Game 35 Preview: Facing off against Laviolette

, R   View image | gettyimages.com The league-mandated three-day holiday break has come to an end, with the Flyers reaching the halfway point of their eight-game road swing on Saturday in Nashville — taking on the Predators at Bridgestone Arena. Both teams will meet for the first of two games this season, with the […]

Rob Riches  •  27 Dec 2014
Postgame Perspective: Flyers roll in holiday break

  View image | gettyimages.com Past the first quarter of the road trip, the Flyers aren't just off to a good start. They are working on an excellent road trip as a whole. The trip will meet its halfway point on Saturday and carry on for another week. By the time the Flyers return home, […]

Kevin Durso  •  23 Dec 2014
Holiday Cheer: Flyers down Wild for 3rd straight win

  View image | gettyimages.com A strong start to the road trip just continued to get better on Tuesday night. The Flyers closed out the pre-Christmas portion of the road trip with another victory. A quick start was erased by Minnesota, but the Flyers struck for three unanswered goals to pick up a 5-2 win […]

Kevin Durso  •  23 Dec 2014
Game 34 Preview: Flyers go for 3rd straight win against Wild

The Flyers couldn't have asked for a better start to an eight-game road trip. On Tuesday night, they can continue that solid start and head home for a happy holiday with a third-straight win on the trip. The Flyers continue the eight-game trek by meeting the Minnesota Wild. The opening face-off is set for 7 […]

Kevin Durso  •  23 Dec 2014
Mason will make next trip with Flyers, could return Monday

The Flyers update on goalie Steve Mason featured some good news. Mason will not be out long term after suffering an injury in practice on Friday.

Kevin Durso  •  23 Dec 2014
Postgame Perspective: Flyers comeback a strong way to open road trip

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers gave up the first goal to the Toronto Maple Leafs at 4:51 of the first period. Toronto entered the game 14-0-0 when scoring the first goal. When the Leafs added a power-play goal just 49 seconds later, it felt like things were over before they started in Toronto. […]

Kevin Durso  •  20 Dec 2014
Postgame Perspective: Strong performance from secondary lines keys win

It had been over a month, but the Flyers finally put together the complete effort that had them rolling in early November and that they desperately lacked in a freefall at the close of the month. The biggest reason for that was a total team effort, with all lines playing a part in their 4-1 […]

Kevin Durso  •  11 Dec 2014
Morning After: Right response, wrong finish for Flyers

The Flyers season is starting to become a broken record. The effort was there but the goals weren't. "We played well enough to win, but you have to score." You've probably heard this before. The result was the same for the Flyers as they fired 39 shots on Darcy Kuemper on Thursday night to score […]

Kevin Durso  •  21 Nov 2014
Zucker nets winner in final minute, Wild down Flyers

When the captain struck for a late power-play goal, it appeared the Flyers struggles in the standings were finally over. Just three minutes separated the Flyers from at least a point and a chance for more. But in the final minute, it all changed on a broken play. The puck took a strange hop off […]

Kevin Durso  •  20 Nov 2014