PHILADELPHIA — Filip Chytil, sidelined since suffering a suspected concussion on Nov. 2, has begun skating on his own while the Blueshirts have been on the road, according to head coach Peter Laviolette. 

“He’s skated a couple of times and we’ll see him when we get home,” the coach said before the Blueshirts’ 3-1 victory over the Flyers on Friday afternoon. “Hopefully that continues to ramp up.” 

It is believed that this concussion, sustained in a whiplash-like collision with Jesper Fast in the first period of the Nov. 2 contest against Carolina, is the fourth of Chytil’s career.

The center has been sidelined 10 different times since 2018-19. 

When Chytil left the lineup, he was centering the second line between Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere and had recorded six points — all assists — in 10 games.

Vincent Trocheck moved up from the third line to fill the void in Chytil’s absence.

The unit has not only not missed a beat, it has received increased production. 

Laviolette will face a decision on deployment when Chytil returns. There is the strong likelihood that the second line will remain intact while Chytil slides between erstwhile Kid Line mate Kaapo Kakko and Will Cuylle on the third unit. Nick Bonino has filled in on the third line over the last eight games. 

“When we get back home we’ll get a chance to see him and catch up with him,” Laviolette said. “But he has been on the ice.” 

Rangers, who went 5-for-5 on the penalty kill in Wednesday’s 1-0 victory in Pittsburgh, went 6-for-6 against the Flyers. The club has killed 24 of the last 26 and rank sixth in the NHL with an 86.7 percent efficiency. 

“There’s not a lot of thinking, there’s a lot of reacting, making plays, jumping and out goaltending has been outstanding, that’s been a large part of it,” said Jacob Trouba, who generally teamed with Ryan Lindgren on the PK while K’Andre Miller for the most part paired with Braden Schneider. 

“We’re not getting ourselves in trouble. We’re reading and reacting and when we knows when one guy goes, we react off that. We’re killing pretty much as a group and have a lot of confidence when we go out there. 

“Obviously we don’t want to [have] to kill six penalties in a game but the PK takes a lot of pride in doing that job. It’s fun.” 

The Mika Zibanejad-Chris Kreider tandem appeared to strike for a shorthanded goal when Kreider beat Carter Hart in alone with a backhand at 13:32 of the third period, but the tally was wiped off by a successful challenge for offside. 

It marked the fourth apparent goal the Rangers have lost via successful offside challenges. 

According to NHL records, Laviolette tied Hall of Fame coach Dick Irvin for the 10th most games coached in NHL history with No. 1,448 in this one.

He is eighth in all-time victories with 766, 16 behind the legendary Al Arbour. 

“Every day I think about how fortunate I am to be here coaching in this league and be able to stay around that long,” Laviolette said. “To work with great players and coaches I have and coaches in the past, for me, it’s always an honor when things like that come up. 

“I always go back to the same thing. I’m blessed to be here.”