Dallas Stars
The Tampa Bay Lightning, a team that tied an NHL record with 62 wins in the regular season, were swept by the Columbus Blue Jackets in four games. The Pittsburgh Penguins, the Stanley Cup champions in 2016 and 2017, were also swept by the New York Islanders in four games.
The Stars scored two goals in each period on their way to a 6-2 win over the Flyers on Tuesday night, handing the Flyers their third straight loss and eighth in the last 11 games.
Three games remain for the Flyers over the final week of the 2018-19 season. For the Orange and Black, there’s nothing left to play for but pride and to be a spoiler.
While this was far from perfect for the Flyers and their play still showed some of the familiar flaws that had them on a lengthy losing streak to begin with, this was also a game where the Flyers got some bounces, played to their strengths in the game and got some help from the guy in goal.
The Flyers held off a late push for the Dallas Stars for a 2-1 win, snapping their losing streak at eight games.
The Dallas Stars come in on Thursday night with wins in five of their last seven games. The Flyers will look to avoid a ninth straight defeat.
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Embed from Getty Images The game flow chart below will tell you most of what you need to know about these game. The Dallas Stars jumped all over the Philadelphia Flyers. At times it seemed like the Stars had an extra player on the ice, but Michal Neuvirth played great to keep it scoreless […]
Embed from Getty Images Facing the NHL's best one day after playing a tough St. Louis Blues team is might as well have been a death sentence. The Stars, on two-days rest, put the pedal to the metal and had the Flyers on their heels for most of the night. The Flyers kept it […]
1 2 3 T Flyers 0 1 1 Stars 0 2 2 Instant Analysis The Flyers continued to have trouble staying out of the box, but their kills were getting stronger as the night went on. But after scoring on their only power play of the game so far — a rocket […]
