The Flyers blew a two-goal lead with less than two minutes remaining in the game while on a power play last night and managed to pick up only one point on a night where it looked like they had two locked up. That was bad. You can read more about that here or here if…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. Going into last night’s game, we knew that Colorado was the worst puck possession team in the NHL, and it became quickly obvious why that is. The Avalanche seem obsessed with generating offense via transition rushes, but they…
The Flyers were off on Wednesday night, but there were two other games in action, and both of them had at least some slight impact on the Flyers’ chances at playing hockey games into late April. How so? Let’s take a look. What happened last night? The Islanders managed a 3-1 win over visiting Ottawa,…
The future in Philadelphia is bright, and Ivan Provorov looks to be a big part of it. Selected seventh overall in the 2015 draft, Provorov was coming off of 61 points in 60 games for the WHL’s Brandon Wheat Kings. Being over a point per game as a defenseman is already pretty impressive, but doing…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. It takes an incredibly unlikely series of events for an NHL team to lose a game in which they held a two-goal lead with 1:04 left in the third period. In this one, there were five key plays,…
After their big win against the New York Islanders on Monday night, the Flyers have firmly bounced back from Saturday’s frustrating loss to the Penguins. And as a result, the playoffs are still within their control — in fact, they have higher odds than the team currently ahead of them in the Eastern Conference Wild…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. Saturday afternoon’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins was a disaster by every objective measure. The Flyers were dominated by their biggest rival on home ice, putting a damper on what had been a fantastic run of hockey against…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. Flyers fans should count themselves lucky. Their team may not be a true contender yet, but it does have the best athlete in the city and its most exciting newcomer. Claude Giroux somehow is still underrated in Philadelphia,…
*The Winnipeg Jets are in town tonight and hopefully things go a bit better than they did Saturday night. Puck drops at 7PM. *So about that Saturday game…it was not good. For a number of reasons. Recap. *Charlie has ten things to learn from Saturday’s loss. [BSH] *Pretty much the worst part of that loss…
The Flyers were, for the most part, able to celebrate their Easters on Sunday without spending too much time watching the scoreboard in the interest of their playoff hopes, as not much was going on that would factor into their chances of making it. Tonight — with the Flyers and the Red Wings, the team…