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Wayne Simmonds scored on a breakaway at 1:04 of overtime, giving the Flyers a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center.
The San Jose Sharks come to town for the final game of what has been a disappointing five-game homestand. The opening face-off is set for 1 p.m.
Defenseman Mark Alt got his first goal of the season with 3:53 left to play in the third period of Friday night’s contest between the St. John’s IceCaps and the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The goal turned out to be the game-winner, with Cole Bardreau adding an empty-netter to lead their team to a 4-2 victory.
The inevitable move of Travis Konecny heading to injured reserve after suffering a lower-body injury that will sideline him for four-to-six weeks happened on Friday morning. Jordan Weal, who has spent the entire season with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, has been called up to take Konecny’s place on the roster.
It is now mid-February and the Flyers have been struggling to find not only wins, but goals, and an identity of success for the team along with the struggles.
The Islanders were a motivated team and proved it on Thursday night, handing the Flyers a 3-1 loss to knock them out of a playoff spot at the moment. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Islanders.
This up-tempo brand of hockey lasted all of 20 minutes, though, and the Flyers fell back to their old habits en route to a 3-1 loss on Thursday.
Their offense is about as barren as it gets — having scored just six goals over their last five games — yet somehow occupy the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot by a single point.
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms played their first home game since the All-Star break on Wednesday night, defeating the Binghamton Senators by a final of 5-0. Five different Phantoms scored goals and helped the team bounce back from their 7-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins last Saturday.
Shayne Gostisbehere’s scratching, and Travis Konecny’s two-game benching prior to Monday’s game, left Flyers fans baffled. Dave Hakstol’s response in regards to the lineup is that he is dressing the best 20 players to win hockey games. But is he really? That’s certainly the question on Flyers fans’ minds.
