Both teams today will be battling, but they’ll be battling for very different things: the Bruins are fighting to lock up the number one seed in the Eastern Conference while the Flyers are trying to put more distance between themselves and a Wild Card spot and, better still, gain some ground back for home-ice advantage….
*Toronto Maple Leafs tonight. They’re in an epic free fall so here’s hoping for two points. Check back this afternoon for the BSH preview of the game. *Craig Berube gave the team off yesterday in the hopes that it will help them regain their intensity. [Inquirer] *Wayne Simmonds had been an integral part of the…
*The boys are in St. Louis tonight for another game against the Blues. Puck drops at 8; check back for a preview of the game this afternoon. *Unfortunately, Kimmo Timonen will not play tonight. He took a puck to the chin and is listed as “day-to-day” with an upper body injury. Gustafsson has been freed….
*The Flyers lost to the Bruins yesterday afternoon in a stupid shootout, but they hung with Boston. Fifty two shots on Tuukka Rask. So that’s positive. Recap! *Friday night the boys took it to the Leafs, winning 4-2. Recap in case you missed it. *Claude Giroux had a hell of a game against those Leafs….
*Columbus tonight! They’re fighting for a wild card spot, the Flyers are trying to clinch….should be a good one. Check back for a preview. *The Flyers need tonight’s two points if they’re going to try to overtake the Rangers for home ice advantage. [Inquirer] *The absence of Kimmo Timonen meant that Erik Gustafsson finally got…
In the first game of the post-Wayne Simmonds era, the Philadelphia Flyers definitely weren’t lacking any grit or, dare I say, Hart(man), defeating the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 at the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday night. Newly acquired Ryan Hartman set the tone with a huge hit on rookie sensation Rasmus Dahlin in the game’s first…
*Rabble rabble shootouts rabble rabble Ryan Miller. Once again, though, the Flyers hung with the best. At least there’s that. Recap. *Claude Giroux is awesome; has been named the league’s third star for the month of March. [Flyers] *The Flyers can’t coast into the playoffs, and that’s probably a good thing. [Daily News] *Steve Mason…
*Saturday afternoon the Flyers dropped their game against the Bruins despite contributions from offensive dynamo Jay Rosehill. Recap here, scoring chance summary here. But last night things got back on track with a pretty nice little win against the league-worst Sabres. Recap! And also scoring chance summary. *Zac Rinaldo is probably going to be Shanabanned….
*Remember scoring goals? Those were halcyon days. The Flyers lost again, scoring zero goals again. Recap. *Revisiting the Max Talbot for Steve Downie trade to see which team got better end of the deal. [BSH] *There’s a little Ken Hitchcock in Craig Berube’s coaching philosophies. [Daily News] *Steve Mason almost quit hockey while in Columbus;…
Before the game even started, it seemed like the Flyers were destined to win. About a half hour before the game, the Panthers announced that goaltender Roberto Luongo would sit due to an upper-body injury. Backup Dan Ellis stepped in and his numbers are, well, really not good. From the start of the game, though,…