Shea Weber
When it came down to it, the Flyers ran out of gas. Montreal was the hungrier team early, opened up the lead and let their goaltender do the rest. The regulation loss pushed the Flyers further back in the chase for the playoffs, and likely closed the book on an unlikely comeback.
There would be no magical comeback on this night. The Flyers were never able to solve the Canadiens at even strength and Montreal claimed a 3-1 win over the Flyers on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center.
As teams ready-up their rosters for the regular season, let’s take a final look around the league before the games start to count.
(Kate Frese/Sports Talk Philly) By Bill Minchin, Sports Talk Philly writer The Philadelphia Flyers (25-20-6) return home Thursday night to host the Atlantic Division leading Montreal Canadiens (30-14-7). This is the third and final meeting between the Eastern Conference foes and the lone game in Philadelphia. Opening faceoff is set for 7:00. The Canadiens are coming […]
Photo: Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia This could have been a very different season for Flyers forward Brayden Schenn. A player whose potential made general managers around the league fawn couldn’t get in his own boss' good graces. It seemed from the start of general manager Ron Hextall’s tenure that Schenn was a marked man. In his very […]
Embed from Getty Images Back in 2014, prior to the June Draft held in Philadelphia, the Flyers were struggling to find a blue line staple. Before Shayne Gostisbehere was ready to make the leap to the NHL, before the Flyers drafted Travis Sanheim and Ivan Provorov, and with Sam Morin still several years away […]
Flyers stay the course as top line takes over in final period The Flyers gave the Nashville Predators seven power plays in Thursday night's game. It took the Predators until the seventh to finally strike. When they did, it cut a Flyers 4-1 lead down to one goal at 4-3 with just under 10 minutes […]
Embed from Getty Images As the hockey world is buzzing around the NHL All-Star Game and its events in Nashville, this is the lull in the season for Flyers fans to get a little creative and take some more time to reflect on the season in its current state. For the Flyers and their […]
The NHL All-Star Game, set to take place on Jan. 31, recently announced the four team captains from the four divisions of the NHL. The new format, a 3-on-3 tournament, will feature all four divisional teams competing against each other in a winner-take-all format. The East-West matchup will remain, as the Atlantic and Metropolitan Divisions […]
The NHL season kicks off tonight with four games to get the regular season going. As you may recall, last season during the playoffs, the Flyerdelphia kept up to date with the results and action in our own Bracket Challenge. To ring in the start of another NHL season, the Flyerdelphia staff has made predictions […]
