Tonight’s game begins at 7:00 p.m. ET and can be: Seen locally via NBC Sports Philadelphia (or via stream on the NBC Sports App) Heard via radio locally on 93.3 WMMR Seen in Canada via CBC Seen or heard elsewhere via NHL.tv, NHL Center Ice, or Sirius XM/ Related Checking out the competition: Toronto Maple…
Back in January, then-Flyers forward Simon Gagne scored a goal in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The goal didn’t count, though, because FSN Pittsburgh and producer Lowell MacDonald Jr. withheld from showing a camera angle that definitively proved that Gagne had scored, thus keeping that angle from NHL officials in Toronto. Here’s how we…
Hey everyone, I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Although I grew up just outside of Baltimore, I fell in love with the Flyers at an early age thanks to my parents, who were both born and raised in Philadelphia. The Legion of Doom, the Philadelphia skyline on Ron Hextall’s mask, a helmet-less Craig…
Jaromir Jagr is ready for the new challenge that waits for him in Philadelphia, but admits there will be a lot of new things waiting for him that he needs to get used to. He even compares the current situation to the beginning of his career in Pittsburgh. “I’m going to an unfamiliar environment. It…
Let’s follow up on the earlier story on forward line matchups with a look at how the defensive pairings lined up in Game 1: 5v5 minutes Parise Kovalchuk Henrique Gionta Timonen 7.1 1 2.6 0.9 Grossmann 3.4 9.4 1 0.9 Lilja 1.9 1.4 7.1 4.3 Kimmo Timonen and Matt Carle joined Sean Couturier’s line in…
Last year, when Eric Lindros was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, we wrote this: The only remaining question regarding Lindros’ greatness? Whether or not the Flyers will retire his No. 88. Aside from Barry Ashbee’s No. 4, the Flyers have reserved the honor of number retirement only to players who have been inducted…
What a game, what a game! We saw a lot of great things happening in last night’s game, so let’s get right into it. All stats and graphics from Corsica, HockeyViz, Natural Stat Trick, and nhl.com. 1. Elliott regroups After a shaky showing in Nashville, relatively quiet as it may have been, we still entered…
Recently, while reading an article by BSH Radio analyst Charlie O’Connor on The Athletic about the Flyers struggling to create offense at even-strength, I decided to read the comments (huge mistake, typically). I came across a question from a reader asking about the tactics Dave Hakstol implemented at the University of North Dakota. It has…
Gathering some observations on the Flyers’ matchup against the Islanders, from the PPL Center in Allentown. 1. First period woes To start, let’s talk about the rough start that was last night’s first period in Allentown. The Flyers were out shot 5 to 13 and spent a good part of the period hemmed into their…
[Box Score] – [Wire Recap] – [Game Page] – [Florida Reaction][Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [5-on-5 Faceoffs] Tonight’s game was quite a roller coaster. From great start, to finally getting Nodl into double digits, to trying not to think “shutout”, to hoping for a regulation win, to finally breathing. This…