Four goals. In the NHL, scoring four times almost certainly means you’re winning. Let’s look at a few of the top-scoring teams in the league and how they fare when scoring four or more goals. · New York Rangers: 9-0 · Tampa Bay Lightning: 6-0 · …
Team Europe has turned into the plucky little underdogs that, it turns out, could. Maybe not against Canada – at least not so far, as they’re in a do-or-die situation tomorrow for the best of three finals – but against everyone else, they got it. Case in point: their sudden death semifinal win over Team…
#1: This was a golden opportunity wasted While it was fun to watch with the rest of the world and laugh at Montreal on Friday night, as they took the biggest single-game beatdown that many of us have ever seen in an NHL game before, the truth was that this game was always going to…
One of the best parts of this season so far is, without a doubt, seeing Ivan Provorov make the NHL. Averaging 19:58 a game, he isn’t being thrown totally into the deep end; at the same time, he’s fifth in average ice time for both the Flyers and all rookies throughout the league. But something…
Team Europe has turned into the plucky little underdogs that, it turns out, could. Maybe not against Canada – at least not so far, as they’re in a do-or-die situation tomorrow for the best of three finals – but against everyone else, they got it. Case in point: their sudden death semifinal win over Team…
Shayne Gostisbehere scored a goal last night. Chances are it will make you smile. [BSH] Michal Neuvirth looks like he will be the starting goaltender for the Czechs. [Puck Daddy] It looks like the Flyers will be getting new banners in the Wells Fargo Center rafters for the 50th anniversary season. [Facebook] Andrew MacDonald knows…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Provorov simply looks ready The Flyers were never going to make it easy for Ivan Provorov to make the team out of camp this year. The 2015 seventh overall pick faced both a lineup full of NHL…
There’s only so much you can take away from a small sample size, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun looking at the comparison from last year’s Flyers team to this year’s squad through the first 10 games. It’s early, but there’s certainly some impressions to be made as we approach the one-eighth mark…
This morning, the big news out of Philadelphia Flyers camp was the surprise scratching of dynamic defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere. But hockey rolls on even in the wake of unexpected coaching decisions, leaving the remaining Flyers players with only one option to quiet the controversy — come away with a victory just hours later. The team…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Goaltending and conservative play ruled the preseason finale Steve Mason and Tuukka Rask certainly look ready for the start of the regular season. While last night’s game wasn’t the most active contest, there were enough quality chances…