Friday night treated us to a whole lot of Philadelphia Flyers prospects proving their worth in their respectable leagues all over the world. But one that popped out as a single performance, was Jett Luchanko making sure everyone was reminded about what he can do and how he can just take over a game in the OHL.
Much has been written about Luchanko and his situation. He’s played in the NHL probably earlier than he should have and the expectation was raised but the freshly-turned 19-year-old center did not have his game tuned enough to be something more than a fourth-line center to start this season for the Flyers. So, the Flyers sent Luchanko back to the OHL’s Guelph Storm and the top prospect is back playing on a not-so-good junior team with not a whole lot of offensive support.
Luchanko delivers impressive 4-point performance vs. Windsor
But that hasn’t stopped the London, Ontario native from producing at a high level in the OHL. On Friday night, in an 8-5 drumming of the Windsor Spitfires for the Storm, Luchanko scored a goal and earned three assists for a four-point night that demonstrated exactly what he needs to do in his final year of junior eligibility.
And on one of his assists, Luchanko put all his high-end attributes to good use to create something that only really the best junior players are capable of doing. While on the power play, Luchanko took a pass while in motion through the neutral zone, swiftly entered the offensive zone and put every single Windsor penalty killer on their heels, giving defenders just milliseconds to react and try to play against a player who is already behind you. And with that speed, he easily drew a whole lot of attention to then give his teammate a wide-open net to score on.
Luchanko with a NASTY assist tonight. Really playing with speed and drawing in defenders. pic.twitter.com/rST7YLRUcy
— Broad Street Hockey (@BroadStHockey) November 15, 2025
While it’s not some display of elite puckhandling or a laser of a shot like some high-end sniper prospect, Luchanko had the confidence to know that the Spitfires can’t handle his speed and how aggressive he is while skating downhill. The Flyers 2024 first-round pick can just race past players and be the first to the puck, and make use of it.
Even on his goal it’s there. In a shorthanded effort, Luchanko beats a Windsor skater to the puck after Guelph won possession back in their own end and then managed to score on a quasi breakaway. It’s something that we saw happen so often with a player like Travis Konecny on the penalty kill during the 2023-24 Flyers season when they scored a billion shorthanded goals by honing in their aggressiveness.
#LetsGoFlyers Jett Luchanko tonight in an 8-5 W:
1 (beautiful) shorthanded goal
3 assists
4 points
17/27 on faceoffs (63%)
4 SOG
+1
He’s been a different player since going back to Guelph. Here are all 4 of his points tonight: pic.twitter.com/2HjkLsEnih
— Flyers Clips (@Flyers_Clips) November 15, 2025
And it wasn’t just during the points earned that Luchanko was doing this but all night long. Since he returned back to Guelph, he’s been doing exactly what is needed and that’s tuning his offensive game to an amount that can be somewhat translatable to the NHL. While playing with the Flyers, Luchanko seemed to just try to keep his head above water and not make many mistakes, so fans were largely disappointed seeing their first-round pick and top prospect just make the easy plays and even occasionally lose possession in a bad area of the ice; so those moments stuck out like a sore thumb.
But in the OHL, Luchanko is bringing his top-end speed and playmaking ability to turn out defensive schemes and prove to be one of the most impactful players in that league. Especially considering that he doesn’t have much help around him.
What Luchanko has done since returning to OHL
With this four-point night, Luchanko now has 10 points in the six games since he returned to Guelph. His 1.67 points per game makes him tied in sixth among all OHL skaters as of Saturday morning, but what is even more impressive is no teammate is even around him. Looking at the leaderboard and you see two Barrie Colts and two Brantford Bulldogs in the top five, two Sudbury Wolves in the top 10, three Flint Firebirds in the top 15, three Owen Sound Attack skaters in the top 16 — basically, if there’s a player there that is scoring at a high rate there’s a teammate by them and they are helping each other do that.
Not for Luchanko. The next-best Guelph Storm skaters are Carter Stevens, a 2026 NHL Draft prospect, and Jaakko Wycisk, a 2027 NHL Draft prospect, tied with 0.93 points per game. That ranks them tied for 58th in the OHL. Luchanko is on an entire island offensively. Just the fact that no one else on his team is at a point per game while he has 10 in six, is impressive.
Jack Nesbitt gets on the board, too
We haven’t even mentioned the reason why this game was somewhat significant, too. It was a battle of two top Flyers prospects, the two prospects in the OHL as Luchanko faced 2025 first-rounder Jack Nesbitt.
Nesbitt had an alright showing. He managed to score a goal off a wild netfront tip that trickled in behind the Guelph netminder to open the scoring for Windsor and he kept his production alive as he’s scoring at a 1.13 points per game rate with seven goals and 18 points in 16 games. His night wasn’t on par with Luchanko’s but it was still a solid overall showing from him.
Plus/minus isn’t something to take wholeheartedly, but in an 8-5 loss where he played first-line minutes, Nesbitt came out of that game with a plus-1 rating and was one of only two Spitfires to even be in the positives.
Luchanko might have gotten the better of him this time around, but we know that the younger Flyers prospect is dying to see this intraorganizational collision happen once again to try to get the better of him with his 6-foot-5 frame. And it’s happening soon enough. Next Sunday, on Nov. 23, the Storm will be visiting the Spitfires.
Maybe both Flyers prospects will just score five points each.