Nothing could be more Philadelphia Flyers than roping us back in right after spending a month giving us reasons to look away. And surely enough, they’re roping us back in now. Travis Sanheim scored his first career NHL goal, Valtteri Filppula tallied the game-winner late in the second, Brian Elliott stopped every shot that he…
TO: The Hockey Team, The Flyers3601 S. Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19148 *** Dear The Flyers, Hey! What’s up? Based on how things have been going for most of the last month, I’d love to be able to say “long time, no see”, but we both know that would be a lie. Nice win on Monday!…
Tonight’s game begins at 7:00 p.m. ET and can be: Seen locally via NBC Sports Philadelphia (or via stream on the NBC Sports App) Heard via radio locally on 97.5 The Fanatic Seen in Colorado via Altitude 2 Seen or heard elsewhere via NHL.tv, NHL Center Ice, or Sirius XM/ Related Flyers vs. Avalanche preview:…
It hasn’t been long since we’ve last seen the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim™, but CJ Woodling from Anaheim Calling was nice enough to join us again to preview what we should expect from the second meeting between the Flyers and the Ducks. Topics include: The news about Patrick Eaves and how the Ducks expect to…
92.63% — the combined team-level save percentages of the two teams that the Flyers will play tonight and tomorrow. Via hockey-reference.com, the Chicago Blackhawks enter tonight’s game having stopped 92.46 percent of all shots that they’ve faced so far this season (excluding empty-net goals against). That’s the third-best mark in the NHL. And if that…
Wake up! Wake up! You’re not late for school, but the game is over, and it’s time to read about it. Here’s what we learned. All stats and graphics via Corsica.Hockey, ESPN, HockeyViz, Natural Stat Trick, and NHL.com. 1. An early regression Guys? We just talked about how stellar of an effort the Flyers put…
Tonight’s game begins at 7:00 p.m. ET and can be: Seen locally via NBC Sports Philadelphia (or via stream on the NBC Sports App) Heard via radio locally on 93.3 WMMR Seen in Arizona via FS Arizona Seen or heard elsewhere via NHL.tv (it’s their free game of the day!), NHL Center Ice, or Sirius…
8 — the number of quality starts the Flyers have received from their two goaltenders through their first 11 games this year. What’s a “quality start”? As defined by Rob Vollman in the 2013 Hockey Abstract (via NHLNumbers): If the starting goalie stopped at least a league average number of shots, which was typically 91.3%…
Tonight, the Flyers headed up to Toronto to try and snap a two-game losing streak as they face the Maple Leafs. And they’d do just that! Solid work by the team’s top line and its goaltender gave the Flyers a 4-2 win, one which should help get rid of the bad taste in the mouth…
272 — the total number of NHL games played between the six defensemen who will take the ice for the Flyers tonight in St. Louis, assuming that Will O’Neill does in fact play in Radko Gudas’ place. If you’ve somehow managed to forget, here are those defensemen, along with the number of games they’ve played…