Fueled by an incredible first half, the Washington Capitals ran away with the Metropolitan Division this season, finishing with 120 points and topping second place Pittsburgh by 16. As a result, it’s unsurprising that they’ve been christened by the media as one of the leading favorites to represent the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. On a day that saw two playoff contenders (Detroit and Boston) fail to come through with wins against opponents either out of the chase or resting key players, the Flyers simply went out and took care of business….
After 715 days, it’s finally a playoff hockey game day for the Philadelphia Flyers. They’re down in Washington, D.C. to take on the league-best Washington Capitals in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET. Playoff hockey can get confusing with television coverage. All games are on national television…
And we’re here. The biggest day of the NHL season for the Philadelphia Flyers, who fought from the fringes of the playoff race to get into a very good position in the past couple of weeks only to now have that position be reduced to more or less a 50-50 shot at making the postseason….
It had been too long, but with the playoffs on the horizon, now was about as good of a time as ever for us here at BSH to get back to an old pastime of ours: recording podcasts. As such, Charlie, Kelly and I got together on Wednesday evening and talked about the Flyers series…
The 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs begin tonight with three games, and here at Broad Street Hockey we’ve predicted how each first round series will play out. Here are the predictions:
It’s been a long year. A rough start to the season had most Flyers fans figuring that the team would, for the first time in two decades, would miss the playoffs in consecutive seasons. They were seven points and four teams out of a playoff spot at this time not even two months ago. And…
*Tomorrow is the day! So enjoy your final day of relative sanity before your whole life hangs on sports results. The Caps, for their part, are getting ready. With merch. [Inquirer] *One thing we should all keep in mind is that no matter what happens, the Flyers have had a hell of a season. [BSH]…
OK, let’s reset the scene: there are about seven minutes left in the third period of Thursday night’s Game 1 between the Capitals and Flyers. Washington holds a 1-0 lead. Resident moron Tom Wilson of the Caps takes a boarding penalty for a hit from behind on Flyers defenseman Andrew MacDonald. The referee raises his…
Courtesy our friends at NBC Sports, here are both goals scored in tonight’s Flyers vs. Capitals Game 1. First, it’s an ugly power play goal by John Carlson to out the Capitals up 1-0 in the second period. Steve Mason deserved so much better than this after stopping a metric ton of Grade A scoring…