Monday Morning Fly By: Wildcard, bitches!

*First of all….BIRDS BABY!!!!!!! ..ahem. Okay, anyway, with that said… *Folks, that was an excellent weekend of hockey from your boys. And after picking up four points against divisional rivals, the Flyers are a playoff team. For now. Subject to change. First up, Maddie’s observations from the Saturday matinee win against the Devils. [BSH] *And…

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The Two O’Clock Number: 31

31 — the league-wide rank (out of 31 NHL teams, just in case you forgot) of the Buffalo Sabres, tonight’s opponent, in each of the following offensive measures per 60 minutes played at 5-on-5: Total shot attempts taken Goals scored Expected Goals tallied/ They’re also: 30th in unblocked shot attempts taken (edging out Vancouver by…

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Flyers 4, Sabres 1: Out with a bang

All stats and graphics via Corsica.Hockey, HockeyViz, Natural Stat Trick, and NHL.com 1. That start… Okay, so I may have gotten a little carried away yesterday. The Flyers had two good first periods in a row, but couldn’t make it three. Whomp whomp. Through the first 20 minutes, they were only able to register five…

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