Writer: Rob Riches
The loss snaps a six-game Flyers win streak against the Jets, a streak dating back to Nov. 29, 2013.
With the erratic Flyers clinging on to as much playoff hope as they can, they embark on a four-game Western road trip that kicks off tonight in Manitoba, against the Winnipeg Jets.
The Flyers continue their four-game stretch against Metro Division teams with a matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Shero, a bit of a philosopher, was always there to provide a motivational quote on the chalkboard before games as a way to motivate players and get them thinking — the most notable being the “Win today, and we walk together forever” from the 1974 Finals against Boston
Wayne Simmonds and Shayne Gostisbehere scored in the Flyers’ 4-2 loss to the Maple Leafs
They head to Toronto to take on a team that stands directly in their path to the second wild card spot.
The “A” will now go to Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.
The veteran puck-mover has been sent to the Lightning, for Valtteri Filppula, a fourth-round pick and a conditional seventh-rounder in this year’s draft.
With the trade deadline fast approaching, here are 25 points pertaining to the state of the Flyers
The team learned Saturday that those offensive struggles don’t just apply to indoor rinks, as they fell to Pittsburgh, 3-2, under the bright Heinz Field lights for the NHL Stadium Series.
