Max Pacioretty
Last week, it was already known that the President’s Trophy winners, the Tampa Bay Lightning, were eliminated, as were the Pittsburgh Penguins. Six other teams have joined, and many of them were near the top of the regular-season standings.
The overall scope of this game was more positive for the Flyers. The penalty kill was better. The defensive coverage was better. There were chances to capitalize. But as has been the case with the Flyers for really the last decade now, it doesn’t seem to keep the frustrating finishes at bay.
In just their fifth game of the season, the Flyers wrap up the season series with the Vegas Golden Knights, a team struggling out of the game with losses in four of their first five games. Game time is set for 1 p.m.
As teams ready-up their rosters for the regular season, let’s take a final look around the league before the games start to count.
The guys are back to preview training camp and the preseason. They take a look back at the Rookie Game on Wednesday, discuss prospects, goaltending and some big stories around the NHL this week.
With chances to win, Flyers slip in Montreal a bad team loss If the Flyers victory on Tuesday in New Jersey was a good team win, then Friday's defeat in a shootout to the Montreal Canadiens on Friday was a bad team loss. Forget the magnitude of the game for the Flyers and their dwindling […]
Embed from Getty Images When regulation ended, all was not lost for the Flyers, who had to face an overtime against the Montreal Canadiens. The one point surrendered held no significance if they picked up the second one in the extra session. The Flyers would find themselves with six chances to end the game. […]
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Embed from Getty Images With the All-Star break over and eight games on the schedule in a matter of 13 days, the Flyers know the time is now if they want to make any attempt at climbing into the playoff picture. They could start that climb on a positive note by beating one of […]
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