OK, let’s reset the scene: there are about seven minutes left in the third period of Thursday night’s Game 1 between the Capitals and Flyers. Washington holds a 1-0 lead. Resident moron Tom Wilson of the Caps takes a boarding penalty for a hit from behind on Flyers defenseman Andrew MacDonald. The referee raises his…
Courtesy our friends at NBC Sports, here are both goals scored in tonight’s Flyers vs. Capitals Game 1. First, it’s an ugly power play goal by John Carlson to out the Capitals up 1-0 in the second period. Steve Mason deserved so much better than this after stopping a metric ton of Grade A scoring…
*Breaking news this morning: Flyers owner Ed Snider has died. We’ll have much more on his life and legacy throughout the day. — *Folks, the Flyers are in the playoffs. And they earned their spot beating the Penguins. What a great weekend. RECAP! *Charlie brings you ten things to take away from Saturday’s fantastic outing….
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Flyers’ play at five-on-five not the issue The scoreboard at the end of the night may have read 4-1 in favor of the Capitals, but this wasn’t a case of Washington flexing its Presidents’ Trophy winning muscles…
We knew this series was going to be difficult coming in. Beating this season’s runaway President’s Trophy winners was always going to be a tall task. The Flyers’ having lost Game 1, in that sense, is not much of a surprise. Still, it would be more than a bit of a disappointment to head back…
*Down 0-2 in the series but who even cares?? Tonight the wins begin. Get it boys. Oh, and here’s a recap of Saturday’s mess TRY SCORING SOME GOALS THIS TIME. *And if you like to stay positive here are ten things to take away from the game two loss. [BSH] *If you’re blaming Steve Mason…
It isn’t that the Philadelphia Flyers have had a long playoff drought – it’s that this year’s run is more special than most. And now, with the series coming back to Philly, it will be up to the Flyers to come out with a win – for themselves, for the city, and especially for Ed…
After three games of the Eastern Conference Round 1 series between the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals, the Flyers have dug themselves a daunting three-games-to-none hole. There are a number of reasons for the team’s struggles — lack of scoring from key players, poor goaltending, an ineffective power play — but none looms larger than…
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare deserves a suspension for his hit from behind on Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov in Game 3, and he’s likely to get it. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety will have a hearing with Bellemare Tuesday. It’s a phone hearing, so the NHL won’t look to suspend Bellemare more than five games. But with…
The start to the Game 3 between the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers – the first playoff game in Philadelphia – was incredibly emotional. How could it not be? It’s the first game played in Philadelphia since the Flyers clinched the playoffs – and the first since the building unknowingly said goodbye to team founder…