Flyers
The Flyers season looked dismal following the Stadium Series loss to Pittsburgh that held the Flyers at 63 points in the standings with very little progress being made over the previous weeks. It was at that time that I wrote that it would be better if the Flyers missed the playoffs. And that may still be true. But there’s one thing we didn’t account for: the rest of the playoff hopefuls keeping the Flyers in the race.
Scoring hasn’t come easy for the Orange and Black, but they sure made it look easy in Buffalo, matching their highest output of the season with six goals in a big win. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Sabres.
Six even-strength goals powered the Flyers to a big win over the Buffalo Sabres by a score of 6-2 on Tuesday night.
After taking Washington to the brink in overtime, the Orange and Black are looking to rebound against the Sabres, a team just two points behind them in the standings. The Flyers are three points out of the final wildcard spot as play begins on Tuesday night.
In this late winter matchup, just four words are needed to describe the powder keg that exploded late in the third period. Flyers. Senators. Fight Club.
While the result was not the desired one, the Flyers did demonstrate that they still have a fighting chance in the playoff race is the effort displayed on Saturday is reciprocated for the rest of the road trip and beyond. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Capitals.
On Saturday night, great goaltending for both the Flyers and Capitals helped keep the score tight the entire way through. Special teams proved to be the difference, as the Capitals scored on an overtime power play to get a 2-1 win at Verizon Center.
Just 10 days ago, the Flyers and Washington Capitals met in Philadelphia. Little has changed since then. Two wins in a row, even if scoring has remained hard to come by, is still a start. But the Capitals are the class of the NHL at the moment, and very difficult to contain. The opening face-off is set for 7:30 p.m. from Washington.
While the result wasn’t perfect, stringing together wins is the only way for the Flyers to have even the slightest chance of making the playoffs. Two in a row is a start. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Panthers.
2016 first-round pick German Rubtsov signed an entry-level contract with the Flyers on Thursday, GM Ron Hextall announced.
