Flyers
With a 5-4 overtime win against the New York Islanders at the Spectrum, The Philadelphia Flyers won their 13th consecutive game — with no ties — a team record.
For the second straight game, Andrei Vasilevskiy was perfect, as the Lightning claimed a 3-0 shutout win over the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center.
A four-game homestand culminates on Saturday afternoon for the Flyers, who have gone 2-0-1 in the previous three games. The Flyers (8-7-3) have points in six of their eight games in November, a trend they look to continue against the Tampa Bay Lightning (11-6-1).
The Flyers blueliners added five more points in Thursday’s 5-2 win over Winnipeg to their league-best total, bringing them to 54 points. They are on pace to chip in 246 points on the season. That would be up 110 points from last season for an increase of 81 percent.
The Flyers will pay tribute to the tough guys, the players who helped create the Broad Street Bullies and the enforcers that have come since, with their second Heritage Night prior to Thursday’s game.
The game hardly falls on Mason’s shoulders. Sure, he looked bad on Turris’ tying goal, getting caught watching instead of adjusting to the position of the puck carrier. That said, after making 25 saves and four more in the shootout, the Flyers had ample opportunities to make Mason’s one error a non-factor.
The long road continues, as the Flyers prepare for another eight games before the end of November, starting on Tuesday night against the upstart Ottawa Senators.
Michal Neuvirth’s injury has changed the roles of the other three goalies in the Flyers organization at the NHL and AHL levels and gives them all a chance and us all a chance to see where they stand as the race for a long-term spot between the pipes for the Flyers remains up for grabs.
With the news that Michal Neuvirth will miss significant time with a lower-body injury, the Flyers made the expected move of bringing Anthony Stolarz up from the Phantoms. GM Ron Hextall announced the move prior to Monday’s practice.
At a time when the likes of Gretzky and Lemieux were in the twilight of their careers and Yzerman, Jagr, Sundin and Shanahan were headlining the NHL, Eric Lindros stood among them. He’ll stand among them again on Monday, as he joins the Hockey Hall of Fame, along with Sergei Makarov, Rogie Vachon and Pat Quinn.
