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Preview: Colorado needs a hot start in New Jersey

On the second night of this quick two-game road trip, which also happens to be another back-to-back, the Colorado Avalanche travelled east to face the New Jersey Devils. After a disappointing loss in Philadelphia last night, the Avalanche hope to end this trip on a high note and take a win back to the Mile […]

Game Preview #9: Colorado Avalanche @ New Jersey Devils

Last Devils Game On Saturday afternoon, the Devils faced off against the Capitals for the first time this season. Things seemed to start positively for the Devils, at least on the scoreboard. Areseny Gritsyuk scored his 3rd goal of the season halfway through the period, giving the Devils the first goal of the game for […]

Tuesday Morning Fly By: They’re never losing again

*The Philadelphia Flyers won a hockey game over the Colorado Avalanche. That’s right. We’re not joking. On Monday night, they earned a big 3-2 win over one of the leading Stanley Cup contenders thanks to a whole lot of the depth players and young prospects coming up big. Noel Acciari was on the first line. That’s the game we’re talking about. [BSH] *Matvei Michkov was special in the win over the Avalanche. Two major goals to continue his streak and his skill was on full display. No one ex...

Matvei Michkov put the Flyers on his back when no one thought he could

It was supposed to be a loss. Monday night’s game against the Colorado Avalanche was the mountain in front of the Philadelphia Flyers that felt impossible to climb. An unscalable surface came to Philadelphia to pose as some sort of benchmark to aspire to when this Flyers team is being competitive once again and could even be considered a contender. It was more normal to assume the Flyers would lose by at least three goals on Monday night than if they were to get any points from the game. ...

Recap: Avalanche play ghost in 3-2 loss to Philly

The city of brotherly love was the setting, but the Avalanche didn’t really harness Rocky Balboa’s energy, and we didn’t get a hard-work montage leading to ultimate victory. Instead, the Flyers played stingily behind a strong netminding performance, and a disjointed Avalanche club dropped a game that looked like a scheduled win. The Flyers had […]

Takeaways: Matvei Michkov leads the way as Flyers beat Avalanche 3-2

With injuries to a bunch of regulars, the Flyers were massive underdogs on Monday night against the Colorado Avalanche. Still, on the back of a resurgent Matvei Michkov and a strong performance from Joseph Woll, the Flyers held on for a 3-2 win over the Avs. The basics First period: 7:41 – Matvei Michkov (Denver Barkey, Trevor Zegras) (PPG)  Second period: 12:23 – Michkov (Zegras, Noah Cates), 17:52 – Martin Necas (Artturi Lehkonen, Devon Toews)  Third period: 6:3...

Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche at Philadelphia Flyers (5:00 P.M. MT)

After a weekend off, the Colorado Avalanche embark on another back-to-back trip to begin the week. Their first stop takes them to Philadelphia to meet a Flyers team that’s having some early season struggles. Colorado Avalanche The Avs head into today’s game fresh off clearing one of their biggest hurdles of the young season. They […]

Flyers vs. Avalanche: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread

With a win finally banked, the Flyers are back in action tonight against the Avalanche and looking to keep some of these good vibes rolling. It won’t be easy, given the strength of the opponent and the mounting list of injuries they’re dealing with, but we’ll see if they can still show us some positives. Hopefully. Puck drop:  7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading News news news! Hunter McDonald is here! [ BSH ] Owen Tippett...

Where Alex Bump and Cole Knuble fit in the Flyers’ lineup

The Philadelphia Flyers are trying to build off of their first win of the season on Saturday, a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators, and are not just going to be rolling out the same roster and lineup for Monday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche. Instead of staying put and shrugging, the Flyers are bringing in some more hopeful difference-makers into the picture. On Monday morning, the Flyers announced that they have called up forwards Alex Bump and Cole Knuble ahead of the game agai...

Preview: The Avs Face the Floundering Flyers in Philly Tonight

After a weekend off, the Colorado Avalanche embark on another back-to-back on a brief two-game road trip to begin the week. Their first stop takes them to Philadelphia to meet a Flyers team that’s having some early season struggles to say the least. Colorado Avalanche The Avs head into today’s game fresh off clearing one […]

Weekly Fall Thread – 10/19

Welcome to the Fall Thread for the week of 10/19. Last week we managed to get three out of six points in our home stand. Not awful but we could have done better. We are tied with Dallas for sixth in the Central Division, four points out of first and three points above the basement. This week, after a four day break, the Preds are on the road versus Boston and Pittsburgh and coming home for the end of the back to back with Colorado. That’s a tough week. Just a reminder – we’re alw...