Philadelphia Flyers

Floundering Flyers: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals beat up on the bottom feeding Philadelphia Flyers and kept pace with an overall surging Metropolitan Division. The Caps extended the Flyers losing streak to eight games as they downed the Philadelphians by a score of 5-3.

The Flyers out-shot the Caps 40-26 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 43 to 38.

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Jakub Vrana’s big night: Caps beat Flyers 5-3

The Washington Capitals finally met the Philadelphia Flyers for the first time this season, which is good because I was worried they’d get better before it happened. That turns out not to be the case, so here’s the story of how the Caps got two points off the Flyera.

Tom Wilson put the Caps on the scoreboard by tipping in Jakub Vrana’s pass from the goal mouth. Jakub Voracek replied with a fine goal after an unfortunate turnover by Michal Kempny.

In the second period, TJ Oshie slayed his mini-slump by deflecting a point shot from Lars Eller to restore the Caps lead. Vrana doubled that lead with a solo rush goal created from a turnover he forced, then he added a power-play goal just for fun.

The Flyers pushed hard late in the third, paying off in a greasy goal for Wayne Simmonds. In a chaotic final couple minutes Claude Giroux one-timed a goal to make it close, but Oshie sunk an empty-netter right afterwards.

Caps win 5-3!
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By Peter Hassett On January 8, 2019 2 Comments

Caps vs Flyers pregame: Sick Backstrom

The Washington Capitals are at home tonight and will be facing off against the Philadelphia Flyers. Seems like the only good thing about the Flyers these days is their mascot, Gritty (I don’t want to hear any Gritty slander, please keep it to yourself). Not only are they going to tie the NHL record by starting their seventh different goaltender this season, but their losing streak has now reached seven games. On the Capitals side, they will need to stay on their toes while Nicklas Backstrom stays a game-time decision due to illness.

The puck will be dropping around 7:30 PM and you can catch alllll the action on NBCSWA. As always you can stream all of their pregame, in-game, and postgame coverage via the My Teams app on all of your usual streaming devices. Mr. Peter Hassett will have you recap.

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By Elyse Bailey On January 8, 2019 0 Comment

Flyers to tie NHL record by starting seventh different goaltender this season

Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers will tie a bizarre NHL record. The team will start their seventh different goaltender this season. And, fam, they did it in just 42 games.

Unless something else goes awry before game time, Mike McKenna will be in net as the Flyers face off against the Washington Capitals.

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By Brennin Weiswerda On January 8, 2019 2 Comments

Claude Giroux dances around three Bolts to score goal-of-the-year candidate

As RMNB’s resident Claude Giroux fanboy, I’m obligated to tell you about his latest and perhaps prettiest ever goal.

If you’re the kind of person who watches highlights, I’m sure you’ll soon see this one in a compilation. If you’re Tampa Bay defenseman Ryan McDonagh, I’m sure you’ll see this goal in your nightmares.

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By Peter Hassett On December 27, 2018 6 Comments

Philadelphia Flyers to fire coach Dave Hakstol, hire Joel Quenneville (Update: Quenneville denies)

Dave Isaac of the Courier News reports that the Philadelphia Flyers have made the decision to fire head coach Dave Hakstol and hire former Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville.

Update, 4:45 PM: Blues reporter Andy Strickland says the report is untrue.

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By Peter Hassett On December 16, 2018 2 Comments

Philadelphia Flyers fire GM Ron Hextall

On Monday the Philadelphia Flyers announced they have fired general manager Ron Hextall. The team, who has a 10-11-2 record and are in seventh place in the Metropolitan Division, will begin a search for their next GM now.

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By Peter Hassett On November 26, 2018 2 Comments

The best reactions to the Flyers’ new mascot Gritty

It’s been a stressful week, but at least it’s–oh. Monday.

Thankfully, the Flyers revealed their new mascot Gritty, and he/she/it is both giving us life and keeping us awake at night. It will haunt our dreams when sleep finally overtakes us. If we survive the nightmares of its gloriously gyrating belly, it will make us breakfast in the morning and stare at us with its googly eyes while we eat.

Here are some of the best reactions to Gritty thus far.

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By Brennin Weiswerda On September 24, 2018 1 Comment

Prayer cards created at Pittsburgh funeral home for the death of the Flyers’ playoff dreams

Last night, the Philadelphia Flyers were kicked out of the 2017-18 playoffs after the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated them in heartbreaking fashion.

Naturally, both sides were extremely calm and congratulated each other on a rousing series! I’m just kidding.

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By Elyse Bailey On April 23, 2018 0 Comment

Pittsburgh Penguins win Battle of Pennsylvania, will play winner of Capitals and Blue Jackets

Jake Guentzel scored four goals in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 8-5 thrashing of the Philadelphia Flyers, ending the first-round series in six games. The Penguins will face the eventual winner of the series between the Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Flyers blew a two-goal lead in Game Six, then Pittsburgh forward Guentzel reached power level over nine thousand in the final frame to secure victory. Sean Couturier also recored a hat trick for the Flyers.

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By Peter Hassett On April 22, 2018 0 Comment

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