Intermission Update: Flyers head to 3rd down 2

Embed from Getty Images     1 2 3 T Flyers 0 0    0 Kings 2 0    2 Instant Analysis   It was a better period in terms of shot suppression and penalty killing for the Flyers, but offensively, the Flyers are in trouble. The Kings have the Flyers right where they want […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Jan 2016
Game 31 Preview: Voracek gets new linemates, Flyers host Hurricanes again

Jake Voracek is still stuck on one goal. So Dave Hakstol, having two days off, decided to shuffle the lines again. The top line remains in tact, but the rest got a new look as the Flyers get ready to come home after playing three straight games on the road. For the third time in […]

Kevin Durso  •  15 Dec 2015
Postgame Perspective: Another road win for the Flyers

The road has become the place of success for the Flyers. A victory over the St. Louis Blues, one of the NHL's better teams, is certainly a big one for the Orange and Black. But the current road winning streak, now at four games, is also a big step for a team that has struggled […]

Kevin Durso  •  10 Dec 2015
3-goal 2nd leads Flyers past Blues

  View image | gettyimages.com On Tuesday, the Flyers felt they had been robbed of a second point in a shootout loss to the Islanders. On Thursday night, they earned the two points. The Flyers turned in a similar showing in the second period to their aggressive pressure from two nights earlier and scored three […]

Kevin Durso  •  10 Dec 2015
‘One-goal’ Voracek won’t be revived on current line

They have passed the quarter pole and approaching the halfway point of the season. The Flyers season, now 28 games old, is quickly approaching its second half. So it's astonishing to look at the statsheet after 28 games and see Jake Voracek, who finished the 2014-15 season with 22 goals and a career-high 81 points, […]

Kevin Durso  •  09 Dec 2015
Postgame Perspective: Better effort still leaves Flyers looking for ‘better’ fate

Take this in: the Flyers had to make a goalie change just 1:14 into the second, after Steve Mason allowed the Islanders third goal on 10 shots. The Flyers went on to outshoot the Islanders, 17-5, in the second and 46-26 for the game.  So the Islanders won in a shootout. Sounds familiar, right? "We […]

Kevin Durso  •  08 Dec 2015
Flyers rally back, but Islanders claim win in shootout

Another long range shot made its way past Steve Mason. Just like on Saturday, the Flyers found themselves on the wrong end of a 3-1 score.  Dave Hakstol made the change in goal and the Flyers were a completely different team. The frenetic pace of the second period nearly had the Flyers completely erase the […]

Kevin Durso  •  08 Dec 2015
This Week in Flyers History: Week ending December 6

December 5, 2005 The trading of prospects can lead to some wonderful things, or terrible blunders. It’s all in how someone views young talent and their potential. With the Flyers front office, they didn’t see what another team apparently did. In a relatively small footnote to the 2005-06 season, the Flyers made a trade with the […]

Mike Watson  •  06 Dec 2015
Game 27 Preview: Flyers host struggling Blue Jackets

The Philadelphia Flyers, winners of four in a row, host the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Wells Fargo Center tonight at 7:05 p.m. This is the first of four meetings between the two clubs with the next game in Columbus in just two weeks on Dec. 19. They will also pair off in two games in […]

Mike Watson  •  05 Dec 2015