The goalie was bad. The power play was bad. The defense was bad. Everything was bad for the Philadelphia Flyers in a 6-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night, and Bill Matz hopped on the Broad Street Hockey Facebook Live postgame show to give his thoughts on an overall disappointing effort. The Flyers…
It was a rough one. But here are some things we learned. 1. Sean Couturier is still good So there were a lot of things that went wrong last night that we’re not going to want to talk about, but we’re going to talk about them anyway. But let’s start with a good thing. That…
*Big news yesterday was no news, as the team released a statement stating that both Radko Gudas and Nolan Patrick are still day-to-day with their upper-body injuries. We’ll see how that changes ahead of Thursday’s game. *There really are plenty of injuries to go around. Big ones, little ones. Seems like enough already. [NBC Sports…
The Flyers head into today’s game coming off of a thrilling 2-1 win vs the Edmonton Oilers, looking to make it two in a row and four wins in their past five games. They’ll look to accomplish this feat against the 3-3-1 Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim comes into this contest after dominating a dismantled Montreal Canadiens…
The Flyers closed out their West Coast run tonight in Anaheim. The Ducks had won the last eight meetings between these two teams, but the Flyers broke that streak with an exciting 3-2 overtime win. Brian Elliott, despite his less than exemplary career record against the Ducks, showed early strength. Fending off a number of…
The Flyers, hit early with the injury bug, headed back out on the road, squaring off against the Senators in Ottawa. Coming off a tough loss at home against Anaheim on Tuesday, the Flyers looked to stay composed, shore up their weak spots, and get back on track. It was quite the matchup, if I…
We are well accustomed to Flyers fans not being allowed to have nice things. Turns out Anaheim feels the same way! Heading into tonight’s contest against an injury-riddled Anaheim Ducks team, BSH Radio’s Charlie O’Connor sits down with CJ Woodling from Anaheim Calling to discuss the last of the Flyers’ west coast road trip games….
Some things seen and observed in yesterday’s matinee game against the Oilers. All stats and graphics from Corsica, Hockey Viz, Natural Stat Trick, and NHL.com. 1. Kicking early For the second game in a row, we’ve seen the Flyers working hard to shore up their first period issues. On Thursday, they cleaned up their passing…
Some things observed in a delightful Flyers victory over the Bruins … 1. Look at all that offense! In the games played so far this preseason, we’ve seen the Flyers putting up some serious offensive pressure but largely fail to capitalize, at least in a way that was proportionate to the effort put forward. The…
272 — the total number of NHL games played between the six defensemen who will take the ice for the Flyers tonight in St. Louis, assuming that Will O’Neill does in fact play in Radko Gudas’ place. If you’ve somehow managed to forget, here are those defensemen, along with the number of games they’ve played…