Flyers-Red Wings: Game 79 Preview

Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia They are all playoff games for the Flyers, but Wednesday night's game might as well be the Super Bowl. For two playoff hopefuls yet to lock in a spot, Wednesday night is a head-to-head showdown that will have one team on the cusp of clinching and another on the bubble. The Philadelphia Flyers […]

Kevin Durso  •  06 Apr 2016
Injury to Insult for Flyers in Rough Loss to Penguins

Even in the years when the Flyers weren't looking like much of a playoff team, they always seemed to have the Penguins number. This season, that has hardly been the case. In what almost looked like a replay of their meeting from three weeks earlier, the Flyers looked outmatched against the surging Penguins, who continued their torrid […]

Kevin Durso  •  03 Apr 2016
Flyers-Penguins: Game 78 Preview

Embed from Getty Images   April has in a sense become the time for the Battle of Pennsylvania to take center stage.  The Philadelphia Flyers (39-25-13) will meet their cross-state rivals twice in the final week of the season, and each holds incredibly high stakes. The Pittsburgh Penguins (45-25-8) locked in their spot in the […]

Kevin Durso  •  03 Apr 2016
Flyers-Senators: Postgame Perspective

Flyers show playoff qualities in closing out another close game Embed from Getty Images   If the must-win nature of the remaining games on the Flyers schedule isn't enough preparation for what could be coming, then the nature of the games the Flyers are playing is. The Flyers shootout win against Washington on Wednesday was everything a […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2016
Simmonds nets pair as Flyers top Senators

Embed from Getty Images   Scoreboard watching hasn't been kind to the Flyers of late, which means making the playoffs is a matter than has to be taken into their hands. The Flyers certainly handled the matter on Saturday. Wayne Simmonds scored twice and added an assist for a three-point game as the Flyers topped […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2016
Flyers-Senators: Game 77 Preview

Role reversal for Flyers and Senators in late-season matchup Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia Separation in the standings was only temporary. As the schedule turns to Saturday, the Philadelphia Flyers (38-25-13) are in need of more points to restore any cushion in the standings. The opponent on Saturday is an interesting one for the Flyers. Last season, it […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2016
Flyers Dedicating Playoff Run to Ailing Ed Snider

Embed from Getty Images   This October, Philadelphia Flyers chairman and owner Ed Snider wasn't able to attend the home opener. On Thursday, the Flyers took their annual team photo. It was the first time in 49 seasons that Ed Snider was not sitting front and center.  "'This is my fifth year in Philadelphia, and […]

Kevin Durso  •  31 Mar 2016
Flyers-Capitals: Game 76 Preview

Potential playoff preview comes to Philly as Flyers host Capitals  Embed from Getty Images   With just seven games to go in the regular season for the Philadelphia Flyers (37-25-13), the first of five remaining games against contending teams comes against the beast of the East and the NHL's best. The Washington Capitals (54-16-5) have already […]

Kevin Durso  •  30 Mar 2016
Playoffs or not, Dave Hakstol delivered on challenge

Kate Frese/Flyerdelphia When the season started six months ago, nobody was really sure what to expect out of Dave Hakstol. The newest head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers was no established presence in the NHL. He was a college icon getting the call to the bigs. To this point, surpassing last year's total of 33 wins […]

Kevin Durso  •  30 Mar 2016