Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday and be sidelined approximately three weeks. Injury update: Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere will have arthroscopic surgery …

The news and timing could have been much worse.

Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday and be sidelined approximately three weeks. Flyers D-man Gostisbehere to have knee surgery. The team has also recalled David Kase from the minor leagues while sending Mikhail Vorobyev down to the AHL.. Gostisbehere, 26, has seen his offensive production evaporate over the last two seasons and his usage decrease alongside it. The Philadelphia Flyers announced that defenceman Shayne Gostisbehere is sidelined for three weeks after undergoing left knee surgery. Knee surgery gives Shayne Gostisbehere a platform to reset.

Shayne Gostisbehere went to pivot his feet, skating backward to forward, and his left knee locked up on him.

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere said Tuesday he expects to be cleared for skating next week. The Flyers defenseman returned to the lineup for the first time in a month after having his left knee surgically repaired in January.

The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that Shayne Gostisbehere will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee next week, and will be out for three weeks.

He had surgery on Tuesday and will reevaluated in three weeks.

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