Tag: Flyers

The 2016-17 Flyers saw some new blood injected onto the roster with highly-touted rookies Travis Konecny and Ivan Provorov. Watching them, along with Jordan Weal, join the team breathed life into what otherwise has been seen by some as a disappointing season overall.

It’s official: the Flyers will miss the playoffs for the third time in five seasons. A 4-3 loss at the hands of the New York Rangers on Sunday night put the final nail in the coffin, dashing the last remaining playoff hopes for the Flyers.

The Flyers may not be making the playoffs, but they have closed the season to this point with a solid stretch of games, opening up their winning streak to four with Saturday’s emotional win over the Devils. Now they close out the season series with the Rangers, looking to solve their road woes at MSG.

In the Flyers 5-4 loss in Pittsburgh, history was made for one particular Philadelphia player. The Flyers fourth goal was the 50th on the season for the late Rick MacLeish, the first Flyer to ever score 50 goals in a season.

The Flyers have now won four consecutive games.

The Flyers look to beat the Devils for the first time this season with any remaining playoff hopes on the line and elimination looming.

The Flyers have landed one of college hockey’s brightest stars. GM Ron Hextall announced on Friday morning that the Flyers have signed forward Mike Vecchione to an entry-level deal.

At first glance, Flyers forward Sean Couturier would appear to be overpaid when compared to the players making money in the same range. But with a strong month of March coming to an end, Couturier is proving the offensive ability is there, even if it wasn’t on display for much of the season.

Former Flyer Sergei Bobrovsky moves to 8-1 in his career against his former team.

The Flyers look to keep their playoff hopes alive Saturday afternoon in Columbus.

With the Flyers sitting as a huge longshot to make the playoffs, playing spoiler is the next best thing. The Flyers played the role well in Minnesota on Thursday night. The Wild had a chance to clinch a playoff spot with a win, but a determined effort by the Flyers led to a 3-1 win, putting Minnesota’s celebration on hold.

There are 10 games remaining, including three incredibly difficult opponents on the remainder of this road trip, starting with the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

The Flyers essentially rode Steve Mason’s coattails to a lengthy winning streak, looking like a playoff contender with an established No. 1 goalie back in December. But after watching the Flyers performance dip and Michal Neuvirth return and be handed the reins and a new contract, Mason has performed admirably given the surrounding circumstances.

As the season gets closer to coming to an end, several of the Flyers prospects are preparing for the playoffs and college tournaments. Here’s the latest rundown.

Wins in any of the Flyers remaining 12 games — which started Sunday — should be viewed with the glass-half-full mentality, about the things that go right and the things that go wrong. The Flyers 4-3 overtime win on Sunday featured several things that went right and wrong. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Hurricanes.

Ivan Provorov scored the first goal of the game and had two assists for a three-point game, and Travis Konecny’s game-tying goal with 42.8 seconds left in the third set the stage for Brayden Schenn’s game-winning goal in overtime to give the Flyers a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers host the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night as the final 12 games for the Flyers begin. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.

Flyers legend Bobby Clarke recorded his 1,000th NHL point, on a third-period goal as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 at the Spectrum.

If the New Jersey Devils needed a cure to their losing ways, they got in the Flyers. The Flyers have struggled mightily against the Devils in two meetings this season, and the third on Thursday was no different. The Devils poured it on with two goals in the second and two in the third to take a 5-2 win over the Flyers.

The Flyers snapped a three-game losing streak on Wednesday with a commanding 4-0 win over Pittsburgh. But after a quick two-game stop at home, they head back out on the road for a quick stop against the New Jersey Devils.

A popular topic for discussion lately regarding the Flyers has been if the problem with the team in its current state is the talent level of the roster or the coaching of Dave Hakstol. There are arguments being made for each being the dominant problem. Here’s the problem for the Flyers: it’s both.

The Columbus Blue Jackets, still very much alive in the race for the Metropolitan Division title, helped dash the Flyers quickly fading playoff hopes some more with a 5-3 win on Monday at Wells Fargo Center.

It’s hard to put into words what happened on Saturday to rob the Flyers of at least one if not a crucial two points in the standings. Now the Flyers are facing a six-point deficit in the standings with 15 games remaining, starting a brutal run to the finish against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

A case of deja vu for the Flyers effectively closed the door on their season, as a devastating loss in the closing seconds to the Bruins in another must-win game left the Flyers with nothing in the standings. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Bruins.

Two seasons ago, the Flyers coughed up a lead late and lost in overtime in a game that ultimately derailed their playoff chances. With their playoff chances this season clinging to life support, a shot from the boards by Drew Stafford hit Brandon Manning’s stick and went in with 5.6 seconds left, sealing a 2-1 win for the Bruins on Saturday afternoon at TD Garden.

At this time of year, four-point games are incredibly crucial and the hungrier team will come out on top. The Flyers were victimized by a hungrier team that played a more polished game. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Maple Leafs.

The Flyers season looked dismal following the Stadium Series loss to Pittsburgh that held the Flyers at 63 points in the standings with very little progress being made over the previous weeks. It was at that time that I wrote that it would be better if the Flyers missed the playoffs. And that may still be true. But there’s one thing we didn’t account for: the rest of the playoff hopefuls keeping the Flyers in the race.

Scoring hasn’t come easy for the Orange and Black, but they sure made it look easy in Buffalo, matching their highest output of the season with six goals in a big win. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Sabres.

Six even-strength goals powered the Flyers to a big win over the Buffalo Sabres by a score of 6-2 on Tuesday night.