The Philadelphia Flyers are coming off one of their most disappointing efforts of the season. After a big 7-3 win in Colorado against the best team in the league, they were shut out and failed to generate many scoring chances as they returned home against the Islanders on Monday night.
Not many Flyers players stuck out in a positive way, but Matvei Michkov did look like himself again and was moved up to the top line in the third period. That was just a temporary measure, though, based on ...
After the Philadelphia Flyers dropped a crucial game against the New York Islanders Monday night, head coach Rick Tocchet was not trying to be careful or gentle with his words. He was asked how Trevor Zegras has been performing as of late and he let it rip.
The Flyers came into Monday night’s game as a high-pressure situation. If the were able to secure a win in regulation, they would suddenly find themselves back in the tightly contested playoff race with some solid footing as we head in...
The Flyers are on the downswing again.
So much of this first half and change of the season has been made up of pretty dramatic peaks and valleys, a whiplashing that the team is still working at figuring out how to tamp down.
The Flyers entered last night’s game on a high — just about as much of a high as possible, after delivering handily the league’s best team their sixth regulation loss of the season (and just their second on home ice) — and they had a chance to prove that they are...
*Back from a nice little extended road trip, the Flyers were hoping to capitalize on the momentum from a big win over the Avalanche to close out that trip. [ Inquirer ]
*The Flyers were also set to get a bit of a boost for that game, as Rasmus Ristolainen got back into the lineup. [ BSH ]
*But instead of a statement game building on a strong ending to the road trip, the Flyers instead delivered a real stinker. [ BSH ]
*There really wasn’t a whole lot to come away from that one f...
The Flyers were back in action tonight on home ice, facing off against the Islanders and looking to build on the momentum from a largely successful road trip. The Flyers certainly came into this one with some momentum, but failed to keep that rolling, and found themselves struggling to get their offense going on the way to a 4-0 shutout at the hands of a tough divisional opponent.
The Basics
First period: 14:29- Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Cizikas, Pelech)SHG Second period: 5:41- Mathew Bar...
The Philadelphia Flyers are back home and just in time for snow to cover a whole portion of the continent, creating some international chaos and misery. Well, that is also about having to face the New York Islanders — a matchup that we have come to know and despise as two mediocre teams bonking each other on the head.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 93.3 WMMR
Pregame reading
There’s a whole lot of trade talk lately, so we decided to get in on t...
It appears that some reinforcements are finally on the way for the Flyers. After missing just under two weeks and six games for them with an upper-body injury, all signs are pointing to defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen returning to the lineup tonight for the Flyers’ matchup with the visiting Islanders. The change isn’t wholly locked in just yet, as Rick Tocchet told media after the pregame skate that the decision will be made to slide him back into the lineup in place of Noah Juulsen, so long as ...
There were more than a few positives which came from the three-game road trip last week. The power play showed signs of life. Denver Barkey had a great game against Colorado — so did Matvei Michkov. Aside from a horrid miscue, they would’ve walked away with all six possible points. But perhaps nothing was more revealing in Vegas, Utah, and Colorado than the play of Sam Ersson.
In the two games which bookended the trek, Ersson had a save percentage over .900. It marked the first time he ha...
The Philadelphia Flyers are starting to turn the corner in their rebuild. The veterans are still contributing enough, role players are reaching their primes, and several young players are taking steps forward.
A lot of important decisions have already been made by Danny Briere and Keith Jones, but the most crucial moves are yet to come. The Flyers still don’t have the top-end talent at center that they need to contend, nor do they have the depth to make up for that.
Briere & Co. have...
*The Flyers closed out their road trip in Colorado on Friday, and there was some pretty notable shuffling of the defensive pairs that happened going into it, in case you missed it. [ BSH ]
*Owen Tippett is one of the more prominent names coming up in, at the very least, trade hypotheticals, but the Flyers need to exercise some real caution in how they approach any potential moves to ship him out. [ BSH ]
*Speaking of Owen Tippett, he had himself a hat trick in Friday’s win over the A...
With the Olympic break right around the corner – and the trade deadline not far behind – the Philadelphia Flyers could be looking to make a few moves before the puck drops in Milano Cortina. The upcoming trade freeze from February 4 to 22 raises the question: Who could the Flyers trade before the Olympics begin?
Rasmus Ristolainen
The 6-foot-4 defenseman has been in trade rumors the last few seasons, as he has turned his game around since being traded to Philadelphia. Ristolainen is ...
Jamie Drysdale isn’t just playing well this season — he’s beginning to establish himself as a core piece of the Flyers’ rebuild, and head coach Rick Tocchet’s comments after their win over the Avalanche quietly reinforced that.
Jamie Drysdale has been a key piece in this team’s defensive core, completely turning around his game since he was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Cutter Gauthier. The former first-round draft pick was thrust into the NHL as a young 18-year-old kid ...
Philadelphia fourth-line winger Garnet Hathaway should be a little bit lighter in the pocketbook, showing his gratitude to every one of his teammates for what took place Friday night in Denver. Just two days earlier, Hathaway’s epic gaffe resulted in what should’ve been an insurance goal in a 5-3 victory over Utah into a painful, backbreaking 5-4 loss to the Mammoth in overtime. Two wins on a three-game road trip would’ve been considered good. But earning just three points in the first two con...
The Flyers took five of six points on a three-game road trip, defeating the best team in the National Hockey League on the road by a score of 7-3. The statement game — which featured an Owen Tippett hat trick and a 32-save performance from Sam Ersson — may not solidify the Flyers playoff chances, but it will prove the team is far from done.
The basics
First period: 15:02 – Owen Tippett (Denver Barkey, Cam York), 18:57 – Denver Barkey (Matvei Michkov, Owen Tippett) (PPG) Second period...
We’re back again for a rare bit of Friday hockey for the Flyers, as they close out their road trip with a meeting with the high flying Colorado Avalanche. This trip has been a bit of a mixed bag for them, and the Avalanche will certainly not be an easy matchup for them, but the Flyers have a chance here to show some resilience and respond well after a pretty crushing overtime loss in Utah.
Puck drop: 9:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP+ 📻: 93.3 WMMR
Pregame reading
Headin...
The Philadelphia Flyers close out their three-game road trip out west tonight in Colorado against an Avalanche team that is the best in the league — and it’s not particularly close. Nathan MacKinnon & Co. lead the league with 191 goals scored and 114 goals allowed for a staggering +77 goal differential. Mind you, the next best goal differential is the Tampa Bay Lightning at +49, and then the Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars each at +27.
So it’s safe to say that the Flyers will face a ...
We went through several metrics to determine just how the current Philadelphia Flyers stack up against recent Stanley Cup champions. Are the Flyers on the right path?
The Philadelphia Flyers traded the longest tenured captain in franchise history, Claude Giroux, at the 2022 NHL trade deadline. In return, they received a first-round pick (eventually traded to draft Jack Nesbitt) as well as a third-round pick (Denver Barkey). Owen Tippett was the roster player sent to Philadelphia, having some of the biggest shoes any player could ever have to fill as a Flyer, and perhaps not an ideal developmental scenario given the turmoil in the front office in the followi...
*Boys are in Colorado tonight to play the league’s best team, so this should go well. Honestly, just don’t embarrass yourselves again. That’s enough for this one. Anyhoo, here’s Charlie’s thoughts on Wednesday’s huge embarrassing failure ahead of tonight’s… very good game? [ PHLY ]
*Okay yeah so that loss in Utah was an ugly one and it is hard after seeing that kind of performance not to make a bunch of huge sweeping judgements about the state of the team. But if you think about it ration...
The Philadelphia Flyers are not going to be giving up major assets for a rental, even if they are deeply embedded in a playoff spot come the NHL trade deadline on March 6. But, they could be eyeing to make a move more for the long-term and that could involve getting a forward from the Vancouver Canucks.
As the Canucks continue their teardown, having already moved world-class defenseman Quinn Hughes and the first rental forward of the season in winger Kiefer Sherwood, they are going to be ...
It was the best of losses, it was the worst of losses. It was the age of power-play goals, it was the age of empty-net gaffes. It was an early lead, it was a late collapse. It was a game of hope, it was a game of despair.
The Philadelphia Flyers went through the wringer on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. After ending their skid with a low-event win in Vegas on Monday night, it looked like they might be able to string two wins together after a hot start. However, after Bobby Brink’s pow...
The Philadelphia Flyers crumbled under the slightest breeze of pressure Wednesday night as they succumbed to a late-game comeback by the Utah Mammoth and lost in overtime. Head coach Rick Tocchet wanted to see something happen in the game, though. Specifically, one of his players to take a punch in the mouth.
Fingers have been pointed at almost every single member of the organization, looking for someone to blame for the humiliating loss. Whether it is Garnet Hathaway on a breakaway for a...
With the Philadelphia Flyers in a precarious spot as January comes to a close, it’s time to take a step back and consider exactly where they are in the rebuild and when they truly think that this team will be competitive enough to be taken seriously.
Since taking over the Flyers in 2023, general manager Danny Briere and president of hockey operations Keith Jones have leaned heavily on one familiar phrase: “the players will decide how we move ahead in the future.”
Over that time...
*You might’ve thought the Flyers were out of whatever funk they’ve been stuck in but one win does not a turnaround make. And last night they could not make it two in a row. RECAP !
*Travis Konecny, much like all of us, was tired of losing when he hit the ice in Las Vegas Monday night. [ NBC Sports Philly ]
*Speaking of certified Grade A winners, Bobby Brink came back into the lineup and the losing immediately ceased. Coincidence?? PERHAPS. Perhaps not. [ Inquirer ]
*Ricky Tacos ...
In their seemingly never-ending quest to torture their fan base in as many unique ways as possible, the Flyers may have hit a new low.
Despite leading 3-0 in the second period, and then 4-2 with eight minutes left in the third, the Flyers found a way to squander what seemed to be a sure-fire win late against Utah. Clayton Keller scored with 35 seconds remaining in regulation to tie it, and then again in overtime to win it, as the Mammoth completed the comeback in the extra frame.
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