The Flyers finished their pre-Olympic gauntlet Thursday night with a 2-1 overtime loss against the Ottawa Senators. The Flyers capped off this stretch of 56 games with a record of 25-20-11. And while some players we mentioned previously well more than happy to see the Olympic break now for a few weeks, there are a few other players who maybe hate the fact they’re now having some down time. It’s not every Flyer, but we take a look at three Flyers who are playing quite well of late, and would just as soon want to keep playing versus watching the world’s best face off in Italy for Olympic gold.
Travis Konecny
Konecny has his bumps and bruises, and he started off the season rather slowly. However, what a difference a new calendar year makes. While the winger has been consistent most of the year, he’s been one of the few Flyers in recent weeks who has seemingly upped his game, rising to the pressure of the games when a lot of his teammates are struggling with embracing that pressure. Since the turn of the calendar year, Konecny has amassed nine goals and nine assists for 18 points. He’s been pointless in just five of the games in 2026 while registering four consecutive multi-point games before not registering anything against Ottawa on Thursday night. One of the more impressive individual performances was Konecny — clearly not 100 per cent healthy — pulling Philadelphia back into the fight against Columbus on Jan. 28 with a hat trick only for the Flyers to lose in regulation.
TRAVIS KONECNY HAT TRICK TIES IT pic.twitter.com/hm6KOktXe0
— Nasty Knuckles (@NastyKnuckles) January 29, 2026
Perhaps it’s because he wants the Flyers to make the playoffs, and detesting the fact they could be on the outside for a sixth consecutive season this spring. Or it could be that he wasn’t selected for Team Canada’s roster at the Winter Olympics and has a huge chip on his shoulder because of the snub. Regardless of what is causing him to play so well, it’s a style and resilience that a lot of other current Flyers could draw inspiration for when the final stretch of 26 games starts on Feb. 25. Konecny was seemingly in Trevor Zegras’ shadow for much of the first half, but is shining of late, particularly when players need to rise to the occasion.
Owen Tippett
If there’s been a player who’s been the proverbial pulse of the Philadelphia Flyers this season, that distinction would most likely go to winger Owen Tippett. Tippett has been a force and quite visible each and every shift of late. His speed is more of a weapon this year, his style is becoming more of a power forward judging by the checks he’s delivered to get himself going, and as he goes, so goes the Flyers. In 25 games where the Flyers have won heading into Thursday’s game, Tippett has 14 goals and 11 assists for 25 points and is a plus 13 on the plus/minus scale. Meanwhile in losses he just has five goals, five assists for 10 points and is a rather dreadful -20. In short, if Tippett is flying, the team is more often than not soaring. When he’s not, they’re floundering at best.
The forward is just one goal away from matching last season’s total. And he still has 26 games to surpass that total. With 35 points so far, it’s quite conceivable Tippett ends the season in the 50-point to 55-point range, meaning he could surpass his season-high total of 53 points back in 2022-23. He could also eclipse his high in goals with 28 in 2023-24. There appears to be a 30-goal to 35-goal scorer in Owen Tippett. This recent stretch has only solidified that notion. Hopefully he picks up exactly where he left off with some time for rest.
While he was still with a few question marks after last season where he didn’t take that next step, Tippett looks like he could be here for a long time.
Jamie Drysdale
Jamie Drysdale has been having a fine year. In just 53 games thus far, he’s got five goals and 18 assists for 23 points. Last year he had seven goals and just 13 assists for 20 points. So he should surpass his goal total of last year while possibly ending up with career highs in goals and points. Perhaps even more impressive is how well the youngster has developed on the other side of the puck. Defensively Drysdale is just a -6 in the plus/minus scale. Compare this to -32 last year and (and -26 when he scored a career high of 32 points) and you get the sense the blueliner has turned a corner of sorts.
Drysdale managed to score goals this week against Washington and Ottawa, the latter a game-tying goal late with goaltender Dan Vladar pulled for the extra attacker. He appears to be taking that next step in his development. A few players might relish the time off to watch the Olympics and have some down time, but Drysdale isn’t one of them. He’s evolving into a top four defenseman and has a goal and four helpers on the power play, which isn’t bad considering just how terrible the special team has been. With a fresh set of legs under him and his game developing into one of consistency, the Flyers defenseman is probably chomping at the bit to get back on the ice for the remaining 26 games.
