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Marc Naples

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Articles by Marc Naples (74)

By the numbers: Few positives for Flyers in loss to Avalanche

  View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Flyers returned home Tuesday night after a rough road trip with some cause to believe they built some momentum coming out of the trip. It took all of 57 seconds to dispel that notion. The Colorado Avalanche immediately threw the Flyers onto their back foot with a lucky […]

Marc Naples  •  11 Nov 2015
By the Numbers: Flyers power play comes through to beat Jets

  View image | gettyimages.com Both the losing streak and road trip are finally over. The only even-strength goal of the game was an empty-netter, so the game was entirely decided by special teams. Perhaps even more importantly, it was another fantastic performance from Michal Neuvirth for his league-leading third shutout in only eight games. […]

Marc Naples  •  08 Nov 2015
Judging Jakub: Looking at advanced stats on Voracek’s slow start

  Jakub Voracek was, in my opinion, clearly the team MVP last season. He hit a career high 81 points, and was all over the ice. Therefore, you probably don’t need me to use any advanced stats or graphs to tell that his stat line as of Thursday of 12 games played, 0 goals, 4 […]

Marc Naples  •  07 Nov 2015
By the Numbers: Flyers fall short against Flames

The Flyers took some steps in the right direction Thursday night, but ultimately only could claim one point against the Calgary Flames before losing in overtime. As the charts below will show, the Flyers performed much better in terms of possession than Wednesday night and the Oilers' 87-shot barrage. The offense still is not looking […]

Marc Naples  •  06 Nov 2015