerve,” Seeler said after practicing Wednesday. “It simply went numb, so I could not really feel the foot or the leg. … I acquired up and I am like, ‘What the heck simply occurred? I am unable to really feel my leg.'”
Tyson Foerster returned to observe Thursday after lacking Wednesday’s session due to swelling from a blocked shot Tuesday evening.
• The Flyers are scheduled to observe Friday at 11 a.m. ET. They should submit their season-opening roster by Monday at 5 p.m. ET. They open the common season subsequent Friday in opposition to the Canucks in Vancouver, British Columbia (10 p.m. ET/NBCSP).
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