The Flyers have won 7 of their last 10. Here are three players behind their surge.
Dan Vladař has stood tall in goal. Nikita Grebenkin is finding his groove. Owen Tippett is matching his blazing speed with a consistent game.

LOS ANGELES ― The last time the Flyers saw the Los Angeles Kings, the visitors to Xfinity Mobile Arena handed the home team a 3-2 overtime loss.
It ended up being the capper to a four-game losing streak for the Orange and Black, who would limp into the Olympic break with one win in six games and three wins in 15 games.
Although they returned to action Feb. 25 with a loss to the Washington Capitals, the Flyers have won seven of the last 10. They are tied for fourth in wins since Feb. 26 with seven.
Here are three players who have elevated their games during this stretch for the Flyers:
Dan Vladař
This is an easy one, but one cannot ignore that Sam Ersson has done his part, too. Ersson has won his two starts during the 10-game stretch and, in three appearances, is boasting a 1.27 goals-against average and .940 save percentage. According to Natural Stat Trick, he has elevated his goals saved above average from -22.54, third-worst in the NHL — with only Jordan Binnington and Sergei Bobrovsky below him — to No. 14 in the NHL since Feb. 26 (2.14 GSAA).
During the same recent stretch, Vladař ranks 12th with a GSAA of 2.99. The Buffalo Sabres are the only other team with two goalies in the top 20.
“It doesn’t matter who’s in net for us, we’re confident in who’s back there, and we’re going to play the same game no matter what,” forward Owen Tippett said Wednesday. “But, it’s the same as anything else, when they’re making big saves early on, it gives us kind of a boost and gives us a little bit of energy to build off of. And when we see that he’s locked in, we want to be locked in for him.”
Vladař is carrying the workload, having started eight of the last 10 games. There have been moments of struggle — like allowing six goals on 24 shots to the New York Rangers, although he doesn’t carry all the blame there — but when he is dialed in, it is easy to see. The 6-foot-5 goalie moves well, consistently searching for and locking in on the puck, checking his posts, moving quickly, and staying actively engaged.
Overall, the Czech netminder is 22-11-7 with a 2.44 GAA and .907 save percentage this season. They are the best numbers of his career despite playing over 658 minutes more than his previous season high.
Nikita Grebenkin
After a slow start that saw him play in 43 of the Flyers’ first 57 games, including being scratched for two of the three games out west in late January, Grebenkin has played in 17 straight games and has become an impact player across the last 10.
Although he has just two assists since Feb. 26, he has become a noted puck possessor, hard on the boards, and an agitator — especially against a Metropolitan Division rival, the Washington Capitals.
“Really feisty, finishing the body, getting into the corner, going to the net,” coach Rick Tocchet said after the Flyers’ 4-1 win on March 11. “ … He was just engaged. It’s really nice to see. He’s an identity player for us there tonight.”
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His two assists were each primary as he used his body and the boards to set up Alex Bump and Sean Couturier. It’s what Tocchet has wanted to see from the 22-year-old winger who is now on the second line with Tippett and Trevor Zegras.
“I think that’s what he’s trying to find is consistency, especially when you’re playing with Trevor,” Tocchet said Wednesday before the Flyers’ 3-2 overtime win against the Anaheim Ducks. “We need him to be a net-front guy. We need him to go to the dirty areas, because Trevor will find him.
“Sometimes he’ll go four high instead of going to the net, and I think he’s getting better at that, knowing that his role is that — to be a greasy guy. And you saw over the last few games behind the net where he comes up with loose pucks, he’s holding on to pucks. So that’s another guy who’s trying to grow his game also.”
Owen Tippett
Consistency is a word that has been thrown around about the streaky Tippett, and the high-flying winger is not only finally finding that but also his all-around game.
On Wednesday night, Tippett notched his 23rd goal of the season and his fourth in the last six games. Since Feb. 26, he has six points in 10 games, and, according to Natural Stat Trick, leads the team with an eye-opening 37 shot attempts and 21 scoring chances at five-on-five. At all strengths, he’s No. 2 in hits with 27 and No. 1 in takeaways (seven) and shot attempts (56). While he leads the team in shots that have been blocked (18), he is not atop the chart in missed shots, as only eight have gone wide.
“I think consistency was my next step in terms of kind of building my game, and I think I’ve been able to find that a lot this year,” he said. “It’s given me confidence to kind of do it each and every game.”
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Known for his speed, Tippett has taken it to another gear by consistently being able to drive past defenders, whether on a breakaway or skating around them to create space. According to NHL Edge, he is in the 95th percentile of the NHL with a max speed of 23.4 mph, and while he has seven of the Flyers’ top 10 maximum skating speeds this season, his best is second to Jamie Drysdale’s 23.51 on Dec. 30 against the Vancouver Canucks.
Tippett ranks second in the NHL to Connor McDavid (123) with 45 speed bursts at more than 22 mph and fourth behind McDavid (455), Nathan MacKinnon (331), and Jack Eichel (292) with 279 speed spurts ranging from 20-22 mph. His speed has become a weapon as he pushes back defensemen, creating time and space for himself and his linemates.
Long rumored to be someone who could be on the move, Tippett is building a case to stay in Philly — especially for a team that needs speed.
“Yeah, he’s reached another level of his game,” Tocchet said after the Flyers beat the Minnesota Wild, 3-2, in a shootout last Friday. “He’s got world-class speed. It’s hard to find those types of guys.”