Tyson Foerster is expected to be out 2-3 months for the Philadelphia Flyers because of an upper-body injury.
The forward left a 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday with 13:39 remaining in the second period after taking a shot on goal. He scored his Flyers-leading 10th goal earlier in the period.
Foerster has 13 points in 21 games and is a contributor on both the power play (2:19 of ice time per game) and penalty kill (1:28). He was placed on injured reserve Wednesday.
"It [stinks] seeing a teammate or anyone go down," Flyers center Noah Cates said Monday. "Just such an important part of our team, our core, special teams, everything like that."
The Flyers (15-8-3) defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Forward Carl Gunnarsson was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Tuesday, but did not play.
Foerster missed four games last month with a lower-body injury he sustained while blocking a shot during a 5-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Nov. 1. He also missed time during training camp because of an elbow injury he sustained while playing for Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Championship.
Selected by the Flyers in the first round (No. 23) of the 2020 NHL Draft, Foerster has 96 points (58 goals, 38 assists) in 187 games over four seasons.
