The Flyers have stayed largely healthy on defense through the season’s first two weeks, as all of their scratches so far have reportedly been of the “healthy” variety. That will now change, as Andrew MacDonald — the elder statesman of the Flyers’ defense, so to speak — will miss significant time due to a lower-body injury.
While we can’t say for certain, the injury MacDonald is dealing with was almost certainly one that he suffered in the third period of Saturday’s win over the Edmonton Oilers. On a penalty kill, MacDonald blocked a shot from Oilers winger Milan Lucic, but then crumpled to the ground and was visibly hobbled for the remainder of his shift (which, to his credit, he gutted out until the Flyers could get a clear).