The Flyers lost tonight. It was the Oilers’ turn to beat them. The score was 4-1. The Flyers started out bad, getting outshot 19-2 in the first period. Somehow the Flyers took a 2-1 lead into the third period, but then order was restored and they lost 4-2. It wasn’t great. If you couldn’t tell…
Earlier this afternoon, the beat writers following the Philadelphia Flyers on their west coast road trip broke the news that Evgeny Medvedev would miss his second straight game, presumably as a healthy scratch. Hours later, the team corrected that assumption. Evgeny Medvedev is flying back to Philadelphia with an upper-body injury, according to GM Ron…
After four seasons in the AHL, defenseman Brandon Manning finally earned a spot in the Philadelphia Flyers‘ opening night lineup this year. In danger of becoming an afterthought in the organization, Manning apparently impressed in an extended stint with the big club late in the 2014-15 season and throughout training camp. As result, new coach…
The Philadelphia Flyers have been without Sean Couturier for six games, due to a concussion caused by a Zac Rinaldo hit to the head. Tonight, they finally get their shutdown center back. Couturier will be in the lineup against the Calgary Flames, centering Matt Read and Wayne Simmonds. The news is not a surprise, as…
Just a week ago, Charlie O’Connor explained in an article on this site how Evgeny Mededev has been “a revelation” for the Flyers in the neutral zone, helping to fix what was one of the team’s biggest weaknesses a year ago. Today, as the Flyers prepare to hit the ice for a late night game…
Two weeks into the NHL season, the Philadelphia Flyers were sitting pretty. They sported a 4-2-1 record, and boasted wins over the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers – two legitimate Stanley Cup contenders. Combined with wins over the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins, and the Flyers were stating a case as a legitimate playoff…
Over in his weekly 30 Thoughts column, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman shed some light on the Philadelphia Flyers’ ongoing attempts to trade defenseman Luke Schenn. “Wait, there are attempts to trade Luke Schenn?” Yeah, there are. And it’s apparently been hard for the Flyers to get any traction in negotiations. Let’s hear more from Friedman: Why…
This season, I am manually tracking both zone entries and zone exits for the Philadelphia Flyers. These statistics help to better understand the team’s play in all three zones, and to illuminate the reasons for both strong and poor performances. Thus far, we’ve used the numbers to highlight Evgeny Medvedev’s strong neutral zone play, determine…
After falling to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers‘ losing streak reached five games. The Flyers’ run of poor play has come despite a relatively manageable schedule – four matchups against teams (Buffalo, New Jersey, Edmonton) that missed the playoffs in 2014-15, and one against a middling even strength team that barely…
The big shock out of Philadelphia Flyers practice yesterday was the removal of Evgeny Medvedev from the lineup for last night’s game against the Vancouver Canucks. One loss, four goals and innumerable defensive miscues later, and it seemed a certainty that Medvedev would be back on the ice for Tuesday’s matchup versus the Edmonton Oilers….