Photographer: Kate Frese

The Philadelphia Flyers will need to avoid falling into a classic trap game tonight at 7 p.m. against the winless Arizona Coyotes from the Wells Fargo Center.

Since being acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning, Valtteri Filppula has emerged as one of the top players for the Philadelphia Flyers.

The schedule turns to the road, as the Flyers will play four of their next five games on opposing ice. The first game comes Thursday night, as the Flyers take on the Ottawa Senators. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.

Several Flyers players complained about the ice surface at Wells Fargo Center following Tuesday’s 6-2 loss to the Ducks. When asked about it in his postgame press conference, Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol wasn’t accepting excuses.

For eight games on the season, the Flyers have been a competitive group. But on Tuesday night, they turned in their first true clunker of the season in a 6-2 drubbing by the Anaheim Ducks.

It’s no question that the top trio of Flyers forwards have been lighting it up as of late. Claude Giroux is looking like a new man after last season’s woes and Sean Couturier has silenced those questioning his top-line status. But don’t overlook the last piece of the puzzle: Jake Voracek.

Just eight games into the Flyers season, Ron Hextall is having to deal with a common GM problem, managing injuries.

Flyers defenseman Andrew MacDonald will be out for four-to-six weeks with a lower-body injury. GM Ron Hextall announced the injury on Sunday afternoon with the team off from practice.

Wayne Simmonds scored the game-winning goal with 2:15 to play as the Flyers claimed a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center.