Voracek lifts Flyers to overtime win over Capitals

Embed from Getty Images   The last three games have been games to forget for the Flyers. Twice, the Flyers suffered defeat in the final two minutes. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead in Pittsburgh last Thursday, the Flyers allowed three goals in the second and never recovered. The Flyers jumped out to a […]

Kevin Durso  •  27 Jan 2016
Friday Odds and Ends from a Flyers Lens

1) If there was ever a doubt as to how much Sean Couturier means to the Philadelphia Flyers, the second period of Thursday's game in Pittsburgh was a good case in point about how much the player's absence is felt when he is not in the lineup. Even if Couturier had been in the Flyers' […]

Bill Meltzer  •  22 Jan 2016
Postgame Perspective: Flyers lack typical energy for rival Penguins

The momentum shifted at 19:45 of the first period. The Flyers, who had a 2-0 lead with a pair of power-play goals, watched everything deflate when Ryan White turned the puck over in the Flyers zone and took a slashing penalty. With six seconds left on the power play, at 1:39 of the second period, […]

Kevin Durso  •  21 Jan 2016
Postgame Perspective: A devastating loss for rolling Flyers

Embed from Getty Images   What happened to the Flyers on Tuesday night is what happens to all teams throughout a season. Every now and then, you just can't seem to do much of anything right. After jumping out a 1-0 lead and an 11-1 advantage in shots, everything stopped for the Flyers. The Toronto […]

Kevin Durso  •  19 Jan 2016
Ryan White avoids supplemental discipline for hit on Tomas Jurco

Embed from Getty Images   In the opening minutes of Sunday night's game between the Flyers and Red Wings, Ryan White laid a high hit on Tomas Jurco. White was given a five-minute major for targeting the head and ejected from the game. The Flyers went on to kill the penalty and win the game, […]

Kevin Durso  •  18 Jan 2016
By the Numbers: Flyers get 2 points with rare shootout win

Game Story This game was thrown out of any normal rhythm early, as Ryan White threw a late, high hit on Tomas Jurco. This resulted in White getting tossed from the game, and giving the Detroit Red Wings an early five minute power play. The Wings had several shots, but overall it was a strong […]

Marc Naples  •  18 Jan 2016
Flyers rally in 3rd, down Red Wings in shootout

Embed from Getty Images   For the second straight day, the Flyers had to face the dreaded shootout and if they would have lost, there would have been at least three plays that would show they deserved a better fate. Call it poetic justice, but this time the shootout smiled on the Flyers. Jake Voracek […]

Kevin Durso  •  17 Jan 2016
Flyers First Half Report Card: Grading the Flyers 41 games in

The first half of the season has come and gone for the Flyers and they are both in a good spot and still in some trouble. On the positive side, the Flyers do not have a steep climb to the final playoff spot, sitting just two points back of the Boston Bruins after Wednesday's win […]

Kevin Durso  •  15 Jan 2016
Postgame Perspective: Ghost’s injury overshadows big win for Flyers

On any other night, the story of the game would have been how the Flyers survived the onslaught of shots by the Minnesota Wild in the third period and early stages of overtime. It would have been how at 4:23, with just 37 seconds separating them from a shootout, they got the game-winning goal from […]

Kevin Durso  •  07 Jan 2016