A sloppy second period combined with a sharp Sergei Bobrovsky looked to be combining for “one of those games” on Thursday night at the Wells Fargo Center, until a goal by captain Claude Giroux and a standout netminding performance by Petr Mrazek (19 saves on 20 shots) willed the Flyers to a come-from-behind victory over…
Corsi Report: Flyers CF% leaders vs. MTL Player TOI CF CA CF% CF% Rel Sean.Couturier 16:16 21 6 77.78 35.99 Claude.Giroux 16:16 20 7 74.07 30.79 Travis.Konecny 15:28 16 7 69.57 23.09 Ivan.Provorov 18:31 20 13 60.61 13.07 Radko.Gudas 16:40 15 11 57.69 7.69 Shayne.Gostisbehere 18:13 19 15 55.88 5.88 Brandon.Manning 15:49 16 13 55.17…
The Flyers got back on track with a 4-2 win over the Hurricanes in Carolina last night. After going down 2-1 with 9:56 remaining, the Flyers railed off three goals to stave off the Hurricanes and earn a huge two points in their playoff hunt. Here are five observations from the proceedings last night. Why…
*Folks, if you can’t win a game in which Jori Lehtera scores a shorthanded goal, well… get your shit together, to be frank. RECAP! *So Dave Hakstol finally gave Alex Lyon a start last night. Perhaps this mean he will manage his goalies better going forward? [Philly.com] *The Flyers are the only team in the…
All good things in life must come to an end. And in hockey things are no different. The Flyers fell to the Hurricanes 4-1 on Thursday night, watching two streaks come to an end that have put them right in the thick of the playoff race in the Eastern Conference. With the loss came an…
*Hey, I saved everybody a link to the [Recap], [Reaction], and [Observations] from Saturday’s loss, because I know Petr Mrazek wasn’t going to save it for you hahaha. *Ahh…I guess…I guess I can use the same joke for yesterday’s loss (I know it wasn’t all his fault, but the punchline is right there. I’m a…
We realize that there are some other happenings going on today in the hockey world, but amidst all of the questioning on whether Ron Hextall will look to add to his team, his team has a game tonight, and it’s possible that it ends the evening on top of the Metropolitan Division. What a world….
“This series will be decided by each team’s depth” is something that you hear said a lot around this time of the year, about many different series. Pretty much all of them, in fact. Despite the fact that the postseason is a time in which teams tend to shorten their benches and lean on their…
Last night was in many ways a tale of two games, as a mostly uneventful 60 minutes turned into an action-packed overtime and shootout which saw the Flyers come out victorious over the Canadiens at the Bell Centre. The game was scoreless through 60 minutes due in large part to the outstanding goaltending of Charlie…
The Flyers started a key, three-game road swing with a valiant effort, but couldn’t finish the deal as the Penguins skated away with a 5-4 overtime decision in Pittsburgh on Sunday afternoon. Sean Couturier’s goal with 42 seconds left not only tied the game at 4-4, but secured the Flyers an all-important point in the…