Phil Kessel
It hasn’t happened often in the 18 games that Hart has started at the NHL level, but the rookie and the Flyers were out-dueled by the better goaltender. Matt Murray made 50 saves to keep the Flyers at bay in a 4-1 loss to the Penguins that stings, history aside. It marks a serious blow to any playoff hopes the Flyers had left.
Since Jan. 3, the Flyers deficit in the standings to the cross-state rival Pittsburgh Penguins has dropped from 18 points to just six. The two teams meet three more times, starting with a game at Wells Fargo Center on Monday.
The Flyers face the Pittsburgh Penguins, a team that has certainly had its struggles this season. But last season’s playoff series, when the Flyers were heavily outplayed by the Penguins, is still in recent memory.
Even in the years when the Flyers weren't looking like much of a playoff team, they always seemed to have the Penguins number. This season, that has hardly been the case. In what almost looked like a replay of their meeting from three weeks earlier, the Flyers looked outmatched against the surging Penguins, who continued their torrid […]
Embed from Getty Images April has in a sense become the time for the Battle of Pennsylvania to take center stage. The Philadelphia Flyers (39-25-13) will meet their cross-state rivals twice in the final week of the season, and each holds incredibly high stakes. The Pittsburgh Penguins (45-25-8) locked in their spot in the […]
Under first-year head coach Dave Hakstol, the Philadelphia Flyers have been a pretty good team defensively at five-on-five. The club has yielded 112 goals at five-on-five (while scoring 120); tied for the fifth fewest goals against with the two teams skating at full strength. However, when the other team has its goalie pulled to skate […]
The momentum shifted at 19:45 of the first period. The Flyers, who had a 2-0 lead with a pair of power-play goals, watched everything deflate when Ryan White turned the puck over in the Flyers zone and took a slashing penalty. With six seconds left on the power play, at 1:39 of the second period, […]
Embed from Getty Images The Philadelphia Flyers jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one period. Pittsburgh stormed back with three goals in the second. They added another goal in the third and held on late for a 4-3 victory on Thursday night in Pittsburgh. Brayden Schenn put the Flyers on the board with […]
The NHL season kicks off tonight with four games to get the regular season going. As you may recall, last season during the playoffs, the Flyerdelphia kept up to date with the results and action in our own Bracket Challenge. To ring in the start of another NHL season, the Flyerdelphia staff has made predictions […]
As the Flyers have spent the offseason doing patchwork to the blue line and re-signing players left and right – and acquiring one or two in the process – a looming free-agent story has flown under the radar. All-star winger Jake Voracek will return in Orange and Black next season. It is the final year […]
