Morning After: Sunday’s must-win for fading Flyers

The Bruins celebrate after Milan Lucic's second goal in the Bruins 5-2 win over the Flyers on Saturday. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) The Flyers are now on a four-game winless streak and fading at the wrong time. One week ago, a loss was actually a moral victory. The Flyers had skated 65 minutes with the […]

Kevin Durso  •  06 Apr 2014
Beantown Breakdown: Bruins best Flyers again, sweep season series

Tuukka Rask stops Jake Voracek in the Bruins 5-2 win over the Flyers on Saturday afternoon. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) Things were shaping up for another exciting finish. That's when the Boston Bruins shifted into a gear the Flyers simply couldn't reach. After playing to a 2-2 tie through 40 minutes, the Bruins scored two […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Apr 2014
Game 77 Preview: Flyers head to Boston for Saturday rematch

Claude Giroux scores in the shootout in the Flyers 4-3 loss to the Bruins on Sunday, March 30. The Flyers and Bruins meet for the final time in the regular season on Saturday. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) The two teams taking the ice on Saturday afternoon turned in a classic just six days ago. The […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Apr 2014
Around the Net April 4, 2014: Flyers listless in loss to Blue Jackets, now four points behind NY

  Welcome to Around the Net, a bi-weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL.Today we look at last night's disappointing loss against Columbus and ahead to Boston on Saturday afternoon.  

Dain Stiles  •  04 Apr 2014
Morning After: Earth to Flyers, it’s April

Artem Anisimov fires a shot in the Blue Jackets 2-0 win over the Flyers. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) The 2-0 score showing on the scoreboard at Wells Fargo Center on Thursday night indicated a close game. It was far from that.  It was a game that had dire consequences for both teams. For the Flyers, […]

Kevin Durso  •  04 Apr 2014
Plus/Minus: Wisniewski’s big night in Philly

Image courtesy of Bruce Bennett/Getty Images On a night where each team faced a former goaltender of the club, it was Sergei Bobrovsky and the Columbus Blue Jackets who had the last laugh, as Bob stopped 37 shots in a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center. In a game that […]

Craig Forsythe  •  04 Apr 2014
Game 76 Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets @ Philadelphia Flyers

Image courtesy of BroadStreetBuzz.com Columbus Blue Jackets (38-30-7) @ Philadelphia Flyers (39-27-9), 7:00pm, CSN-Philly/FS-O The Philadelphia Flyers look to snap their two-game losing streak tonight at home against the Columbus Blue Jackets. With the season winding down, tonight’s tilt has serious playoff implications, as the outcome will either greatly increase the Flyers’ odds of hanging […]

Craig Forsythe  •  03 Apr 2014
Morning After: NHL must lose the shootout

T.J. Oshie scores in the shootout against Ray Emery in the Flyers 1-0 loss to the Blues on Tuesday night. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) It happened again. 65 minutes of pure edge-of-your-seat excitement was spoiled by a skills competition. I've said it several times about games like Tuesday's 1-0 loss for the Flyers to the […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2014
Game 75 Preview: Philadelphia Flyers @ St. Louis Blues

Image courtesy of Flyers.NHL.com Philadelphia Flyers (39-27-8) @ St. Louis Blues (50-17-7), 8:00pm, NBCSN/CSN-Philly/TSN2 The Philadelphia Flyers suffered a difficult loss on Sunday against the team that currently leads the NHL in points, but it won’t get any easier for the Orange and Black as they visit the St. Louis Blues tonight. Second in the […]

Craig Forsythe  •  01 Apr 2014