Philadelphia Flyers Lines

The most-used Philadelphia Flyers forward line in the Oct 19 game vs COL was Noel Acciari – Christian Dvorak – Trevor Zegras (13:08 together at 5-on-5).

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Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 51:24 at 5-on-5, 2:34 on the power play and 4:00 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Noel Acciari(moved up) – Christian Dvorak – Trevor Zegras	13:08	25.6%
L2	Alex Bump(new to the top lines and pairs) – Denver Barkey – Cole Knuble(new to the top lines and pairs)	8:33	16.6%
L3	Michael Bunting(moved down) – Sean Couturier(moved down) – Jacob Gaucher(new to the top lines and pairs)	8:22	16.3%
L4	Noah Cates(moved down) – Porter Martone(moved down) – Matvei Michkov(moved down)	8:08	15.8%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Travis Sanheim – Oliver Bonk	20:35	40.0%
D2	Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale	16:57	33.0%
D3	Hunter McDonald(new to the top lines and pairs) – David Jiricek	7:32	14.7%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Denver Barkey – Trevor Zegras – Porter Martone – Matvei Michkov – Jamie Drysdale	1:39	64.3%
PP2	Alex Bump – Michael Bunting – Christian Dvorak – Oliver Bonk – David Jiricek	0:43	27.9%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Noel Acciari – Christian Dvorak – Travis Sanheim – Nick Seeler	0:52	21.7%
PK2	Noah Cates – Noel Acciari – Oliver Bonk – Jamie Drysdale	0:16	6.7%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 240:36 at 5-on-5, 22:28 on the power play and 30:22 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Noah Cates – Porter Martone – Matvei Michkov	32:42	13.6%	5
L2	Denver Barkey – Christian Dvorak – Tyson Foerster	29:24	12.2%	4
L3	Sean Couturier – Trevor Zegras – Owen Tippett	23:34	9.8%	3
L4	Michael Bunting – Noel Acciari – Jack Studnicka	11:28	4.8%	2

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Travis Sanheim – Oliver Bonk	79:40	33.1%	5
D2	Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale	70:29	29.3%	5
D3	Simon Benoit – David Jiricek	38:37	16.1%	4

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Denver Barkey – Trevor Zegras – Tyson Foerster – Porter Martone – David Jiricek	2:51	12.7%	2
PP2	Denver Barkey – Christian Dvorak – Matvei Michkov – Owen Tippett – Jamie Drysdale	1:52	8.3%	1

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Noel Acciari – Sean Couturier – Travis Sanheim – Nick Seeler	7:32	24.8%	4
PK2	Christian Dvorak – Tyson Foerster – Simon Benoit – Jamie Drysdale	1:25	4.7%	2

Over 11 games, the team played 524:13 at 5-on-5, 52:26 on the power play and 69:01 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Noah Cates – Porter Martone – Matvei Michkov	32:42	6.2%	5
L2	Denver Barkey – Christian Dvorak – Tyson Foerster	32:19	6.2%	6
L3	Sean Couturier – Trevor Zegras – Owen Tippett	24:56	4.8%	5

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Travis Sanheim – Oliver Bonk	79:40	15.2%	5
D2	Nick Seeler – Jamie Drysdale	78:12	14.9%	10
D3	Simon Benoit – David Jiricek	42:33	8.1%	7

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Trevor Zegras – Tyson Foerster – Travis Konecny – Matvei Michkov – Jamie Drysdale	7:45	14.8%	2
PP2	Denver Barkey – Trevor Zegras – Tyson Foerster – Porter Martone – David Jiricek	2:51	5.4%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Noel Acciari – Sean Couturier – Travis Sanheim – Cam York	9:03	13.1%	5
PK2	Noah Cates – Tyson Foerster – Rasmus Ristolainen – Nick Seeler	2:55	4.2%	2

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 19 vs COL): Joseph Woll

Goalie	Starts this season
Joseph Woll	6
Dan Vladar	5

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#71 Tyson Foerster, Right wing
#17 Nikita Grebenkin, Right wing
#11 Travis Konecny, Right wing
#23 Jack Studnicka, Center
#74 Owen Tippett, Right wing
#10 Garrett Wilson, Left wing
#44 Simon Benoit, Defense
#55 Rasmus Ristolainen, Defense
#8 Cam York, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.