Have Flyers peaked too soon for playoff run?

Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia The Flyers came away with five out of eight points on the recent road trip. Teams win some and lose some, and the Flyers did a pretty good job of gaining points to remain in the playoff race. But with five teams looking at four spots in the Eastern Conference playoff spot every […]

Denise Mroz  •  28 Mar 2016
Claude Giroux is ‘fine’, will play Monday

The Flyers have dodged another injury bullet. Claude Giroux left Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes late in the third on a scary hit along the halfway by Martin Hanzal. GM Ron Hextall updated Giroux's status on Sunday evening, saying the captain was both "fine" after last night's game and remains fine upon the […]

Kevin Durso  •  27 Mar 2016
Flyers-Coyotes: Game 74 Preview

Flyers look to close road trip on high note against Coyotes Embed from Getty Images   On a busy day for the rest of the NHL, the Flyers are one of the closing acts. Another late-night game follows many games for East teams that will dictate just what Saturday's game means to the Flyers. The […]

Kevin Durso  •  26 Mar 2016
Flyers, behind three goal first period, defeat Coyotes

Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers used goals from Scott Laughton, Claude Giroux, and Sam Gagner in the first period along with outstanding goaltending from Michal Neuvirth to defeat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center. Scott Laughton put the Flyers ahead 1-0 at 9:30 of the first period. […]

Bill Minchin  •  27 Feb 2016
Flyers-Coyotes: Game 61 Preview

Flyers welcome Coyotes for a Saturday matinee   Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese   The Philadelphia Flyers (27-22-11) are back on home ice for the second game of a six game homestand when they welcome the Arizona Coyotes (27-28-6) to the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday afternoon. Game time is 1:00.   This is the first of two meetings between the two […]

Bill Minchin  •  27 Feb 2016
Game 49 Preview: Flyers return from All-Star break, face Coyotes

It's been a week since the Flyers hit the ice for an exciting win over the Penguins before breaking for the All-Star Game. Only Claude Giroux and Jake Voracek were in action over the weekend. The rest of the team returns to the ice on Tuesday night as the Flyers host the Arizona Coyotes. The […]

Kevin Durso  •  27 Jan 2015
Coyote Ugly: Vermette scores twice as Coyotes down Flyers

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers loss to Nashville on Saturday was somewhat expected, especially off of a break. But as the road trip entered the latter half of eight games, the schedule appeared to be significantly easier. The Arizona Coyotes had other ideas. A late goal in the first by Shane Doan gave […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Dec 2014
Game 36 Preview: Flyers hit Arizona to face Coyotes

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers met a tough foe in their return from the Christmas break, suffering a 4-1 loss on Saturday to the Nashville Predators, snapping a three-game winning streak. Special teams was what really did the Flyers in on that night, and if not for two quick goals on a 5-on-3, […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Dec 2014