Jamie Drysdale Injury Status and Update Ahead of Flyers vs. Sharks

The Philadelphia Flyers placed defenseman Jamie Drysdale on injured reserve on Monday, ruling him out for the game against the San Jose Sharks and a minimum of seven days from the time of his injury.

In a corresponding transaction, forward Ryan Poehling has been activated from injured reserve and will return to the Flyers lineup on Monday night, centering a line with wingers Anthony Richard and Matvei Michkov.

Drysdale, 22, has reportedly suffered an upper-body injury after previously playing in all 15 games for the Flyers so far this season, recording one goal and two assists.

Even when the seemingly injury-prone defenseman has been healthy, though, there has still been many struggles on the ice. Drysdale has a minus-10 plus-minus rating, which is the third-worst figure on the Flyers and second-worst amongst defensemen.

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Morgan Frost (-11) and Egor Zamula (-12), respectively, are the only two with worse numbers there.

Additionally, Drysdale is one of five Flyers without a single point at 5-on-5 this season. Erik Johnson and Noah Cates are the only two “regulars” who join Drysdale in that category, while Richard and Jett Luchanko, who have combined to play six games this season, round out the group.

Among defensemen who have played at least 200 minutes at 5-on-5, Drysdale has been on the ice for the 15th-most high-danger scoring chances against. When Drysdale is on the ice, the Flyers control only 35.56% of the high-danger scoring chances (32 for, 58 against), per Natural Stat Trick.

Jamie Drysdale has been placed on injured reserve to make room for Ryan Poehling's return, which will rule him out for a minimum of one week #LetsGoFlyers

— Jonathan Bailey (@ByJonBailey) November 11, 2024

This all effectively confirms that Drysdale, just as the Flyers and many on the outside expected, is still a work in progress at both ends of the ice.

His lack of experience certainly does not help things, and that will ring true for another week in his young career.

On the flip side, though, it is well within the realm of possibility that a reset and some time away from the ice will help Drysdale smooth over some of these bumps.

Just look at Michkov.

Let’s not put the cart ahead of the horse just yet; Drysdale is still going to be out for a minimum of one week with his latest upper-body injury,