Tag: Flyers

Claude Giroux’s two goals paced the Flyers comeback over the Senators, including the game-winner in overtime. Here are 10 Postgame Points from the Flyers big win in Ottawa.

Claude Giroux buried a one-timer off a feed from Jake Voracek in the extra session to give the Flyers a 3-2 win over the Senators on Thursday.

Steve Mason and the Flyers face the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, a team that handed them a shootout loss just over two weeks ago. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m.

If you’ve been to a Flyers game at Wells Fargo Center this season or recently watched a game on television, you may have heard the crowd randomly doing their best Ric Flair and “wooing” throughout the game. Well, it turns out the Flyers aren’t fans of that.

The game almost got away from the Flyers at several points, but thanks in huge part to their goaltender, the Flyers have two points in the standings after a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins that took nine rounds in the shootout to decide. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Bruins.

A rare Sunday night game for the Flyers ended up being the type of game they really needed to have. They were due for one like this. Here are 10 Postgame Points from the Flyers 5-3 win over the Flames.

In a dominate performance down in South Philadelphia, John LeClair and the Philadelphia Flyers dismantled the Vancouver Canucks, 6-2. It was quite a game for LeClair, who netted four goals including three in the final frame.

The Flyers rough end to November continued on Black Friday. After falling behind, 3-0, the Flyers couldn’t recover against the Rangers and their frantic rally fell short in a 3-2 loss. Here are 10 points analyzing Friday’s loss.

The Lightning tied the game with just over 6:30 to play and took the lead 12 seconds later. Another late goal for Tampa sealed things for good. The Flyers turned in an admirable effort, but fell short in a 4-2 loss to the Lightning on Wednesday night at Amalie Arena.

Just four days ago, the Flyers fell victim to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Philadelphia in one of their worst performances of the season. Redemption comes calling on Wednesday night, with the Flyers in Tampa to take on the Lightning. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m.

Sean Couturier was moved to injured reserve on Wednesday morning, allowing room on the Flyers roster for Scott Laughton to be called up from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

The Flyers played what might have been their most complete game of the season, but it came at a cost as Sean Couturier left with an injury.

With a 5-4 overtime win against the New York Islanders at the Spectrum, The Philadelphia Flyers won their 13th consecutive game — with no ties — a team record.

For the second straight game, Andrei Vasilevskiy was perfect, as the Lightning claimed a 3-0 shutout win over the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center.

A four-game homestand culminates on Saturday afternoon for the Flyers, who have gone 2-0-1 in the previous three games. The Flyers (8-7-3) have points in six of their eight games in November, a trend they look to continue against the Tampa Bay Lightning (11-6-1).

The Flyers blueliners added five more points in Thursday’s 5-2 win over Winnipeg to their league-best total, bringing them to 54 points. They are on pace to chip in 246 points on the season. That would be up 110 points from last season for an increase of 81 percent.

The Flyers will pay tribute to the tough guys, the players who helped create the Broad Street Bullies and the enforcers that have come since, with their second Heritage Night prior to Thursday’s game.

The game hardly falls on Mason’s shoulders. Sure, he looked bad on Turris’ tying goal, getting caught watching instead of adjusting to the position of the puck carrier. That said, after making 25 saves and four more in the shootout, the Flyers had ample opportunities to make Mason’s one error a non-factor.

The long road continues, as the Flyers prepare for another eight games before the end of November, starting on Tuesday night against the upstart Ottawa Senators.

Michal Neuvirth’s injury has changed the roles of the other three goalies in the Flyers organization at the NHL and AHL levels and gives them all a chance and us all a chance to see where they stand as the race for a long-term spot between the pipes for the Flyers remains up for grabs.

With the news that Michal Neuvirth will miss significant time with a lower-body injury, the Flyers made the expected move of bringing Anthony Stolarz up from the Phantoms. GM Ron Hextall announced the move prior to Monday’s practice.

At a time when the likes of Gretzky and Lemieux were in the twilight of their careers and Yzerman, Jagr, Sundin and Shanahan were headlining the NHL, Eric Lindros stood among them. He’ll stand among them again on Monday, as he joins the Hockey Hall of Fame, along with Sergei Makarov, Rogie Vachon and Pat Quinn.

Flyers GM Ron Hextall announced on Sunday that Neuvirth will be out for four-to-six weeks with a lower-body injury.

On this night in 1986, the Flyers would defeat the Red Wings at the Spectrum in a barn burner, 7-5. Murray Craven would shine, recording his first career hat trick as a Flyer against his old club.

For a team that has gotten off to a strong start with scoring and again managed to pull ahead of the opponent and be competitive through two periods, the Flyers came out flatter than a punctured tire in the third period. That was a team that didn’t show up, and they paid the price for it.

The Flyers currently are third in the league in scoring, averaging 3.28 goals per game. That is up significantly from 2015-16, where they averaged 2.53 goals per game. You would think the incremental .75 goals per game would lead to a much better winning percentage.

The Flyers season is nearing the quarter mark, so we decided to dive into the mailbag and take a look at some fan questions. This week, we look at goaltending, Anthony Stolarz’s progress and Nick Cousins playing time.

With nearly a month of hockey in the books, the Flyers minor league teams are well into the start of their seasons. So far, so good for the Flyers affiliates.

In the 1978-79 season, the Flyers were left scrambling after the tragic eye injury to Bernie Parent. Robbie Moore made his Flyers’ debut in a call-up from the Maine Mariners (AHL) on March 6, 1979, recording a shutout, stopping all 22 shots in a 5-0 win over the Colorado Rockies.