Flyers' Dan Vladar exits with injury in preseason game vs. Bruins

Dan Vladar, whose steady goaltending last season helped the Philadelphia Flyers end a five-year playoff drought, left a Tuesday, Sept. 22 NHL preseason game against the Boston Bruins with an injury and didn’t return.

Vladar, 29, had reached out for a loose puck in the first period and Bruins forward Tanner Jeannot appeared to clip him as he skated by. The goalie lost his stick and Boston’s Michael Eyssimont scored on a deflection of a shot from the point.

Vladar then skated to the bench and a trainer appeared to be looking at his arm. The Flyers later announced that he had an upper-body injury and wouldn’t return to the game.

Vladar signed with the Flyers ahead of last season as a free agent and grabbed the No. 1 job with a 29-14-7 record, 2.42 goals against average and a .906 save percentage. Philadelphia beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the playoffs before losing in the second round.

The goalie signed a five-year, $27.5 million extension during the offseason.