There was a lot of uncertainty on Monday at the Flyers morning skate. Ahead of the team’s game Monday against the New Jersey Devils at the Wells Fargo Center (7 p.m., NBCSP), coach John Tortorella didn’t have any lineup news aside from saying Sam Ersson will get the start.

With Couturier being the Flyers' captain and one of their top players, it is certainly tough that he is unable to play against the Devils. However, on the bright side, the Flyers confirmed that fellow key forward Scott Laughton will return to the lineup.

Couturier has been ruled out for Monday's game against New Jersey due to an illness. Couturier has missed just two of the Flyers' first 50 games of the season, but he'll be sidelined for the first time since Dec.

I was talking to a Flyers fan this morning, and he asked me the question: Are the Flyers a better and faster team without Sean Couturier in the lineup? There’s no question that last night the Flyers had one of their biggest wins of the season and managed to skate right with the New Jersey Devils,

The Flyers are rocking and rolling. With their latest win, a 2-1 overtime victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, Philly’s hockey club has achieved a season-high six-game point streak, which includes five wins.

After posting points in three straight games with nearby rivals, the Flyers completed a lost trip to New York on Friday night with a 3-1 clunker at UBS Arena against the bottom-feeding Islanders. For a second straight night, erratic defense proved the Flyers’ undoing.

PHILADELPHIA — It was an early-season storyline that stuck in John Tortorella’s craw. Desperately searching for chemistry among his forwards, the Flyers coach wasn’t just placing them in the proverbial blender, but it seemed as if he was actively attempting to use every combination mathematically possible.

Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist, Travis Konecny added three assists and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Islanders 5-3 on Thursday night. Morgan Frost, Garnet Hathaway, Cam York and Noah Cates also scored for Philadelphia. Samuel Ersson made 26 saves as the Flyers won for the third time in four games.

The Flyers beat the Devils for the second time in 10 days by picking up a 4-2 win Monday night at the Wells Fargo Center.

With the win, the Flyers extended their point streak to a season-high six games and are winners of three straight.

Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist, Travis Konecny added three assists and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Islanders 5-3 on Thursday night.

Couturier logged an assist in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Devils. Couturier has three points over his last two games. The 32-year-old center has been stuck in a bottom-six role for a couple of weeks,