Dallas Stars
The Flyers begin the final five games of the season on Thursday night against the Dallas Stars, who currently sit in a three-way tie atop the Central Division.
On Tuesday afternoon, it was first reported by Kevin Weekes of ESPN and NHL Network that Bruce Cassidy will become the next head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights. So what does this mean for the Flyers in their coaching search?
Jacob Peterson scored the eventual game-winning goal at 16:35 of the third to put the Dallas Stars ahead in a 3-1 loss that was the Flyers 12th straight on Monday night at Wells Fargo Center.
The result was a 5-2 loss for the Flyers to the Stars, who got the only goal of a first period while getting heavily out-shot, then took control for the remainder.
A weekend road trip comes complete for the Flyers with a visit to Dallas to face the Stars on Saturday night.
On this week’s show, the guys put a wrap on the season and talk about the Lightning’s win, break down a couple of new contracts for the Flyers, discuss trade rumors and preview the 2020 NHL Draft coming up this week.
The Tampa Bay Lightning emerged victorious in Game 6, posting a 2-0 shutout win over the Dallas Stars to claim their second Stanley Cup in franchise history.
The guys discuss the Stanley Cup Final so far and start to look ahead to some of the offseason to come, teasing the upcoming NHL Draft on Oct. 6 and 7. They also look at the NHL Awards that were announced over the last week.
Corey Perry scored his second goal of the game on a rebound at 9:23 of the second overtime to give the Stars a 3-2 win in Game 5 and force a Game 6 on Monday night.
Both teams received power plays in overtime, but it was a call made at the end of regulation and another on Stars captain Jamie Benn in overtime that caused the most talk, leading to the game-winning goal from Kevin Shattenkirk that gave the Lightning a 5-4 win and a 3-1 series lead on Friday night.
