All good things must eventually come to an end. You just really wish it didn’t have to happen today, y’know? It was indeed a bad time for the Flyers to play their first game in weeks, against a team that is not only their biggest rival but is one of the teams they happen to…
After a crushing, demoralizing 4-1 loss last Saturday to the division rival Penguins, the Flyers were looking at the possibility of losing much of the goodwill and momentum they’d picked up with the strong play they’d shown in their previous five games. Tonight’s game against the Islanders, the last of seven in a row against…
Facing a one-goal deficit early in Wednesday night’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks, the Philadelphia Flyers took two penalties in succession and giftwrapped a 5-on-3 advantage to the fourth-ranked power play in the NHL. The contest appeared ready to spiral out of control, and the Flyers’ opportunity to take over the final wild card spot…
Next year’s Flyers vs. Penguins outdoor game has a new date. Originally scheduled for Saturday, February 18, the game will now take place on Saturday, February 25 — a move that the NHL says will allow the game to be played in primetime. The start time for the game will be 8 p.m. ET at…
So here’s the good news: Flyers moved back into a playoff spot tonight. The bad news: every other fucking thing imaginable holy fuck what the fuck Flyers boooooooooo. Flyers, who have been playing like a good hockey team lately, did very bad hockey things to lose this game. Up 2-0 with only two and a…
It’s clear that NHL expansion is right around the corner, and with the addition of new teams to the fold comes talk of the inevitable expansion draft. Essentially, an expansion draft allows the newly-constituted teams to take certain players off the rosters of existing teams, in order to fill their new ranks. Of course, existing…
Ron Hextall said during yesterday’s Flyers–Penguins game that Michal Neuvirth was planning to start in net, but “wasn’t feeling right”, which led to the team taking him out 20 minutes before the game began. Steve Mason would start and finish the game, and he’ll now be doing even more of that over the next few…
Saturday night’s loss in Arizona was further marred by what appeared to be a serious injury to Flyers captain and star center Claude Giroux, who was boarded by Coyotes forward Martin Hanzal with just over two minutes remaining in the game. You can see that hit here. Hanzal was given a major penalty for boarding…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. According to every even strength shot metric, the Flyers dominated this game. They doubled up Arizona in shots on goal (35-17), and led in both score-adjusted Fenwick (63.86%) and score-adjusted Corsi (58.29%). The majority of the game was…
I’ve never really been a big fan of the term “must-win game”, but with that said, let’s make something clear about tonight’s game: the Flyers were facing a Colorado Avalanche team that has already been struggling in a lot of ways this season, and more importantly was missing arguably its two best players tonight. With…