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Philadelphia has signed Oscar Eklind to a one-year, $950,000 entry-level contract.

Philadelphia has agreed to a one-year, $950,000 entry-level contract with Swedish left-winger Oscar Eklind on Monday that starts in the 2024-25 season. The 25-year-old just finished his fifth professional season in the SHL and had 28 points (17G/11A) in 48 games with Lulea HF.

Oscar Eklind
Couturier (upper body) returned to practice on Monday after missing the last two games.

Couturier played only 3:21 before exiting last Monday's 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders with a shoulder injury. The 31-year-old Couturier has only one point in his last 15 games and is averaging only 10:11 time-on-ice in six games since being a healthy scratch. The Flyers return to the ice on Tuesday against the Montreal Canadiens.

Sean Couturier
Couturier (sprained shoulder) is considered day-to-day and will miss at least the next two games.

Couturier played only 3:21 before exiting Monday's 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders with a shoulder injury. The 31-year-old Couturier has only one point in his last 15 games and is averaging only 10:11 time-on-ice in the last six games since being a healthy scratch. He is considered day-to-day with no exact timetable for his return but is expected to miss at least the next two games.

Sean Couturier
Couturier (undisclosed) left Monday's game early due to injury and is considered day-to-day.

Couturier played only 3:21 before exiting Monday's 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders with an undisclosed injury. The 31-year-old Couturier has only one point in his last 15 games and is averaging only 10:11 time-on-ice in the last six games since being a healthy scratch. He is considered day-to-day with no exact timetable on his return.

Sean Couturier
Kolosov has been re-assigned from Dynamo Minsk (KHL) to Lehigh-Valley (AHL) on Tuesday.

Kolosov was the third-round pick of the Flyers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft and will make his professional North American hockey debut with the Lehigh-Valley Phantoms (AHL). The 22-year-old netminder had a 2.21 GAA and .925 SV% in six games (2-4-0) with Dynamo Minsk (KHL) this season.

Aleksei Kolosov
Couturier (undisclosed) left Monday's game vs. the Islanders in the first but did not have an update post game.

Couturier played only 3:21 before exiting Monday's 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders with an undisclosed injury. The 31-year-old Couturier has only one point in his last 15 games and is averaging only 10:11 time-on-ice in the last six games since being a healthy scratch.

Sean Couturier
Dvorak (torn pectoral muscle) has been upgraded to day-to-day status and will likely play again by years end.

Dvorak will undergo surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle early in January and was originally expected to miss the remainder of the season. Before his injury, Dvorak had two points (2G / 0A) in his last 10 games, playing predominantly alongside Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky.

Christian Dvorak
Deslauriers will draw back into the Flyers lineup on Monday vs. the Islanders.

Deslauriers and Cam Atkinson are drawing back into the lineup for the Flyers on Monday as Bobby Brink and Denis Gurianov will be healthy scratches. Deslauriers has not played since March 21st, missing five straight games, and has four points (1G / 3A), 89 penalty minutes, and 184 hits in 59 games.

Nicolas Deslauriers
Ersson will start Monday vs. the Islanders.

The Flyers have lost four straight and will turn to Ersson between the pipes on Monday against the New York Islanders. Ersson has lost three in a row, allowing five or more goals two times, including five on 24 shots (.792 SV%) in his most recent outing, a disappointing 5-1 blowout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Flyers enter action as -114 home favourites.

Samuel Ersson
Ersson will start Thursday in Montreal.

The Flyers have two straight but will ride with Ersson in the crease for the second consecutive game on Thursday against the Montreal Canadiens. Ersson is coming off one of his worst performances of the season, allowing six goals on 27 shots (.778 SV%) in a 6-5 loss to the New York Rangers. Ersson was solid in his last outing against the Canadiens, saving 17 of 19 shots (.895 SV%) in a 3-2 shootout victory in January.

Samuel Ersson
Zegras (ankle) is expected to return to Anaheim's lineup on Tuesday in Seattle.

Zegras last played in early January and missed almost six weeks earlier with a lower-body injury he suffered on November 7th. The talented Zegras has been limited to only 20 games in an injury-riddled season, scoring seven points (4G / 3A) in a disappointing season riddled with injuries.

Trevor Zegras