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It’s Already Code Orange For The Philadelphia Flyers

Hockey season has begun, and all teams are equal in the eyes of the creator. Hope springs triumphant for 32 collectives each striving as one, and the Stanley Cup lies shining before them, ready to be seized. In rebuttal, there's this, from The Athletic's Kevin Kurz: https://twitter.com/KKurzNHL/status/2105504339452145902

The Flyers Got Whooped in the Season Opener 

Everything was all lined up for the Flyers to make Wednesday a truly excellent Philly sports day. The Phillies won Game 2 of the Wild Card series in dramatic fashion by actually, shockingly, showing some heart and grit. Scott Franzke gave us another classic Franzke call. The Flyers were set to host the Penguins for […] The post The Flyers Got Whooped in the Season Opener  appeared first on Crossing Broad .

Report: Flyers Keeping Tabs On Stanley Cup-Winning Defenseman

The Philadelphia Flyers have a new name on their radar after missing out on Kirill Marchenko. Daily Faceoff's Anthony Di Marco reports Philadelphia is keeping an eye on Calgary Flames defenseman Zach Whitecloud as it continues looking for size on the back end.  "A defenseman with a similar archetype of Zach Whitecloud of the Calgary Flames is something the Flyers would be looking for," Di Marco wrote, adding that the search for defensive depth isn't currently a top priority for the team. ...

Game Preview #1: Philadelphia Flyers @ New Jersey Devils

Last Devils Game On Saturday, the Devils defeated the New York Islanders by a score of 4-1. Luke Evangelista scored two goals, including a beautiful power play goal in the first period to open the scoring. Arseny Gritsyuk and Dougie Hamilton each added a goal in the second period to put the game out of […]

Pens Points: Perfect Start

It’s hard to draw up a much better start to the season than what the Pittsburgh Penguins had on Wednesday night with a 7-0 beatdown of the rival Philadelphia Flyers on the road. Nick Robertson scored twice for the Penguins and Filip Hallander recorded three points in the blowout victory. In goal, Artur Silvos recorded […]

Thursday Morning Fly By: Welp

*Hey, so there was this Philadelphia Flyers season opener that happened last night. Oh, how did it go? Well, the thing about that is that you really shouldn’t even pay attention to what happened in the season opener. Because it doesn’t really matter, right? It’s just Game 1 of 84 and the score might not really matter in the end so we really shouldn’t even think about it. Okay, fine. [BSH] *After the game, Flyers coach Rick Tocchet called out his team. He said a whole lot about how no batt...

DK: These fast-paced Penguins have fuel to burn

The 2026-27 Penguins aren't as old as they've been, they're not slow at all, and they now appear to have depth/competition that's creating even more of an extra energy, as evidenced by their 7-0 slaughter of the archrival Flyers in both franchise's 60th NHL season opener Wednesday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

Rick Tocchet slaps Flyers with harsh take after ugly loss to Penguins

The Philadelphia Flyers opened their season against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. However, the game did not go as they planned. Head coach Rick Tocchet watched as the Flyers were torn apart by the Penguins on home ice. The Penguins destroyed the Flyers by the score of 7-0 on Wednesday. Nick Robertson was one […] The post Rick Tocchet slaps Flyers with harsh take after ugly loss to Penguins appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Rick Tocchet calls out Flyers after disastrous season opener

The Philadelphia Flyers were hoping to start their season off with a bang, to prove to everyone that last year wasn’t an anomaly and they could very well be destined for back-to-back playoff appearances. Unfortunately, they came out with a whimper of a whimper, getting blown out at home 7-0 against the rival Pittsburgh Penguins. It was a result that was as shocking as embarrassing and Flyers coach Rick Tocchet really had no explanation as to why it happened the way it did. “I honestl...

Penguins match decades old dominance of Flyers in season opener

The Pittsburgh Penguins were eliminated by the Philadelphia Flyers last postseason. Pittsburgh was dominated by Philadelphia for much of the series. Despite a late comeback, the Penguins fell in six games to the Flyers in the first round. It seems as if Pittsburgh carried its emotion from last year into its 2026-27 season opener. The […] The post Penguins match decades old dominance of Flyers in season opener appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Takeaways: Flyers sleepwalk through season opener, trounced by Penguins 7-0

If Philadelphia read too much of their own press over the summer, and the hype that was to begin 2026-27, the Pittsburgh Penguins brought them back down to earth. In a hurry. The Pens dominated the Flyers, resulting in an ugly, almost tedious 7-0 loss on Wednesday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The basics First period: 7:26 – Nicholas Robertson (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby). 15:44 – Ville Koivunen (Samuel Girard, Kaedan Korczak) Second period: 5:03 – Evgeni Malkin (Hendrix LaPierre, T...

Hendrix Lapierre scores in impressive debut with Pittsburgh Penguins

Hendrix Lapierre had a memorable debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins. In a nationally televised 7-0 blowout over the Philadelphia Flyers, Lapierre scored his first goal with his new team and dominated at five-on-five while skating on the Penguins’ third line. Lapierre’s goal came 7:26 into the second period, putting the Penguins up 4-0. Hendrix Lapierre’s

3 centers the Flyers could target after the Leo Carlsson saga

For six days in July, Danny Briere held the league hostage. On July 3, the Flyers tendered Leo Carlsson a five-year, $90 million offer sheet whose $18 million cap hit edged past Kirill Kaprizov’s $17 million as the richest in NHL history, with roughly $85 million arriving in front-loaded, buyout-proof signing bonuses. Decline, and Anaheim would collect four first-round picks for its franchise center. Leo Carlsson remains in Anaheim Pat Verbeek never blinked. “Leo is viewed as a top p...

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

And we’re off! After an abbreviated, but still somehow too long, run through the preseason, the regular season is finally set to kick off tonight for the Flyers. It’s a big matchup on deck, a playoff rematch against the Penguins, and it’s sure to be an exciting one to get us rolling. Puck drop:  7:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: TNT 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading There’s no better way to prepare for the season opener than to look back at some of the very best performances...