Flyers

It’s been a busy week and active start to the season for the Flyers, and that doesn’t change on Sunday. The Flyers will host the 40th annual Flyers Wives Carnival on Sunday afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

PPL Center was rocking for multiple reasons on Saturday night. One being that it was 80s Night at the Lehigh Valley Phantoms home arena. The other was after a two-goal deficit was erased in the 3rd period as the Phantoms come out on top over the Springfield Thunderbirds, 6-4.

The one area that wasn’t a problem for the Flyers last season has been a huge problem this season, and it’s costing the Flyers points in the standings as the team is on a scoring high.

Carey Price, who has been the rock driving the Montreal Canadiens hot start, allowed four goals to the Flyers on Saturday night. Somehow, it wasn’t enough. The Canadiens used a miscue by Michal Neuvirth and a shorthanded goal later in the period to get the margin necessary to win in a 5-4 Flyers loss at Bell Centre.

The Flyers have managed to salvage slow starts into a solid week with an overtime win over the Red Wings on Wednesday and a shootout win over the Islanders on Thursday. The week ends with another meeting in Montreal against the red hot Canadiens, who just suffered their first regulation loss on Friday in a 10-0 shellacking.

Michael Del Zotto is set to return to the Philadelphia Flyers lineup and give the team some much-needed defensive help over Nick Schultz and Andrew MacDonald.

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms ended their five-game road trip on a high note Friday with a 4-2 win over the Providence Bruins. The power play remained red hot for Lehigh Valley and Anthony Stolarz continued his strong play in goal.

One of the biggest surprises of the early season for the Flyers has been the play of 26-year-old blueliner Brandon Manning.

For the second time in as many nights on Thursday, the Flyers found themselves furiously rallying, down by a goal with an empty net late in the third period.