It was just one week ago, the Flyers were tied with Toronto heading into overtime. They had won three of their previous four games, and tried to take the second point in the extra session from the Maple Leafs. The overtime was highly entertaining, with Matvei Michkov and Sean Couturier having golden chances to end it. However, they didn’t. The Leafs went back down the ice and scored to win the game. It didn’t seem like a huge deal. Philadelphia gained a point. Onto the Lightning.
Well, we...
19 days ago
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A once-strength for the Philadelphia Flyers has become an area of weakness as the penalty kill continues to slip further and further towards league average.
The Flyers have stumbled out of the gate a bit to start the calendar year. Nearly every part of their game has struggled – from the power play to the goaltending – but one key area has quietly slipped under the radar: the penalty kill. Once a strength of John Tortorella’s Flyers, it has now silently fallen back toward league-average. ...
19 days ago
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After a slow start to the season following the departure of Mitch Marner, the Toronto Maple Leafs have started to kick their season into gear. With Auston Matthews finally beginning to hit his stride and Craig Berube once again whipping a team into shape as they enter the second half, just like he did in St. Louis, things are now looking positive for a team who was in major flux just a month prior.
And a lot of that success has come off the back of their elite goaltending. The tande...
20 days ago
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*Yikes, folks. Things are looking pretty ugly at the moment. Real ugly. Last night’s game was a doozy. RECAP !
*You may have noticed that we got a guy back last night! And as a result, before the game, Ricky Taco went berzerk on the lines. [ BSH ]
*You may have also noticed that Denver Barkey was a healthy scratch. After that news came out, Tocchet explained himself. [ BSH ]
*It’s great the team is getting healthy again, but the boys have a lot of things to try and figure out on...
20 days ago
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The Flyers kicked off their two-game road trip this evening up in Buffalo, and in a matchup which they approached with the aim of hitting the reset button and righting the ship after two tough losses to the Lightning, instead they fell flat, dropping this game by another lopsided score of 5-2.
The Basics
First period: 9:30- Rasmus Dahlin (Doan, Thompson)PPG, 15:13- Mattias Samuelsson (Ostlund, Doan) Second period: 4:22- Jack Quinn (McLeod, Benson), 10:28- Owen Tippett (Cates), 13:51-...
20 days ago
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Things have gone from bad to worse to catastrophic for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Jamie Drysdale returned from injury on Wednesday night, and it looked like we’d see some new pairs as well. However, after taking part in the morning skate on the top pair with Travis Sanheim, Rasmus Ristolainen was a late scratch in Buffalo due to an upper-body injury.
Injury update: Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen (upper-body injury) is day-to-day and will be unavailable for tonight’s #PHIvsBUF mat...
20 days ago
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After a tough end to the Flyers’ run of home games over the last week with two pretty brutal losses to the Lightning, the Flyers will be looking for something of a reset as they head out on the road for a quick back-to-back before heading back home on Saturday. Of course, it’s not going to be an easy task for them, as they’re set to face off against a red-hot Sabres team this evening, but here’s hoping that with a few more pieces looking like they could be back in the lineup for them tonight, ...
20 days ago
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Flyers forward Denver Barkey is slated to sit out Wednesday as the Flyers take on the red-hot Buffalo Sabres in a clash between two playoff hopefuls.
During media availability on Wednesday afternoon, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet confirmed that young forward, Denver Barkey, will be sitting in the rafters as the puck in dropped in Buffalo. Barkey, who has played eleven games for the Flyers this season, is sitting out for the first time since his call-up in mid December. In that time, the ...
20 days ago
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The Flyers went from having the third seed in the Metropolitan Division earlier this week to now being on the outside looking in. No longer in the third spot. No longer in a Wild Card spot. A point behind Toronto (who have played two more games) and two points behind Boston (who have played three more games). And they are tied with Buffalo (who have played the same number of games), a team they face tonight in what is beginning to look more and more like very crucial games down this pre-Olympi...
20 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers hit the road looking to get back on track after two blowout losses against the Tampa Bay Lightning to end a four-game homestand. Philadelphia has now lost three games in a row, going back to the overtime defeat against Toronto, and could be staring a five-game losing streak in the face if they lose tonight, as they’re just 2-3-1 in the second half of back-to-backs this season.
The Flyers did get some good news on Wednesday morning, though, with defenseman Jamie Dry...
20 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers prospect pool is filled with a bunch of young talent who could steadily make their way up the developmental ladder to end up being impact players in the NHL. That’s the hope, anyway. This week, though, two specific Flyers prospects decided to change up where they were playing to give them a better chance at doing exactly that.
After all, if a player is stuck in a bad situation with a poor scoring environment or on a team who just can’t help but be terrible defensiv...
20 days ago
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On Saturday night, against the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning, the Philadelphia Flyers aspired to take two points. Or at least get a loser point from the formidable foe. They were playing them again on Monday night for an oddly slated two-game miniseries with both games at Xfinity Mobile Arena. But after giving up the first goal to a wide-open Nikita Kucherov less than two minutes in, Philadelphia’s Garnet Hathaway’s first of the year tied things up. After that, Ersson should’ve settled down. Sho...
20 days ago
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*Oh happy day! By which I mean, of course, Flyers game day! The Flyers are up in Buffalo tonight; seems like a good opportunity to get things moving in the right direction again. Good news is the Flyers might be getting a couple of guys back tonight. That certainly won’t hurt. [ BSH ]
*Here’s Chuck’s thoughts on the last game, in case you missed them. [ PHLY ]
*Coach Rick Tocchet spoke about his uh… riveting and creative new plan for the Flyers to get back into the win column. [ Inqu...
21 days ago
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The Philadelphia Flyers have a goaltending problem.
Coming into the season, the plan was for incumbent starter Samuel Ersson and free-agent signing Daniel Vladar to compete for starts and split time in the crease. It seemed like a fine plan at the time.
Ersson had shown flashes of potential to be a solid NHL goalie, most notably from his 14-8-2 stretch with a .917 save percentage from November 2023 to February 2024, before fatigue set in and he, l...
21 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers hit the road for a quick two-game trip in Buffalo and Pittsburgh this week. They’re looking to get back on track after suffering two blowout losses to the Tampa Bay Lightning to end a 1-2-1 homestand.
They’re also looking to get a few key players back into the lineup in Bobby Brink and Jamie Drysdale, who were both injured in last Tuesday’s win against the Ducks.
Drysdale was placed on injured reserve on Friday, retroactive to Tuesday, so he’s eligible to retu...
21 days ago
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Matvei Michkov is mired in a slump. So has he hit rock bottom? And what can be done to rectify the situation? We take a look.
21 days ago
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With Jamie Drysdale set to miss time and the Flyers power play already sitting at a fledgling 15.0%, tied for 31st in the league, nothing has gone right for the man advantage unit. Regardless of personnel, tactics, or the heroics of Trevor Zegras, the Flyers’ power play has once again been an anchor around the neck of a team that has been pretty damn good at even strength and on the penalty kill.
Zegras is the only player to have double digits points on the power play, and his six goals ...
21 days ago
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With the NHL trade deadline looming in the coming weeks, could the Flyers look to move on from 24-year-old forward Bobby Brink?
Brink has had a solid season so far, tallying 11 goals and nine assists over 41 games, but could the Flyers look to move on from the young forward? As we all know, the Flyers have a logjam at wing. It has long been a position of strength for the Flyers. It has continued to grow in strength with the additions of center/winger hybrid Trevor Zegras – who is currentl...
21 days ago
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*OH BOY another stinker from the Flyers! Two in a row! These dudes gotta get it together; RECAP !
*Heading into the game the goal was apparently to “minimize mistakes”. Well, it’s good to have goals, I guess. [ Inquirer ]
*Whatever, we got an injury update before last night’s game, so here’s that, in case you missed it. [ NBC Sports Philly ]
*Apropos of nothing — certainly not apropos an extremely ass performance last night — the Flyers need to strongly consider training Rasmus ...
22 days ago
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On the second game of a two game set with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Flyers were again throttled by the Lightning, losing 5-1 on Monday night. The Lightning won their tenth in a row and outscored the Flyers 12-3 in the last two games, while the Flyers lost their third in a row in the middle of a tough stretch in the schedule.
The Basics
First period: 1:10 – Pontus Holmberg (Zemgus Girgensons, Yanni Gourde) Second period: 0:33 – Jake Guentzel (Erik Cernak, Brandon Hagel), 4:2...
22 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers are hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning, again. After the drubbing that they experienced on Saturday, the two teams are colliding once more to just truly experience some sort of deja vu. But, it is Pride Night, so that’s nice.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
The Flyers are reportedly listening to offers for defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, but here is why they need to move him as soon as possib...
22 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers at times have had a great power play. We can’t recall exactly when given how badly things have gone the last few years. But there was a time (seasons even) when the Flyers could have a man advantage, make smart passes or plays, and eventually see the puck find its way in the net. It happened more than once a week, sometimes more than once a game.
Since the start of the 2023-24 season, Philadelphia have scored two or more power play goals in one game on 13 occasions...
22 days ago
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The Phantoms wrapped up a four-game road trip this weekend with a pair of games in New England, facing off against divisional rivals in Springfield and Providence. It was a mixed bag as far as the results go, as they split the weekend with a win and a loss and saw their points streak brought to an end at seven games, but despite it ending on a note of disappointment, the greater tone as they return him again is one of encouragement.
And, as they approach the halfway point of the season, e...
22 days ago
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Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen can throw a big hit at times, can clear the puck quickly, and sometime deliver a howitzer from the point that will either have a defender on the ice from the shot block or, once in a while, the net. He’s now 12 games into this season after missing roughly the first two and a half months, and he has a trio of assists.
But perhaps more than anything else, he is probably the guy who should be on the trading block for Philadelphia in a season where Flyers ...
22 days ago
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*Rough weekend for Sam Ersson, huh? Saturday’s game against the Lightning was a real doozy (derogatory), but great news! We get to do it all again tonight! Anyhoo, here’s last game’s recap. RECAP !
*Here’s Chuck’s thoughts on the game, if you’re into that sort of thing. [ PHLY ]
*Sam Ersson, for his part, is trying to shake off what was a total shellacking on home ice Saturday night. [ Inquirer ]
*And the Flyers, as you would expect, are being very vocally supportive of Ersson i...
23 days ago
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