Flyers

Another slow start put the Flyers behind early, but the stretch of lazy play continued into the final period before another late push that came too late in a 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers.

The Flyers managed two third-period goals to make a game of things again, but their comeback effort came far too late in a 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday night to open a back-to-back in Florida.

The Flyers will see teams at both ends of the standings in this back-to-back, starting with the Florida Panthers. In the meantime, the Flyers look to get back into the winning column on a regular basis after dropping three of their last four games.

Every game for the Flyers is important from here on out if they want to be the playoff team they say they are. But putting the two remaining games in 2017 aside, the Flyers most crucial stretch in defining their season will be the games played in January.

While Canada was suiting up for their second game of the tournament on Wednesday evening, Carter Hart got the night off after getting the win in Canada’s first game on Tuesday afternoon against Finland. That left Maksim Sushko as the lone Flyers prospect in action on Wednesday, and he did not disappoint.

All four Flyers prospects at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Buffalo suited up for their first action of the tournament on Tuesday.

The Flyers played a hard-fought game against the Columbus Blue Jackets through 65 minutes, before ultimately dropping the game in the shootout by a score of 2-1.

In their final game before the NHL’s Christmas break, the Flyers look to end on a high note. Going into Friday’s game, the Flyers had won seven of their last eight games and had a 7-2-0 record in December. But that can change very quickly with a second straight loss in Columbus.

The Sabres returned the favor to the Flyers on Friday night, falling 4-2 in a sloppy and frustrating effort in Buffalo.