Stars stay hot, defeat Flyers

Embed from Getty Images   Facing the NHL's best one day after playing a tough St. Louis Blues team is might as well have been a death sentence. The Stars, on two-days rest, put the pedal to the metal and had the Flyers on their heels for most of the night. The Flyers kept it […]

Kevin Durso  •  11 Dec 2015
Postgame Perspective: Another road win for the Flyers

The road has become the place of success for the Flyers. A victory over the St. Louis Blues, one of the NHL's better teams, is certainly a big one for the Orange and Black. But the current road winning streak, now at four games, is also a big step for a team that has struggled […]

Kevin Durso  •  10 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
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
Postgame Perspective: Streak ends for lifeless Flyers

The Flyers entered Saturday night's game riding high on the heels of their fourth straight win in overtime on Friday night. Their opponent on Saturday was the team with the fewest points in the NHL, the Columbus Blue Jackets. So naturally, it was time for a total clunker from the Flyers. With the exception of […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Dec 2015
Game 27 Preview: Flyers host struggling Blue Jackets

The Philadelphia Flyers, winners of four in a row, host the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Wells Fargo Center tonight at 7:05 p.m. This is the first of four meetings between the two clubs with the next game in Columbus in just two weeks on Dec. 19. They will also pair off in two games in […]

Mike Watson  •  05 Dec 2015
Fan Files: Winning cures all

Hello again, Flyers Fans. It's time to welcome you all back to our dip into Fan Files, where we turn to one of our three fan correspondents and have them give the state of the Flyers from the fan's perspective. This week, Jaclyn Mason returns with her thoughts on a very different month of Flyers […]

Flyerdelphia Staff  •  05 Dec 2015
Postgame Perspective: Flyers OT resilience has them streaking

  View image | gettyimages.com Over the Flyers four-game winning streak, which is part of a stretch of five wins in six games, the Flyers have three overtime wins. In each, the opponent tied the game late. Friday night was no different. The New Jersey Devils managed to get the equalizer with exactly one minute […]

Kevin Durso  •  04 Dec 2015
Del Zotto stepping into leadership role for Flyers

It started when Mark Streit went down with an injury, but Michael Del Zotto really emerged as a workhorse in the last three games. In the Flyers Black Friday game, which went to overtime, Del Zotto played 25:34. In Saturday's shutout win against the Rangers, Del Zotto played 29:20 as the Flyers dealt with a […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Dec 2015