Flyers beginning netminder Samuel Ersson reinjured his earlier lower-body difficulty and can miss the subsequent one to 2 weeks, Kevin Kurz of The Athletic experiences Friday.
Ersson, 25, suffered the preliminary harm within the first interval of Philadelphia’s sport towards the Bruins on Nov. 2 whereas stretching to cease a shot from Nikita Zadorov. He missed just a few contests however returned to motion final Saturday, stopping 58 of 62 photographs in a pair of video games earlier than lacking out on Thursday’s additional time win over the Senators.
It’s not clear when precisely he re-aggravated the ailment. Nevertheless, Kurz experiences Ersson had imaging finished prior to now few days that exposed a minor tweak to the earlier harm, which gave the impression to be groin-related.
In his first full season because the Flyers’ No. 1 choice between the pipes, Ersson has responded to the problem. He’s vastly improved on final season’s numbers, posting a 5-2-2 document, .902 SV%, 2.70 GAA, one shutout, and 0.4 GSAA in 10 begins and one reduction look.
These numbers change into fairly worthwhile when in comparison with his backups’ efficiency. Ivan Fedotov and Aleksei Kolosov have mixed for a 2-6-0 document and ghastly .862 SV proportion whereas conceding 8.3 objectives above common.
It’ll now be all the way down to these two to enhance their numbers, as Ersson may stay sidelined for wherever from the Flyers’ subsequent three to seven video games. Since they have been each on the lively roster, and accidents have pressured the Flyers to hold three goalies for fairly just a few days now, no corresponding transaction is required.
Given Ersson’s return timeline, Philadelphia may place him on injured reserve to open up a roster spot if mandatory.
