Pittsburgh Penguins center Kevin Hayes (upper body) is considered week-to-week. He has already sat out a pair of games and will not be making a quick return. Hayes is a new face in town and has registered three goals with one assist in 14 appearances. He has been used sparingly in the bottom six, with Hayes averaging 9:27 of ice time for the season. Blake Lizotte has come into the lineup as the fourth-line center, producing some good performances. He has fired in two goals in his first five appearances of the season.
Kevin Hayes Misses Practice With An Upper-Body Injury
Pittsburgh Penguins center Kevin Hayes (upper body) sat out Wednesday's practice. He is being evaluated for an upper-body injury. Hayes has been ever-present in the lineup so far this season but has averaged only 9:27 of ice time. The 32-year-old has scored three goals and sits on four points with 14 games played. Valtteri Puustinen will likely re-enter the lineup if Hayes is absent on Thursday versus Carolina. He was a healthy scratch for Tuesday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Islanders. Puustinen has one goal in five games for the season and doesn't have any fantasy value in a bottom-six role.
Kevin Hayes Tallies Three Points Versus New Jersey
St. Louis Blues center Kevin Hayes had a very productive outing against New Jersey on Friday, completing a 4-1 win with two goals and one assist. Entering the action, Hayes had totaled only two points in eight appearances as the Blues have struggled in front of goal, but he hit his first goal of the season in the second period and logged a couple of points late on with the Devils net empty. The 31-year-old had a solid 54-point campaign with the Flyers a season ago, but he's played a smaller role in St. Louis and will likely struggle to hit the same heights in 2023-24.
The Philadelphia Flyers have traded center Kevin Hayes to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick. The Flyers will retain 50% of Hayes' salary, leaving the Blues with a $3.57 million cap hit on Hayes for the next three seasons. The two-way pivot collected 18 goals and 54 points across 81 games for the Flyers last season while recording a solid 50.6% Corsi For% for a Flyers team that struggled in puck possession. The Blues have a need at the center-ice position after they traded Ryan O'Reilly to the Toronto Maple Leafs at last season's trade deadline as Hayes should slide into a third-line center role on the Blues' depth chart behind Robert Thomas and Brayden Schenn.
Philadelphia Flyers forward Kevin Hayes potted a pair of power-play goals when his team took a 5-3 loss from Winnipeg on Sunday. He was able to tie the game from a 3-1 deficit, but the Jets managed to tilt things in their favor in the end. Tony DeAngelo had an assist on both goals. Hayes also hit a hat trick in one of his recent games and has now reached 15 goals for the campaign. In 47 appearances, Hayes has added 28 assists. He is having a career and could even be a point-per-game player if he can up his scoring pace just a bit.
Philadelphia Flyers forward Kevin Hayes had a night to remember against the Ducks on Tuesday, as he scored his first NHL hat trick in a 5-2 win. He opened the scoring in the first period on the power play and added a couple of goals in the third, capping off the three-goal game with an empty-netter. Hayes has been one of the main danger men on the Flyers team all season and is now on 40 points for the campaign. 10 of them have come in his eight January appearances, so Hayes has kicked off 2023 in superb form and will now get a pair of juicy matchups to keep it up, as the Flyers get ready to face Chicago and Detroit.
Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes played a part in two goals in Monday's 4-1 win over Anaheim, finishing with a pair of assists. He was actively looking for a goal himself as well, recording three shots on the net in 13:25 of ice time. Hayes has been limited to third-line minutes lately, with head coach John Tortorella not happy with his work. Philadelphia's second-best scorer even watched one game from the press box last month as a healthy scratch. It's still been a good campaign for Hayes, with him having notched 32 points in 37 games, but a run of four points in 10 games has been a big blow to his fantasy stock.
Kevin Hayes Sits Out Saturday As A Healthy Scratch
Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes will miss his first game of the season Saturday versus the Rangers. The 30-year-old was benched for the third period Thursday versus New Jersey and now finds himself completely out of the lineup for some lackluster play. It's a ruthless decision from head coach John Tortorella, as Hayes has been Philadelphia's top scorer this season with 29 points in 31 games. Following Saturday, Hayes will have a lot of time to reflect on things, with the Flyers being off until Tuesday.
Kevin Hayes Pushes Philadelphia Past The Islanders
Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes scored both goals as the team took down the Islanders 2-1 on Sunday. Travis Konecny and, Joel Farabee each had two assists. Hayes has now scored in three of the last four games. He's finally showing some consistency and his good run of form should continue, as Hayes has started to get a lot more playing time since Claude Giroux was traded to Florida. He's been averaging around 16 and a half minutes for the season but has gone past 21 minutes in both games since Giroux's departure. Hayes logged a team-high 4:58 on the power-play alone in Sunday's win and his game-winner came with the man advantage. He's got seven goals and 16 points in 28 games for the campaign.
Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes will join the first line for Wednesday's matchup against Seattle. The Flyers have Sean Couturier (COVID-19 protocols) unavailable and it's opened up a spot on the top line. Hayes will skate with Jordan Farabee and Travis Konecny. With injuries following him around, Hayes himself has struggled to stay in the lineup all season and this will be only his 12th appearance. The 29-year-old has done a decent job by notching six points with 23 shots, but he is also carrying a minus-six rating. Hayes should feature on the second power-play unit as well.
Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes helped the team and led by example on Friday night. He scored early on a shot that got past Laurent Brossoit. The goal came at 4:20 of the first and was just Hayes' second goal of the season. Also, he fired five shots on goal. Now, the center has been ravaged by abdominal and core muscle issues since training camp. This is a different Philadelphia team with him in the lineup. Hayes played less than 15 minutes again on Friday and that may be a theme going forward. That will curb his fantasy value a little so keep that in mind.
Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes (abdomen) will be back in the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Rangers. The 29-year-old has missed six straight games and he's skated just twice this season, posting one goal and one assist. Hopefully, Hayes can stay healthy for a longer period of time now. He enters the lineup as the third-line center, teaming up with Scott Laughton and Travis Konecny. Hayes is also set to center the first power-play unit. He has notched one of his points this season with the man advantage.
Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes will miss Tuesday's matchup against Tampa and is considered week-to-week. The 30-year-old only recently made his season debut after recovering from abdominal surgery, but he's re-injured himself and is set to miss multiple games again. Hayes made quite an impression in his first couple of games of the season, recording a goal and an assist with six shots. His injury has given Derick Brassard a chance to center the second line and the well-traveled veteran has registered back-to-back two-point performances.
Philadelphia Flyers forward Kevin Hayes will be sidelined for the next six to eight weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery on Tuesday. The 29-year-old apparently felt some discomfort in his groin while skating with teammates on Monday ahead of training camp opening up later this week. Hayes is coming off a 2020-2021 campaign in which he posted 31 points (12 goals, 19 assists), a minus-two rating, nine power-play points, 127 shots and 60 hits in 55 games. Expect rookie Morgan Frost, who missed most of last season with his own injury, to get an extended look up the middle in the Flyers top-six forward group during training camp.
Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes tallied a pair of assists on Thursday, but his production wasn't enough as his team fell in a 5-4 shootout to the Boston Bruins. With the multi-point performance, the 28-year-old jumped into the Flyers team lead with seven points (two goals, five assists) through the first five games of the season. Playing a bigger role with center Sean Couturier sidelined for a few weeks due to injury, Hayes has now collected at least one point in four of his team's five contests to start the campaign. Just 45% owned in Yahoo! leagues, the Massachusetts native should be considered a priority pickup for at least the short term.
Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes posted his second multi-point performance of the season on Tuesday, notching one goal and one assist in a 3-0 win over Buffalo. The 28-year-old bagged an empty-netter near the end of the game and helped Jakub Voracek to his first marker of the season. The scoring was started by the red-hot Travis Konecny, who already has four goals for the season. Hayes had a solid year in 2019-20 with 23 goals and 41 points in 69 games, and he's kept the momentum entering the new season with five points through four games. Voracek and Joel Farabee are enjoying the ride alongside him on Philly's top line with three and four points, respectively.
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