Flyers forward Noel Acciari is dealing with an upper-body injury after leaving last night's overtime loss in Edmonton.
The team has not given a status for Saturday's game at Columbus, and there is no diagnosis and no word from Rick Tocchet. Acciari is listed as day-to-day according to the latest injury report.
Earlier, we flagged Noel Acciari's upper-body injury overnight. Jason Hall reported that the veteran center would not return to the game.
The Flyers' official account confirmed it, saying Acciari would not come back to the game against the Oilers.
Acciari had been centering the fourth line with Denver Barkey and Sean Couturier in warmups. He played 6:25 before he went down, and he has 3 goals and 4 points in 21 games this season.
Jackie Spiegel noticed someone missing from the Flyers bench and believed it was Acciari, which would fit with him going hard into the boards.
Who steps in if Acciari misses Saturday's game?
Two names stand out, and the team has confirmed neither. Jack Studnicka has played 3 games this season without a point. Zach Aston-Reese hasn't played at all, though Zach Aston-Reese's wait for his 50th career goal sits at 49.
If Acciari is out, we'd put Aston-Reese in. A player with 49 career goals sitting in the press box while this team ranks 28th in the NHL isn't a great look, and the fourth line is not where this season is going to be saved.
That ranking comes with a 5-10-6 record and a goal differential of -22. Columbus is not a soft landing spot, but the Blue Jackets are 7-9-0 and 29th in the league, so Saturday is a game the Flyers should want badly.
Whether Acciari can go is the open question until the team says otherwise.
More to come.
This article was written with the help of artificial intelligence, based on public reports and official sources.
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