Philadelphia Flyers
The Flyers look to extend their winning streak to six games on Thursday night when they face the Arizona Coyotes.
The Flyers 6-1 win over Toronto was their fifth straight, and carried some of the success from a 10-2-4 November over to the start of December.
The Flyers responded to a Toronto goal and retook the lead at the midpoint of the third period. They never looked back, adding four more goals down the stretch in a five-goal third period, securing a win on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center against the Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-1, to extend their winning streak to five games.
The Flyers first opponent of December is a familiar one, a team they faced twice already during November. The Toronto Maple Leafs come back to Philadelphia for the final game of a three-game season series. The first two games went to a shootout with both teams getting one win.
On the morning of Dec. 3, 2019, one year since Fletcher’s hiring, the Flyers have a 15-7-5 record and just posted a 10-2-4 record in November, tying a franchise record with 24 points in the month of November for the fourth time in franchise history.
On this week’s YWT: The Philadelphia Flyers Podcast, we look at an impressive 4-0-0 week for the Flyers, Jake Voracek’s recent run of success, Matt Niskanen’s adventurous game on Friday, the successful goaltending tandem of Carter Hart and Brian Elliott and news around the NHL on two coaching changes.
If Thanksgiving is the marker for being in a playoff position, the Flyers did more than just settle for being among the contenders at the holiday. They padded the margin and made a move further up the standings to cap off a historic month.
Ivan Provorov pulled off a highlight-reel goal, beating Keith Kinkaid 31 seconds into overtime to give the Flyers a 4-3 win over the Canadiens, their fourth straight win to close out the month.
The Flyers look for a fourth straight win to close out the month of November against the Montreal Canadiens, who enter with a six-game losing streak.
Embed from Getty Images By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor The Flyers were out-shot 13-2 in the first 13 minutes of game action on Friday afternoon and only locked in a 1-1 tie thanks to their goaltender. A late goal on the power play in the first period and another late goal in the […]
