Vincent Lecavalier
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View image | gettyimages.com For the past several weeks, the Flyers have consistently stated that they believed they could still be a playoff team. All the while, they were inconsistent in trying to prove it. Sunday night, they proved they certainly have life in the race. The Flyers followed a dominant win on Saturday […]
View image | gettyimages.com The NHL's point leader continued his torrid pace almost instantly on Sunday night in Winnipeg. Moments into overtime, he helped the Flyers complete a huge comeback. The Flyers rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third before Jake Voracek scored his second goal of the night in overtime to give […]
The Flyers saw a five-game point streak snapped at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. On Thursday night, they close a four-game homestand with a chance to take six of a possible eight points in those games. The Flyers play host to the Florida Panthers in the third meeting between the […]
Vincent Lecavalier is set to rejoin the Flyers lineup after sitting out six straight games. Lecavalier became a healthy scratch for the first time in his career as the Flyers opened their West Coast trip to open December. He had not recorded a point in eight of his previous nine games. During the six-game sit, […]
A lengthy six-game losing streak finally came to an end on Saturday as the Flyers held off a rally from the Kings. Their last win before that was at home against the Columbus Blue Jackets. That's the opponent, this time from Columbus, on Tuesday night as the Flyers look to build on Saturday's win. The […]
It's time for a line change for the Flyers. Game after game, it was one line truly powering the Flyers offense. When they were snuffed out by the New York Islanders on Monday, Craig Berube finally noticed what was obvious for several games. The Flyers have a lot of players who can score. But they […]
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 […]
For a good portion of Tuesday, the status of captain Claude Giroux was up in the air. Craig Berube didn't know anything. R.J. Umberger played time on the top line while hoping Giroux was good enough to play. Finally, after hours of speculation, Ron Hextall revealed the mildly bad news. Giroux would be out for […]
Five days off on the schedule helped end a five-game home winning streak for the Flyers. But the break was hardly a reason for the Flyers sluggish effort against a reeling Blue Jackets team. Columbus entered Friday night's game on a nine-game losing streak – 0-8-1 in their last nine games – and stunned the […]