Tag: Washington Capitals
2020-21 Season Schedule Could Restore Rivalries with Flyers Divisional Foes
| Leave a CommentTake the emotion of playoff hockey and bottle it up into a 56-game schedule where you play the same seven teams all season and it’s a recipe for rivalry. The 2020-21 season schedule will be the strangest we’ve seen so far, but it has a chance to restore some divisional rivalries for the Flyers.
Read more »Flyers 2020-21 Season Schedule Released
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers are set to open the 2020-21 season on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins. View the full Flyers schedule here. The start time for all games is TBA.
Read more »Around the NHL: Stars Advance to Final, Laviolette Joins Capitals
| Leave a CommentThe Dallas Stars clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Final on Monday and could be joined by one of the two teams left in the East on Tuesday. Also a look at a new coaching hire in the Metropolitan Division as a familiar face goes to Washington.
Read more »YWT: The Philadelphia Flyers Podcast – YWT #86 – The Top Seed
| Leave a CommentKyle Collington and Kevin Durso break down the Flyers wins over the Capitals and Lightning to lock up the top seed in the East and look ahead to their first-round series matchup with the Montreal Canadiens.
Read more »Hayes, Laughton Powering ‘Best Line’ for Flyers
| Leave a CommentFrom start to finish, it was total dominance from the line of Kevin Hayes, Travis Konecny and Scott Laughton. “They’re certainly, without a doubt, our best line at this moment,” Alain Vigneault said after the Flyers 3-1 win over the Capitals.
Read more »5 Takeaways from Flyers-Capitals
| Leave a CommentThe opportunity to claim the top seed in the Eastern Conference is there for the Flyers thanks to a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals that featured total dominance from the second line that had another level to reach and another suppressing defensive showing. Here are 5 takeaways from the Flyers win over the Capitals.
Read more »Laughton Stays Hot, Flyers Down Capitals
| Leave a CommentScott Laughton scored twice in the Flyers 3-1 win over the Capitals, setting them up for a battle for the top seed on Saturday against Tampa Bay.
Read more »Round Robin Game 2 Preview: Flyers-Capitals
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers got off to a good start in Round Robin with a 4-1 win over the Bruins. Next, they face the Washington Capitals, looking to keep their bid for the top seed alive. Game time is 4 p.m.
Read more »Flyers Notes: Start Time for Flyers-Capitals, Lindblom Prepares for Bubble
| Leave a CommentThe start times were revealed on Tuesday afternoon for all of Thursday’s games. The Flyers will face the Capitals on Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m.
Read more »Question Facing Flyers: Are 24-Team Playoff Games Away Games for Carter Hart?
| 1 Comment on Question Facing Flyers: Are 24-Team Playoff Games Away Games for Carter Hart?Over at ESPN.com, Greg Wyshynski posed the biggest question for each of the 24 teams in the playoffs. The Flyers one is quite intriguing. Are these games following the pause, to be played in neutral hub cities, away games for Carter Hart?
Read more »Series in Review: Flyers-Capitals 2016
| Leave a CommentThe odds were already stacked against the Flyers when they faced the President’s Trophy winners, the Washington Capitals, in the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but it turned out to be a much closer series than the results showed. Our Series in Review series continues with a closer look at this playoff appearance.
Read more »Where There’s Will, There’s a Way for Flyers
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers win against the division-leading Capitals on a national stage with a very strong final 40 minutes certainly qualifies as a statement. That statement: this team is for real, and people are really starting to see it.
Read more »Flyers Defeat Capitals, Move Closer to Metro Lead with 7th Straight Win
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers fell behind in the first, but responded with a strong second and third period to secure their third win of the season against the Washington Capitals, claiming a 5-2 victory in Washington on Wednesday night.
Read more »Flyers-Capitals: Game 66 Preview
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers have closed the gap in the Metropolitan Division to three points and are challenging the Capitals for the division lead. They get a chance to close the gap further with one final matchup in the 2019-20 regular season.
Read more »Go Figure, Flyers Get Back on Track Against Division-Leading Capitals
| Leave a Comment“It was a strong team win, we had saves at the right time, but go figure, we were able to score seven tonight and weren’t able to score one last game.” Go figure is right. After getting shut out by the last-place Devils on Thursday, the Flyers scored seven goals against the Metropolitan Division-leading Capitals. “It’s the beauty of the game,” Vigneault said with a smile.
Read more »Flyers Roll to Victory Over Capitals
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers made the most of a chance to get back on track against the Metro’s top team. The Flyers scored three goals early in the second and added three more in the third on their way to a 7-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.
Read more »Flyers-Capitals: Game 55 Preview
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers face the top team in the Metro, the Washington Capitals, on Saturday night. The Flyers have played two very competitive games against the Capitals this season, but also face a critical situation where they need to continue gaining points to keep pace in the division and playoff race.
Read more »Flyers-Capitals Observations: No Place Like Home
| Leave a CommentAgainst the Washington Capitals, the NHL’s top team in the standings, the Flyers looked every bit the part of the contender they were believed to be before the holiday break, securing a 3-2 win to improve to 14-2-4 on home ice and snap a four-game losing streak.
Read more »Hayes Scores Shorthanded, Flyers Knock Off NHL-Best Capitals
| Leave a CommentKevin Hayes scored on a shorthanded breakaway to give the Flyers a 3-2 lead that they would hold through the remainder of the game, snapping a four-game losing streak on Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center with a win against the NHL’s top team, the Washington Capitals.
Read more »Flyers-Capitals: Game 44 Preview
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers next four games are against top teams in the league. It starts with the team right at the top of the NHL standings, the Washington Capitals, who dominated their way to a 6-1 win over Ottawa on Tuesday night.
Read more »Flyers-Capitals Observations: Hanging with a Contender
| Leave a CommentThe result may have been a 2-1 shootout loss for the Flyers, snapping a four-game winning streak, but it was once again a small moral victory early in the season, a game where they at least showed they can hang with a top contender in the league.
Read more »Flyers Extend Points Streak, Fall to Capitals in Shootout
| Leave a CommentFacing the league’s best team proved to be too much for the Flyers in the end, with the Flyers dropping a 2-1 decision in a shootout to the Washington Capitals, but not before a highly competitive and entertaining game at Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night.
Read more »Flyers-Capitals: Game 18 Preview
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers will be back on home ice, where they enter play on Wednesday with a 6-1-1 record, but get the task of facing the NHL’s best team, the Washington Capitals.
Read more »Flyers Acquire D Matt Niskanen from Capitals for D Radko Gudas
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers announced that they have acquired defenseman Matt Niskanen from the Washington Capitals in exchange for defenseman Radko Gudas.
Read more »Around the NHL: 1st Round Stunners
| Leave a CommentLast week, it was already known that the President’s Trophy winners, the Tampa Bay Lightning, were eliminated, as were the Pittsburgh Penguins. Six other teams have joined, and many of them were near the top of the regular-season standings.
Read more »Around the NHL: Blue Jackets Upset Lightning, Islanders Moving On
| Leave a CommentThe Tampa Bay Lightning, a team that tied an NHL record with 62 wins in the regular season, were swept by the Columbus Blue Jackets in four games. The Pittsburgh Penguins, the Stanley Cup champions in 2016 and 2017, were also swept by the New York Islanders in four games.
Read more »Flyers Virtually Finished Following Loss to Capitals
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers were defeated by the Capitals, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon.
Read more »Flyers-Capitals: Postgame Review
| Leave a CommentThe Capitals didn’t win Thursday’s game with their stars, but their depth, getting good goaltending when they needed it and players to step up. For the Flyers, it was a reminder that a young defense can still pay the price for costly mistakes and that the depth needs to improve.
Read more »Capitals Jump Out to Early Lead, Down Flyers
| Leave a CommentTwo goals in 65 seconds put the Capitals in control in a 5-2 win against the Flyers on Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center.
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