Flyers
The Flyers have managed to salvage slow starts into a solid week with an overtime win over the Red Wings on Wednesday and a shootout win over the Islanders on Thursday. The week ends with another meeting in Montreal against the red hot Canadiens, who just suffered their first regulation loss on Friday in a 10-0 shellacking.
One of the biggest surprises of the early season for the Flyers has been the play of 26-year-old blueliner Brandon Manning.
This Flyers at 50 looks back at October 25, 1984, when Tim Kerr had his first four-goal game.
The Flyers defense is off to a painfully horrendous start, having now allowed 35 goals in nine games. Part of the problem has been goaltending. But when you allow easy goals to the likes of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, well, goaltending is not really your problem on that night.
Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby accounted for four goals, with Malkin’s second serving as the game-winner as the Penguins held off the Flyers for a 5-4 win on Saturday night.
The rivalry returns as the Flyers prepare to close out a three-game homestand by taking on the Pittsburgh Penguins. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.
While the numbers haven’t changed much yet, the Flyers are slowly showing signs of improvement in both special teams departments as the season’s first month comes to a close.
The Flyers allowed three goals in the third period in a 5-4 loss to the Coyotes, allowed the first goal for the seventh straight game and really never recovered from yet another slow start. Slow starts and poor defensive play are starting to do the Flyers in, and the schedule only gets harder from here.
Two Arizona goals in 1:39 did the Flyers in as Arizona scored three times in a sloppy game overall for the Flyers and held on for a 5-4 win on Thursday night.
After three straight games against Eastern Conference opponents, the Flyers wrap up the season series against a Western Conference team early. The Arizona Coyotes are in town on a night when the Flyers will pay tribute to the members of their Hall of Fame.
