Flyers
Jakub Voracek’s goal with 8.6 seconds left in overtime lifted the Flyers past the Panthers, 3-2.
As the Flyers look to extend their five-game winning streak, they welcome an opponent that they faced just two weeks ago. And while the Flyers handily beat the Panthers, 3-1, on Nov. 22, they’ll be facing an entirely-different Panthers team.
Steve Mason was selected as the NHL’s first star of the week after going 4-0-0 with a 1.71 GAA and .945 save percentage in four starts last week.
On Monday, Flyers GM Ron Hextall announced that Matt Read will be out four weeks with an upper-body injury. With news of the injury, the Flyers sent Scott Laughton to the Phantoms and called up Taylor Leier.
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms finally found a way to beat the Bridgeport Sound Tigers for the first time this season, beating Bridgeport, 3-2, in Bridgeport on Sunday afternoon.
Five games in eight days for the Flyers, including a weekend back-to-back, came complete in Nashville on Sunday as the Flyers claimed their fifth straight win with a gutsy effort against the Predators.
With the win, the Flyers have now won five games in a row, their longest winning streak since March 15-22, 2014.
Click on the picture above to view Kate Frese's photo gallery from yesterday's game against the Blackhawks.
In a swap of tough rugged defenseman, the Philadelphia Flyers sent Dan McGillis to the San Jose Sharks for Marcus Ragnarsson.
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms and Hershey Bears concluded their back-to-back games on Saturday in Hershey. While the Phantoms were not able to end Hershey’s seven-game point streak, they did avenge their loss on home ice Friday night with a 3-2 overtime win in Hershey.
