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Game Day Preview: Flyers / Rangers

The Philadelphia Flyers (28-11-5) held a surprise outdoor practice yesterday in Central Park NY in preparation for tonight's game versus the New York Rangers (26-17-3) tonight at 7 pm EST in Madison Square Gardens. It was a relaxed practice with the Flyers wearing black sweat pants with the shin pads underneath along with their normal upper body gear. Here is and article from a local Philly paper. Matchup This is their third meeting of six this season with the Flyers winning the first two, both by the score of 4-1. That being said the Flyers are just 1-4 versus the Rangers in their last five visits to the city that never sleeps. This will be the third game in four nights fo...
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Game Day Preview: Flyers Storm Into Boston

The Philadelphia Flyers spent all of yesterday trapped in their hotel as the snow storm that blew through Philadelphia slammed the Boston area. Tonight the Flyers will face the Bruins in TD Garden Arena at 7:00 PM EST. The Flyers are coming off a 5-2 win on Tuesday night in Buffalo. Danny Briere would grab four points on the evening with one goal and three assists, and Scott Hartnell had a three point night netting two goals, the first (PPG) and the last (EN) and one assist. The Boston Bruins are coming off a six nothing shutout over the Ottawa Senators. Tim Thomas picked up his league leading sixth shutout of the season while Patrice Bergeron grabbed the hattrick scoring a goal in e...

Flyers Shake Slow Start, Blow by Sabres

When the Philadelphia Flyers took the ice against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night, there were two main storylines hovering over them. The first was in respects to the NHL All Star Game selections. Many were puzzled by Daniel Briere’s exclusion from the game. Briere leads the Eastern Conference’s first-place team in goals scored and is having a terrific season. The other topic in question was how would goalie Sergei Bobrovsky play after sitting behind Brian Boucher for the team’s last three games? This was especially interesting because Bobrovsky had not played well at all in his last two starts. Anaheim scored five goals against the young Russian, and Florida had chased...

Game Day Preview: Flyers / Sabres

The Philadelphia Flyers (26-10-5) will head to Buffalo tonight to face the Buffalo Sabres (18-18-5) at HSBC Arena. The Flyers are coming off a 2-1 win versus the NJ Devils on Saturday afternoon, a game in which the Flyers looked disinterested in. Look for a better effort from the Flyers tonight in Buffalo. The Sabres are coming off a 2-1 OT win versus the Coyotes on a goal by Drew Stafford 3:12 in to the overtime period. Matchup This is the second of four meetings between these two teams this season. The first matchup was taken by the Flyers on Oct. 26th 6-3 in Philly. The Flyers are 72-59-20 overall versus the Sabres and 28-37-8 in Buffalo. The last time the Flyers won ...

Sluggish Flyers Squeeze By Last Place Devils 2-1

The Philadelphia Flyers came into today's back end of a home and home with the Devils needing a point or a Penguins loss for coach Laviolette to be a coach of one of the All-Star teams at the end of the month. The Flyers would do just that today beating the Devils 2-1. With that win Laviolette will coach along with Alain Vignault against Joel Quenneville and a coach yet TBD in Carolina, a familiar territory for Laviolette.He Spent parts of five seasons as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes going 167-122-34 record and winning a Stanley Cup in 2006. Recap The first period would turn out to their best period today,which isn't saying much, when they scored first on a goal by JVR...

Second Line Bails Out Flyers in New Jersey

Upon returning to the east coast after a four game road trip out west, the Philadelphia Flyers took the ice in New Jersey for a matchup with a lowly Devils squad. For all that can be said about New Jersey's record this season, there are never any easy points that come from an Atlantic Division game. Thursday night was no different. The Devils fought tooth and nail in their game plan of slowing the pace of play against the Flyers. Although the game could have gone either way, the line of Ville Leino, Daniel Briere and Scott Hartnell proved to be the difference in a 4-2 Philadelphia victory. At the outset of Thursday night’s game, the Flyers came out strong offensively, but t...

Flyers Face Devils in Hellish North Jersey

The Philadelphia Flyers (24-10-5) are back in the Eastern Time zone to face the broken down New Jersey Devils (10-26-2) at 7:00 pm EST. The Flyers are coming of a west coast road trip which started in Vancouver, a place they have not lost in 14 years and ended in Detroit, a place they have not won in 22 years. The Flyers went 2-2 on that trip with both those records being broken with a loss in Vancouver and a win in Detroit. The Devils are going through some tough times that they did not for see when they signed Kovalchuk his huge contract. Even their one solid piece is starting to crumble, Martin Brodeur usually the glue that held this team together, some say without any stars on th...

Flyers End 22 Year Skid, Win in Detroit

For the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit had been a city of horrors since 1988. The Red Wings always found a way to snuff out every opportunity for an orange and black victory. A losing streak that spans over two decades is a frustrating and humiliating burden for any franchise. But, Sunday night the Flyers dismissed their demons and found a way to walk out of Detroit a winner. Brian Boucher got the start in net for the Flyers after Sergei Bobrovsky and Michael Leighton had started the two previous games on the west coast swing. The move paid dividends. Boucher was simply fantastic for the first two periods, stopping the first twenty shots he saw. After a scoreless first period th...

Game Day: Flyers / Red Wings 5:00 PM EST

The Philadelphia Flyers (23-10-5) head to Motor City this evening to face the Detroit Red Wings (24-9-5) a the Joe at 5:00 pm EST. The Flyers are coming off another horrible performance Friday night where they surrendered five goals in a loss to the Ducks. In the last four games the Flyers have a GAA of 5.00 giving up 20 goals in that span. The Red Wings are coming off an OT loss to the NY Islanders on Friday night and will undoubtedly come out looking for blood. Matchup Overall the Flyers hold the edge versus the Red wings at 54-46-21. The issue for the Flyers is winning at the Joe and it has been that way for 22 years, since 1988. I thought about it and the last time the Fl...

Flyers Look to Duck Out of Cali With Another Win

The Philadelphia Flyers (23-9-5) will ring in the New Year in Anaheim tonight when they face the Ducks (19-17-4) at 8:00pm EST. The Flyers are coming off a strong offensive performance in which they found the back of the net seven times in a 7-4 win last night versus the LA Kings. If you did not stay up for the game you can read the recap here. The Ducks are coming off a road trip that started on Dec 12th. The Ducks went 3-4-0 on that trip and are glad to be back home in friendly territory. Matchup There have been 22 games played between these two teams since Anaheim entered the league in 1993. The Flyers are 9-8-5 overall versus the Ducks and 5-4-2 in Anaheim. The Flyers are...