Photo courtesy of AP Photo On a night where Philadelphia was looking to capture its first win in Ottawa since 2007, rookie Erik Condra scored two goals and Craig Anderson made 30 saves to thwart the Eastern Conference-leading Flyers on Saturday. With just 20 seconds left in the first period, Scott Hartnell golfed a wacky slapshot far-side on Anderson courtesy of a nice setup by Claude Giroux to start the night’s scoring. By the end of one period, the Flyers had outshot the Senators by a wide margin of 15-3. Coming into tonight’s matchup, Philadelphia had only lost in regulation once this season when leading after twenty minutes. However, thanks to four unanswered Senators ...

The Philadelphia Flyers faced off against the New York Islanders Thursday night. One could easily assume it would be an easy win. They were only playing the lowly Islanders, right? Wrong. Peter Laviolette said himself that the game would be a challenge. The Islanders have been a winning team lately, and you never want to underestimate your opponent. The Islanders would score the only goal of the first period. Frans Nielsen skated into the zone with the puck by himself and fired a shot to beat Sergei Bobrovsky stick side. He just found a lane down the left wing and made no mistake with the puck. The Flyers were out-shooting the Islanders and even had plenty of shots blocked, but they ...

He arrived in Philadelphia with the reputation of an enigma, and now the Flyers and their fans know why. With his scoring prowess and incredible fluidity on the ice, Nikolay Zherdev was a different dimension to the Flyers’ depth. As fate would have it, it was a dimension that was expendable. The team put the Ukrainian forward on waivers Wednesday, in a move that was probably best for both sides involved. Zherdev had 15 goals in 47 games played, with limited ice time. When he was on the ice, the talented winger often played with the team’s fourth line, and rarely saw time with the power play unit. Perhaps the reluctance of head coach Peter Laviolette to put Zherdev on th...

The Philadelphia Flyers (39-15-5) will host the Phoenix Coyotes (32-19-9) tonight at 7:00 pm EST at the Wells Fargo Center. Phoenix brings with them a seven game winning streak and ladies man and former Flyer Scottie Upshaw. The Flyers are coming off a huge 4-2 matinée win against the New York Rangers on Saturday, they are 3-1 in their last four games. Matchup Overall the Flyers are 11-8 versus the Coyotes, and 29-16-2 against the Winnipeg Jets making them 40-24-2 against the two franchises. Shane Doan is the only original member of the Winnipeg Jets franchise still playing for the Coyotes. The Flyers are 6-3 at home versus the Coyotes.The Flyers lost their last meeting wit...