Philadelphia Flyers Player Grades Through 25 Games – The Hockey Writers – Philadelphia Flyers

At the 25-game mark for the 2024-25 season, the Philadelphia Flyers are 12-10-3 and just above the playoff line. They’re on a 109-point pace through their last 18 contests, so they have bounced back after a rough stretch early on. There’s some upside with this team even if it might not seem it on the surface.

With a pretty long break until their next game (Dec. 5), it’s a good time to look at the Flyers’ individual players and give them a grade for their play. Who has been the sharpest through October and November?

Related: Penguins’ Player Grades Through 25 Games

The only requirement to qualify for a grade is games played. Skaters must have at least 10 games played, while goaltenders must have at least five. This disqualifies Anthony Richard, Nicolas Deslauriers, Helge Grans, and Jett Luchanko.

Flyers with A-Grades

Travis Konecny

Role: First-line winger

Age: 27

Contract: One year, $5.5 million cap hit (eight years, $8.75 million cap hit starting in 2025-26; no-movement clause; NMC)

Basic stats: 25 games played, 13 goals, 17 assists, 30 points, even plus/minus, 38 hits, 21:06 average time on ice (ATOI)

Advanced stats (5-on-5): 49.30 Corsi percentage (CF%), 53.53 shots percentage (SF%), 50.79 expected goals percentage (xGF%), 53.02 high-danger chances percentage (HDCF%)

Sure, this is usually the time of year when Travis Konecny shines, but he is playing the best hockey of his career right now. He has provided offensive firepower to a team that lacks it severely. He’s made timely and intelligent plays with the puck, leading to plentiful scoring chances. His 79 high-danger scoring chances at 5-on-5 (on-ice, not individual) are the 16th-most in the NHL.

Grade: A-plus

Matvei Michkov

Role: Second-line winger

Age: 19

Contract: Three years, $0.950 million cap hit

Basic stats: 23 games played, nine goals, 10 assists, 19 points, even plus/minus, 14 hits, 17:17 ATOI

Advanced stats (5-on-5): 45.74 CF%, 49.82 SF%, 46.58 xGF%, 38.61 HDCF%

What rookie Matvei Michkov is doing as a teenager is remarkable yet unsurprising. Two seasons removed from being drafted, he is in the 81st percentile for points per game (0.83) among forwards with 10 or more games played. That production is similar to some current NHL superstars when they were also in their second post-draft season. Percentile-wise in points per game, Leon Draisaitl was 86th, Matthew Tkachuk was 84th, and Nathan MacKinnon was 78th….