Tag: Nikita Kucherov
Flyers vs. Lightning Preview: Going South
/ | Leave a CommentThe Flyers continue the three-game road trip against the Tampa Bay Lightning, currently on a three-game losing streak, on Thursday night.
Read more »Flyers vs. Lightning Preview: Striking Twice?
/ | Leave a CommentThe Flyers close out the Florida trip on Saturday night as they face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning at 7 p.m.
Read more »Flyers vs. Lightning Preview: Feeling the Heat
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers look to bounce back from back-to-back losses over the weekend against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
Read more »Flyers Postgame Report: Flyers Comeback Falls Short in OT
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third, but William Nylander won the game for the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime.
Read more »Flyers Postgame Report: Flyers Fall for 3rd Straight Loss
| Leave a CommentNikita Kucherov had a hat trick and four points, as the Flyers were handed their third straight loss to the Lightning on Tuesday night.
Read more »Flyers vs. Lightning Preview: Quick Strikes
/ | Leave a CommentThe four-game homestand ends for the Flyers on Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, as they look to avenge back-to-back losses.
Read more »Power-Play Strikes Pace Lightning Past Flyers
| Leave a CommentThe Tampa Bay Lightning scored three power-play goals in the game, pacing the way to a 5-2 loss for the Flyers on Tuesday night.
Read more »Flyers vs. Lightning: Game 64 Preview
/ | Leave a CommentThe Flyers face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, who are currently on a five-game losing streak and have lost eight of their last 10 games.
Read more »Flyers-Lightning: Game 24 Preview
| Leave a CommentAfter snapping a 10-game losing streak on Tuesday, can the Flyers strike twice with another win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night?
Read more »Flyers-Lightning: Game 3 Preview
| Leave a CommentThe defending three-time Eastern Conference champions await as the Flyers face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
Read more »Flyers 5: Takeaways from Sunday’s Flyers-Lightning Game
| Leave a CommentIn a 7-1 rout by the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Flyers losing streak reached eight games, with now three of those losses coming at the hands of the back-to-back champs. And the takeaways from this one are pretty simple. It can’t be much longer before more changes start coming. There isn’t much more to say about the play on the ice that hasn’t already been said during this streak. A season that was all about making the playoffs and getting back to winning has become the opposite in a hurry.
Read more »Lightning’s Cup Win Shows Importance of Building Through Draft
| Leave a CommentThe Tampa Bay Lightning built the foundation of their championship team through the draft and had to experience a lot of failure before reaching the top. The Flyers may be in the early stages of following the same blueprint.
Read more »Around the NHL: Shattenkirk’s OT Winner Pulls Lightning within a Win of Cup
| Leave a CommentBoth teams received power plays in overtime, but it was a call made at the end of regulation and another on Stars captain Jamie Benn in overtime that caused the most talk, leading to the game-winning goal from Kevin Shattenkirk that gave the Lightning a 5-4 win and a 3-1 series lead on Friday night.
Read more »Around the NHL: Lightning Top Line Dominates in Game 3 Win
| Leave a CommentWith goals from Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat, the Lightning scored two goals in the first and three in the second to cruise to a 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night, taking a 2-1 series lead in the process.
Read more »Around the NHL: Quick Start Paces Lightning to Game 2 Win
| Leave a CommentThree goals in the first period, including two on the power play, paced the Lightning to a 3-0 lead. The Stars again tried to find a rally, but fell just short, as the Lightning took Game 2, 3-2, to even the Stanley Cup Final at one game apiece on Monday night.
Read more »Around the NHL: Previewing a Lightning-Stars Stanley Cup Final
| Leave a CommentA preview of the Stanley Cup Final between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Dallas Stars, including each team’s candidates for Conn Smythe, how they got to the Final and what they need to do to win the Cup.
Read more »Around the NHL: Stars Advance to Final, Laviolette Joins Capitals
| Leave a CommentThe Dallas Stars clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Final on Monday and could be joined by one of the two teams left in the East on Tuesday. Also a look at a new coaching hire in the Metropolitan Division as a familiar face goes to Washington.
Read more »Flyers 5: Takeaways from Flyers-Lightning
| Leave a CommentConsider this win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday everything. The Flyers have the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Who would have imagined that a season ago? Here are 5 takeaways from Flyers-Lightning.
Read more »Aube-Kubel Scores Twice, Flyers Claim Top Seed in East
| Leave a CommentNicolas Aube-Kubel scored two goals, Joel Farabee added another and Carter Hart made 23 saves to secure a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning and claim the top seed on Saturday night.
Read more »Round Robin Game 3 Preview: Flyers-Lightning
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night in a battle for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. The winner plays their first-round series against the 12-seed Montreal Canadiens. The loser gets the second seed and plays the winner of the series between Toronto and Columbus. Game time is 8 p.m.
Read more »Flyers Unable to Come Back to Red-Hot Lightning
| Leave a CommentIn Saturday’s game against the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning, the Flyers fell behind early and fell into a 3-0 hole again. Instead of erasing the deficit, the Flyers were down by two in the third and challenging to cut into the deficit further before they made the one mistake that did them in. The Flyers got two goals in short order after falling behind 4-1 with under eight minutes to play in the third, but were not able to complete the comeback in a 5-3 loss to the Lightning.
Read more »Flyers-Lightning: Game 59 Preview
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers final game of a three-game road trip comes against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Much like the first meeting against the Lightning, Tampa enters as the hottest team in the league, currently on a nine-game winning streak, just as they were when they paid a visit to Philadelphia on Jan. 11.
Read more »Flyers-Lightning: Game 45 Preview
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers next opponent was one of the bigger disappointments in the NHL a month ago, but since then, the Tampa Bay Lightning have risen to second place in the Atlantic Division and sixth in the league in points, due in large part to a current nine-game winning streak that they will bring to Philadelphia on Saturday night.
Read more »Around the NHL: Art Ross Non-Race, Berube’s New Blues, Nervousness in Columbus
| Leave a CommentAn updated look at the playoff race, Nikita Kucherov’s impressive MVP season, the new St. Louis Blues under Craig Berube and Jordan Binnington and Columbus’ struggles since the trade deadline.
Read more »Flyers D Radko Gudas Suspended for 2 Games
| 1 Comment on Flyers D Radko Gudas Suspended for 2 GamesFlyers defenseman Radko Gudas was suspended for two games for high-sticking Nikita Kucherov in Tuesday’s game against Tampa Bay.
Read more »Flyers-Lightning: Game 60 Preview
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers kept things rolling with back-to-back wins over the Detroit Red Wings over the weekend to improve to 12-2-1 in their last 15 games. They get a tough task on Tuesday at home, facing the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning.
Read more »Flyers Rally Back, Fall to Lightning in OT
| Leave a CommentIn almost a carbon copy of the first meeting between the two teams in November, the Flyers somehow managed a frantic rally to get the game tied after trailing by three goals and earn a point. But, yet again, they coughed up the chance at the second point almost immediately, as Alex Killorn scored 18 seconds into overtime to give the Lightning a 6-5 win on Thursday night.
Read more »Flyers-Lightning: Game 36 Preview
| 1 Comment on Flyers-Lightning: Game 36 PreviewThe Flyers gave the Tampa Bay Lightning a run for their money in November, erasing a 5-1 lead in under seven minutes to force overtime, before ultimately suffering the defeat. Tampa has some help back in netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy and is also fresh off the break.
Read more »Flyers-Lightning: Game 20 Preview
| Leave a CommentThe opponent in this final game of the homestand is the Tampa Bay Lightning, the team atop the Eastern Conference standings and they bring a wealth of scoring into Philadelphia. Game time is at 1 p.m.
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