Philadelphia — The Philadelphia Flyers scratched defenseman Keith Yandle for Saturday’s game against Toronto, ending the NHL’s Iron Man record for consecutive games played at 989.
The 35-year-old Yandle started his streak March 26, 2009, with Phoenix. He passed retired center Doug Jarvis for the mark of 965 games on Jan. 25 against the Islanders. Yandle was a healthy scratch.
The Flyers are one of the worst teams in the NHL (Philadelphia is 0-3 against the Detroit Red Wings this year) and looking at a youth movement down the stretch with a 21-35-11 (53 points) heading into Saturday’s game.