Flyers rally for season sweep of St. Louis

St. Louis jumped out to a 3-0 lead midway throught the second period. Chris VandeVelde started the comeback with a shorthanded goal. Wayne Simmonds added two of his own before Evgeny Medvedev scored the eventual winner late in the third period to give the Flyers a 4-3 win over the Blues on Monday night.

Bill Minchin  •  21 Dec 2015
Game 34 Preview: Flyers host St. Louis in final home game of 2015

Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (14-12-7) welcome former head coach Ken Hitchcock and the St. Louis Blues (20-10-4) to the Wells Fargo Center on Monday night.  This is the second of two meetings between the two clubs this season. Game time is 7:00. The Flyers defeated the Blues in St. Louis on December […]

Bill Minchin  •  21 Dec 2015
By the Numbers: Flyers still can’t solve Jackets

Embed from Getty Images   The Philadelphia Flyers have been playing pretty good hockey recently. One of their only bumps on the road was a 4-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets two weeks ago. This was the perfect opportunity for the Flyers to take revenge, as the Jackets were playing without Sergei Bobrovsky in net, […]

Marc Naples  •  20 Dec 2015
By the numbers: Voracek and Ghost lead Flyers over Hurricanes

  Embed from Getty Images   With the Philadelphia Flyers finally getting a few days between games, most of the talk was about the line shuffling. If the team was lost in those idle thoughts, they were quickly jerked back to reality when Jeff Skinner and the Carolina Hurricanes scored a goal in the first […]

Marc Naples  •  16 Dec 2015
Mixed results for Flyers newest player combinations

  View image | gettyimages.com With the Philadelphia Flyers mired in a slump that just won't end, Dave Hakstol has wisely shaken up some of the lines and pairs. These new pairs have yielded some decidedly mixed results.

Marc Naples  •  28 Nov 2015
By the numbers: Flyers’ offense still missing against Islanders

    View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Flyers got off to a decent start against the New York Islanders. They scored a quick power play goal, but the momentum began to slip away. A bad short-handed goal against at the end of the first period changed the game, and the Flyers hardly threatened the […]

Marc Naples  •  26 Nov 2015
Islanders win tight checking affair over Flyers

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers had the early jump. A late first period goal gave New York momentum. The Islanders scored a goal in each period to defeat the Flyers 3-1 at the Barclays Center on Wednesday night.

Bill Minchin  •  25 Nov 2015
Game 22 Preview: Flyers head to Brooklyn for a showdown with the Islanders

Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (7-9-5) will look to make two in a row when they travel to Brooklyn for a match up with the hard hitting New York Islanders (10-8-3) on Wednesday night. This is the first of five meetings between the Metropolitan Division rivals and first of three meetings in New […]

Bill Minchin  •  25 Nov 2015
Game 18 Preview: Flyers play host to Pacific Division leading Kings

Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (6-8-3) are back on home ice tonight. They will face the Los Angeles Kings (11-6-0) at the Wells Fargo Center. This is the first of two meetings between the two teams and the lone game in Philadelphia. Game time is 7:00.

Bill Minchin  •  17 Nov 2015