Postgame Perspective: Total domination in complete game from Flyers

For so much of the previous two seasons, so many of the Flyers players have talked about the things that need to get better, the things they need to do to be the playoff team they believe they are. On Saturday, they let their play do the talking. It was total domination for the Flyers […]

Kevin Durso  •  09 Jan 2016
Matt Read leads Flyers in shutout victory

Photo courtesy of Kate Frese  Michael Raffl and Evgeny Medvedev each scored second period goals. Matt Read added a goal and two assists. Steve Mason made 20 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers shutout the New York Islanders 4-0 on Saturday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center. 

Bill Minchin  •  09 Jan 2016
Game 40 Preview: Flyers and Islanders renew their rivalry

Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese. The Philadelphia Flyers (17-15-7) welcome John Tavares and the New York Islanders (22-14-5) to the Wells Fargo Center Saturday afternoon. This is third of five meetings between the clubs this season. Game time is 1:00. The Islanders defeated the Flyers 3-1 in New York on November 25th. They followed that up […]

Bill Minchin  •  09 Jan 2016
By the Numbers: Furious Flyers effort falls short in shootout

It was only about two weeks ago when the New York Islanders handled the Philadelphia Flyers rather rudely in Brooklyn, winning 3-1. Looking to change that story, it probably didn't give the Flyers a very good feeling to fall behind after only 55 seconds. The Flyers played okay the rest of the first period, but […]

Marc Naples  •  09 Dec 2015
Postgame Perspective: Better effort still leaves Flyers looking for ‘better’ fate

Take this in: the Flyers had to make a goalie change just 1:14 into the second, after Steve Mason allowed the Islanders third goal on 10 shots. The Flyers went on to outshoot the Islanders, 17-5, in the second and 46-26 for the game.  So the Islanders won in a shootout. Sounds familiar, right? "We […]

Kevin Durso  •  08 Dec 2015
Flyers rally back, but Islanders claim win in shootout

Another long range shot made its way past Steve Mason. Just like on Saturday, the Flyers found themselves on the wrong end of a 3-1 score.  Dave Hakstol made the change in goal and the Flyers were a completely different team. The frenetic pace of the second period nearly had the Flyers completely erase the […]

Kevin Durso  •  08 Dec 2015
Game 28 Preview: MacDonald debuts, Flyers get another chance at Islanders

A strong two weeks for the Flyers came to a crashing halt on Saturday when they suffered their first loss in four games to the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets, getting outplayed in every aspect of the game.   The team that last handed the Flyers a loss before that awaits next on the schedule. The […]

Kevin Durso  •  08 Dec 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