The Philadelphia Flyers wrapped up their brief home-stand with a Monday night battle against the Vancouver Canucks. Carter Hart got the start in net and was strong, making 16 saves on 17 shots. Sean Couturier tied things up on a rebound in front of the net. Having gone to overtime or a shootout in 8…
Let’s not mince words here, Shayne Gostisbehere has been bad to start the 2019-20 season. With just six points in 22 games, Gostisbehere has been healthy scratched the past two games in favor of Robert Hagg. Before we go further, let’s acknowledge that the former is definitely better than the latter. Ghost is one of…
29 – the Flyers’ rank, out of 31 NHL teams, in 5-on-5 Expected Goals percentage (xG %) in the first period of games this year, according to Moneypuck’s Expected Goals model. In the first period this year, the Flyers have a team-level Expected Goals percentage of 41.7%, leading only the Rangers and Sharks. (Expected Goals…
The Flyers are back to doing wins again, folks! After picking up a point in their shootout loss against Calgary on Saturday, the Flyers came in against the Canucks and got to work, and really just played a pretty solid game of hockey. Oh, and they also wrapped this one up in regulation. Thank heavens….
Brian Elliott was the main dish ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as the Flyers beat the Blue Jackets by a 3-2 final from below-average Columbus on Wednesday night. Claude Giroux, Tyler Pitlick, and Scott Laughton scored for the Flyers, who registered their first regulation win in the Buckeye state since Robert Esche was manning the…
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday filled with food, friends, family, and a good dose of gluttonous behavior to boot. It’s also a time to give thanks, and recognize what we are all thankful for in life — and, also, the Philadelphia Flyers. So in the spirit of this glorious holiday, it’s time for some things…
Thanksgiving is almost upon us for all of our American readers, but we’re not quite there yet. We’ve still got one more work day to get through, and one more Flyers game tonight! The Flyers, coming off a pretty nice win over the Canucks at home on Monday, will be looking to hit the holiday…
Today is Thanksgiving. Hope you all are enjoying your days. Know who definitely is enjoying theirs? Your Philadelphia Flyers, who are coming off of two straight wins and have points in all but two games they’ve played this month. An up-and-down October has given way to a November that has similarly felt rather inconsistent, but…
This decade has been a very tumultuous one for the Philadelphia Flyers. It started with a Prince of Wales Trophy and a Stanley Cup Final berth in what would ultimately be a disappointing series loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. This was quickly followed by an “all in” attitude, from both management and ownership, which ultimately…
It’s the Black Friday game, everyone! A yearly tradition for the Flyers this time of year. Today they take on the Detroit Red Wings today, hoping for their third straight win and fourth in their last five games. If they do pull off the win today, it would also be their second straight year winning…