[Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [5-on-5 Faceoffs] The Washington Capitals are not a very good hockey team right now. In fact, they’re kind of awful (or kind of offal, if you prefer a homophone that still sort of vaguely works). This, of course, pleases me greatly. Especially when they get…
Even though he knew it would pretty much be this way, it’s been a difficult time for Sergei Bobrovsky to sit and watch while Ilya Bryzgalov has gotten the bulk of the starts this season. Tuesday night was just his 13th starting assignment in game number 41 for the Flyers. There are 51.5 million reasons…
7 p.m., Wells Fargo CenterSouth PhiladelphiaTV: CSN Philly, MSG BuffaloRADIO: 94 WIPTICKETS: Starting at $46BUF BLOG: Die By The Blade Believe it or not, there’s still something for the Philadelphia Flyers to play for this regular season. One point in the final two games of the regular season (or one lost point by the Devils)…
You’d think the Ottawa Senators were an All-Star team in their own right, given how they absolutely dominated NHL All-Star Voting. Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson — ranked 78th, 11th and 68th in league scoring, respectively — are the three forwards voted in by the fans for the 2012 game, which will be…
7 p.m. tonightWells Fargo CenterTV: CSN Philly, MSG+2RADIO: 94 WIP, WRHUTICKETS: Starting at $45 We’ll just get this out of the way first: Steve Staios isn’t playing tonight. He’s a healthy scratch, and Dylan Reese will play on the blueline in his place. So much for the revenge thing. Winning 25 out of the last…
Sidney Crosby was supposed to make his first visit to the Wells Fargo Center since last December on Thursday night, but that won’t be happening. Crosby will be out of Thursday’s game against the Flyers, as well as the Penguins‘ next game on Saturday against the Islanders, as a precaution after taking a hit from…
Paul Holmgren announced today that Jaromir Jagr will miss seven-to-10 days with a groin strain. He has a history of groin problems and missed a few games earlier this season with a similar ailment, but it’s odd considering he told us after the Winter Classic yesterday that he left the game with calf discomfort. The…
We liked the thought earlier, and according to a number of reports from all over the hockey media this Monday evening, that realignment plan we discussed earlier today is the real deal. The NHL will be realigning to a four-conference system, and the Flyers will join a Conference with Pittsburgh, the three New York-area teams,…
Some in-depth, running thoughts on the second episode of HBO 24/7 Flyers vs. Rangers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic. To prevent spoilage, everything is after the break. All 1,700+ words of it. Might as well jump. We start with a “Previously on…”, which seems unnecessary to recap. It’s nice hearing about Ilya Bryzgalov’s thoughts…
Do we even need to say it? Not safe for work + 24/7 spoiler warning in that video above. Peter Laviolette is probably my hero, and I have to say, even in situations when most people might come off in a negative light — Bruce Boudreau comes to mind — Lavi comes out shining like…