O Captain! My Captain! Previous reports of Claude Giroux’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Wednesday night Giroux displayed everything you’d want and dream of a man wearing the “C.” Giroux’s compete level was on full display, winning tough puck battles along the wall and throwing his weight around in those scrums. It was the Dale…
The Flyers fell to the Blue Jackets in a shootout on Saturday night by a 2-1 final, but as usual there was more than meets the eye in the Flyers’ latest shootout debacle. Here are 10 things we learned, in no particular order because it’s just funner that way. That Provorov/Gostisbehere defense pair was great…
591 — The number of games the Flyers have played, including playoff games, since the last time they tallied five or more consecutive wins in regulation. That goes back to the Orange and Black’s 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on November 6th, 2010, which at the time was their sixth straight regulation win….
Following a lackluster defeat to the lowly Buffalo Sabres on Friday night, head coach Dave Hakstol decided to shake things up for the Philadelphia Flyers heading into in their meeting with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. Travis Konecny was promoted to the top line with Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier, while Nolan Patrick…
Five! Five wins in a row! The process may not have been excellent, but the result will more than do. Let’s take a look at what we learned. All stats and graphics via Corsica.Hockey, Natural Stat Trick, and NHL.com 1. We should talk about that first goal… … but I do not want to. Inside…
*It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the Flyers were at it again on Saturday. RECAP *Some thoughts on the defeat from Maddie. [BSH] *Kate’s photos from another killer day at the rink. [BSH] *Is it 5-on-5 play that is dragging the Flyers down during this losing streak? The numbers don’t…
Corsi Report Flyers raw CF% leaders vs Buffalo Player TOI CF CA CF% CF% Rel Jori.Lehtera 7:51 7 4 63.64 20.97 Travis.Sanheim 14:07 14 9 60.87 21.19 Dale.Weise 10:57 11 8 57.89 16.1 Nolan.Patrick 9:33 11 8 57.89 16.1 Radko.Gudas 15:25 12 10 54.55 12.36 Scott.Laughton 8:09 9 8 52.94 9.46 Travis.Konecny 7:39 9 8…
Today’s game begins at 1:00 p.m. ET and can be: Seen on TV locally via NBC Sports Philadelphia (or via stream on the NBC Sports App) Heard via radio locally on 97.5 The Fanatic Seen in Buffalo via MSG-B Seen or heard elsewhere via Sportsnet (in Canada), NHL.tv, NHL Center Ice, or Sirius XM/ Projected…
Well would you look at that! A night of ceremonial fun and a nice little win to cap it off. It was nice knowing you, Leafs, see you next season, thanks for the three wins to sweep the series. And with that, let’s dip into what we learned. All stats and graphics via Natural Stat…
The Flyers fell to the Blue Jackets in a shootout on Saturday night by a 2-1 final, but as usual there was more than meets the eye in the Flyers’ latest shootout debacle. Here are 10 things we learned, in no particular order because it’s just funner that way. That Provorov/Gostisbehere defense pair was great…