Leighton out for 8-10 weeks

Couturier and Nick Seeler had some pointed comments amid the team's struggles. “It’s not about getting points. It’s not about me, me, me. It’s about the team and playing for each other," Seeler added.

Luchanko, 20, is taking the Flyers' decree to shoot more to heart, while several prospects are finding their footing in new places.

The Flyers have now lost three straight and 12 of their first 15 games. Philly is 0-3-3 against the Metropolitan Division.

The Flyers dropped to 0-4 in OT. “We had a meeting about it; we sent them video on it. It’s all puck possession, it’s being smart, and we give up two two-on-[nones]. It’s unacceptable,” said Tocchet.

Jamie Drysdale's game-tying goal with 11 seconds left erased a three-goal deficit, but the Blue Jackets prevailed in overtime. The Flyers have now lost 11 of their first 14 games.

York will be back in the lineup Tuesday against Columbus after missing the past eight games with an upper-body ailment. Rick Tocchet hopes the downtime gave him a chance to reset.

McDonald was jumped twice in the past week after laying big hits on opponents. On Monday, he got a few tips on defending himself from Tocchet and defenseman Nick Seeler.

Ristolainen only returned Saturday against Anaheim after missing nine games with the same ailment. It is the latest in a long history of injuries for the Flyers defenseman.

The Flyers' logjam on the wing is even more crowded with the emergence of Cole Knuble. Could a winger be on the move? And what we're hearing about Simon Edvinsson and the Flyers' 1C pursuit.

The return of former Flyer Cutter Gauthier and Leo Carlsson's desire to remain in Anaheim have brought renewed vigor to the cross-coast matchup.

The Flyers' lead was built by power-play goals, but the Ducks tied it in the second before taking a two-goal lead of their own. Matvei Michkov added his second goal of the day to make it 5-4.

As Cam York and Rasmus Ristolainen near their return, Rick Tocchet and the Flyers must decide how to balance the youth movement behind their three-game win streak.

The Sixers started their season, the Eagles suffered another setback, and the Union kept their streak alive. That, plus some BMX and skateboarding, highlight our best sports photos of the week.

“It’s very infectious. ... They love coming to the rink,” coach Rick Tocchet said of young players like Cole Knuble, 22, and Oliver Bonk, 21, leading the charge during Wednesday's 3-1 win in Buffalo.

Playing in his second NHL game, Knuble is now just 276 goals behind his dad, Mike, while Oliver Bonk notched primary assists on each of his goals.

“It was a little bit spectacular to see this huge horse flying through the air,” she told the Courier-Post in 1998. “The motion was beautiful. A young girl brave enough to ride the horse added to it.”

Michkov says his offseason skating work with Slava Kuznetsov has paid dividends. He's tied for 12th in the league in goals and is tracking for the first 40-goal season by a Flyer in almost 20 years.

The Flyers were scheduled to host a session Thursday night between Rick Tocchet and some fans. A makeup date is expected to be announced by the end of the week.

“Yeah, the fans are as loud as I remember,” said Cole after his NHL debut on Monday. “That was just so awesome being out there." The Knubles are the first father-son combo to play for the Flyers.

Kyeme Hunter and Jaiden Bethea, both 19, are accused of using firearms to rob pedestrians throughout the city this month, including in an incident outside the Four Seasons Hotel.

Explore Halloween House Philly, haunted attractions, outdoor horror movie screenings, trick-or-treating spots, and more things to do in Philadelphia this weekend.

The team's long-anticipated new uniforms, which are expected to have Liberty Bell elements, will be released on Monday, one day before the team debuts them on the ice against the Minnesota Wild.

Mr. Stewart died Wednesday in Los Angeles, following “a brief and poignant journey” with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia, spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak said.

The union that represents operating engineers will build a new apprentice training facility at the site in Southwest Philadelphia.

Common Pleas Court Judge Paula Patrick is expected to rule shortly on whether the sheriff's office should be held in contempt. She wants an outside auditor to review years of auction proceeds.