Talbot leads Oilers to shutout win over Flyers

Photo: Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia With the first three games of the homestand going as well as you could hope, the Flyers were bound to face some adversity sometime soon. Thursday night, they faced plenty of it, too much to overcome. The Oilers struck midway through the first and twice in short order in the second and […]

Kevin Durso  •  03 Mar 2016
Flyers-Oilers: Game 63 Preview

Flyers welcome McDavid, Oilers looking to keep winning ways rolling Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers could not have asked for a better start to the six-game homestand, taking the first three contests as the calendar turns to March. Their first meeting of March comes against one of the NHL's most highly-touted rookies. Connor […]

Kevin Durso  •  03 Mar 2016
5 Flyers selected for 2016 World Cup of Hockey

The clock is ticking. Just under 199 days until #WCH2016 pic.twitter.com/Ku0iSJ6G93 — NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016 Wednesday marked the deadline for teams to submit their preliminary 16-player rosters for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey, set to take place starting on Sept. 17 and run as late as Oct. 1. Five Flyers players were selected to […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Mar 2016
In playoff position, Flyers need to stay the course on recent message

Embed from Getty Images   March 7, 2015: that was the day the Flyers playoff hopes really ended. Trying to hold a 2-1 lead in Boston, a late penalty call went against them, and the Bruins scored to tie the game with 15 seconds remaining to force overtime, where Boston would later win. Seconds from […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Mar 2016
Hextall gets it right again with proper handling of deadline

Monday was a tense day for the Flyers. When you're a team hovering the line between playoff contention and playing the role of seller again, any amount of players can be up for grabs. The Flyers had their share of candidates, but ultimately decided to hold onto everyone and were quiet at the deadline. GM […]

Kevin Durso  •  01 Mar 2016
Flyers-Flames: By the Numbers

Schenn hat trick beats Flames Embed from Getty Images   Game Events   [Mouse-over image for goal details]

Marc Naples  •  01 Mar 2016
Flyers-Flames: Postgame Perspective

Flyers top line heeds Hextall's call Embed from Getty Images   Even in the best case scenario, the news was not welcome. Jake Voracek would be out for two weeks with a lower-body injury. Ron Hextall spoke prior to Monday's game of the team playing without Voracek in the same sense as when they were […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Feb 2016
Voracek out 2 weeks with lower-body injury

Embed from Getty Images   In addition to awaiting the Flyers pending trade deadline moves, of which there weren't any, Monday was an important day to Jake Voracek's future for this season as well. The Flyers forward, who has 10 goals and 38 assists for 48 points this season, will miss his second straight game […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Feb 2016
Flyers make no trades on deadline day

The Flyers were not short on potential trade candidates as deadline day approached and finally hit on Monday. That made the morning skate prior to Monday’s night game against Calgary a little uneasy. Among the Flyers patiently awaiting word on their fate, Sam Gagner and Mark Streit. Ultimately, both were safe in the end as […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Feb 2016