Flyers-Rangers: Postgame Perspective

Until Next Year? Another lost weekend may be dagger for Flyers It was just 10 days ago that the Flyers managed to score their third straight win, scoring six goals in a 6-3 victory over the Nashville Predators. Their next game came two days later against the New York Rangers. The Flyers were 12 seconds […]

Kevin Durso  •  14 Feb 2016
Flyers-Devils: Postgame Perspective

In a game they needed to win, penalty box woes get Flyers again Jake Voracek ever so slightly got his stick into the midsection of Andy Greene on a two-on-one in overtime. After nearly 15 minutes without a penalty call — other than concurrent roughing minors on Radko Gudas and Bobby Farnham — T.J. Luxmore's […]

Kevin Durso  •  13 Feb 2016
Flyers-Sabres: By the Numbers

Flyers get back on track against Sabres Embed from Getty Images   Game Events   [Mouse-over image for goal details} Forwards [What is Corsi rating?] The Philadelphia Flyers lines look pretty evenly mediocre in the possession stats last night, although there's a number of qualifiers on that. They played decent to start against the Buffalo […]

Marc Naples  •  12 Feb 2016
The Couturier Effect

Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Philadelphia Flyers were two distinctly different hockey clubs based on the presence or absence of a single player: Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Mark Howe. In the last three years of his Flyers career, struggling with a chronic bad back and other injury issues, Howe was […]

Bill Meltzer  •  11 Feb 2016
Cousins has big skates to fill for Flyers

Embed from Getty Images   As the news was released about Sean Couturier being on the injury list for four weeks due to a lower-body injury, a collective sigh could be heard all across Philadelphia. A talented forward was down, almost necessary for the Flyers to have success, was down.  How do you replace a player […]

Denise Mroz  •  08 Feb 2016
Flyers-Rangers: Game 50 Preview

Flyers look to keep rolling as they host Rangers Embed from Getty Images   With the Flyers now riding a three-game winning streak, everything seemed to be off to a flying start out of the All-Star break with back-to-back wins, Thursday's coming by a decisive 6-3 score. But the Flyers lost their best defensive forward […]

Kevin Durso  •  06 Feb 2016
Figuring out the Flyers penalty kill

Embed from Getty Images   The Philadelphia Flyers have had plenty of things to worry about this season. They've been outside a playoff spot pretty much all season, and one of the leading reasons for that is a combined special teams rank near the bottom of the league. Fortunately, the Flyers power play has recently […]

Marc Naples  •  06 Feb 2016
Couturier out 4 weeks with lower-body injury

Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers potential playoff hopes may have suffered a major blow. In just his second game back from injury, Sean Couturier left Thursday's 6-3 Flyers win in Nashville and did not return. On Friday, the update on the forward could not have been worse. Couturier will be out approximately four […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Feb 2016
Flyers-Predators: By the Numbers

Offense Explodes for 6 Goals Game Events   [Mouse-over image for goal details]

Marc Naples  •  05 Feb 2016