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What’s working and what isn’t for the Flyers so far
The Philadelphia Flyers have played (at least technically to some diehard skeptics) nine periods of hockey so far, and two overtime sessions. In those three games, they are 0-1-2, which, heading into Sunday’s slate of games around the league, good enough for a nine-way tie in the Eastern Conference. Most of the other teams with two points have played only two games, while some have only played once. And they probably didn’t truly deserve those two points they earned over the three games. They ...
Oilers could be the perfect trade partner for the Flyers right now
While this early in the NHL season isn’t known for many trades, this past summer and the Toronto Maple Leafs’ blockbuster acquisition of Kirill Marchenko has thrown that notion completely out. Anything can really happen and we wouldn’t be shocked and the Philadelphia Flyers could get in on the action more than just their minor-league swap of forwards. It was noted last week that the Flyers are reportedly looking for defensive help , keeping an eye out for any defender that could help soli...
Takeaways: Third time is not the charm as Flyers lose to Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime
The Flyers are still looking for their first win of the season after losing 3-2 in overtime to Carolina Saturday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The Canes outshot the Flyers badly, while Philadelphia remains without a power play goal in eight chances this season. The basics First period: 0:10 – Sebastian Aho (William Carrier, Andrei Svechnikov), 8:03 – Owen Tippett (Trevor Zegras) Second period: 7:20 – Matvei Michkov (Travis Konecny, Christian Dvorak) Third period: 4:59 – Sebastian Ah...
Flyers vs. Hurricanes: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
With the first little road trip of the season out of the way, the Flyers are returning home again tonight for perhaps their biggest matchup of this young season. The Flyers are set to face off against their rival Hurricanes, for the first time since Carolina swept them out of the second round of the playoffs last spring, and they’re looking to really get things back on track after a pretty uninspiring — if not downright disastrous — first two games of the season. This isn’t going to be an easy...
Roundtable: The biggest concern about the Flyers’ terrible start
The Philadelphia Flyers have had a miserable start to their season. A 7-0 loss in their season opener against the hated Penguins at home, followed by a 3-2 overtime loss to the Devils where the only reason they weren’t blown out once again was Joseph Woll in between the pipes. Now, they’re heading back to Philadelphia to face the reigning Stanley Cup champions, the Carolina Hurricanes. But before what should be an interesting game, we have to just take note of what our biggest concern is ...
Flyers overhaul lineup after disastrous start to the season
There is no sugar-coating the start to the Philadelphia Flyers season. It has been dreadful. Two games in which they acted more like a practice squad for the other team’s stars to practice their offense rather than try and prevent scoring chances, and there is not much hope of things changing anytime soon. Since, you know, they’re facing the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. Ahead of the game though, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet is looking for answers. At morni...
4 Flyers who could reach major career milestones this season
The season is two games in, and already has had more than enough drama. First there was Denver Barkey leaving the opening exhibition game against Washington, only to return to practice in a non-contact yellow jersey a few days later. He’s on injured reserve but might be closer to returning than anticipated. Then goaltender Dan Vladar left an exhibition game against Boston with just over six minutes to go in the first period with what looked like a shoulder issue. Initial indications suggested ...
Rick Tocchet has ‘no idea’ why the Flyers are off to a sloppy start
The Philadelphia Flyers managed to get a point in the second half of a back-to-back on Thursday night in New Jersey. They were lucky to have Joseph Woll in net, as the goalie helped the Flyers steal a point on the road. It was a better effort on Thursday than the night before, but the bar was on the floor after a historic beatdown in their home opener against the Penguins. After getting outshot 38-19 by the Penguins, the Flyers were once again primarily playing in their own zone against t...
Could Denver Barkey be the missing piece to the Flyers’ puzzling start?
The Flyers have played six periods (and one overtime session) over two games. They would probably like to forget the first three periods they played against Pittsburgh (as would anyone else remotely associated or interested in the club). The game Thursday night against New Jersey had a slightly different outcome . They earned a point thanks to a solid Philadelphia debut by Joseph Woll, who swallowed up shots like crazy, controlled rebounds perfectly, and kept the Flyers from coming away empty-...
Flyers feel ‘lucky’ to have Joseph Woll after he saved them from a nightmare
It feels weird to say after the Philadelphia Flyers just played back-to-back games to start the season where they looked like they had their feet lodged in cinderblocks and thrown into the Delaware, scrambling to try and swim to the surface as they keep on sinking towards the bottom, their lungs filling with water — but it could have been just so much worse. After suffering the incredibly embarrassing result of losing 7-0 in your season opener to your archrival, the Flyers were looking to...
Friday Morning Fly By: Another heartbreaker
*In case you missed it, the Flyers opened up their regular season on Wednesday night with a loss to the Penguins which all of us and the coaching staff alike can agree was downright embarrassing. [ BSH ] *It was embarrassing! What more can you say! [ The Athletic ] *We have a lot of questions about how exactly that could have gone so sideways for the Flyers, but the Flyers themselves are still sort of looking around for answers. [ PHLY ] *If nothing else, this was a good reminde...
Takeaways: Flyers close out back-to-back with 3-2 overtime loss to Devils
The Flyers closed out their season opening back-to-back on the road against the Devils, and while they were hoping to find a productive response to a gutting loss to the Penguins to open the season, the Flyers couldn’t push their game enough to claw their way to a win. Kept in it well enough to hang around for overtime by some pretty spectacular goaltending from Joseph Woll, things broke again in the wrong way for the Flyers on the way to another disappointing loss. The Basics First ...
Flyers swap forward prospects in trade with the Kraken
To all of the fans yelling at the Flyers to do something at Wednesday night’s game, Danny Briere heard you. Well, maybe. The Philadelphia Flyers announced a swap of two AHL forwards on Thursday afternoon, sending Devin Kaplan to the Seattle Kraken for David Goyette. TRADE ALERT: We have acquired forward David Goyette from Seattle in exchange for forward Devin Kaplan. — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) October 1, 2026 The Flyers drafted Kaplan in the third round (69th o...
Flyers @ Devils: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
The Philadelphia Flyers are playing hockey again (threatening). Just 24 hours after getting embarrassed so badly that you almost have to laugh about it, they are traveling up to New Jersey to face the Devils in a season-opening back-to-back. It is the perfect chance to wipe away that disgusting result against the Penguins and start to maybe get some hope instilled in us again. If they look good tonight, we’ll be willing to never think about 7-0 again. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to wat...
The Flyers proved their biggest fear was justified on opening night
Complacency (noun): a calm sense of well-being and security: the quality or state of being satisfied. That was one of the buzzwords used time and time again by the Philadelphia Flyers in the offseason and training camp. From the top down, general manager Danny Briere and head coach Rick Tocchet were worried about the players showing some complacency after last season — or rather weren’t worried, given how hungry this team is. But if there was one word to describe the team’s effort in...
The Flyers just got a brutal reminder that last season means nothing now
The Philadelphia Flyers started off with a bang last night. Sadly, the only fireworks were during the player introductions before the opening faceoff. After looking marginally okay in the opening shifts, and a heavy hit from Rasmus Ristolainen on Sidney Crosby got the crowd into the proceedings, things started to break down a bit. Then a lot. By the end of the evening, the Penguins destroyed the Flyers in every conceivable eye test and analytic . Flyers captain Sean Couturier said the club nee...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Oddsmakers expect breakout seasons from the Flyers’ young stars
The Philadelphia Flyers’ 2026-27 season gets underway on Wednesday night, and the spotlight is going to be on Matvei Michkov and Porter Martone. Michkov is looking to bounce back from an admittedly down sophomore years, while Martone is hoping to pick up where he left off after joining the Flyers late last season. Is a bounce-back season in the cards for Matvei Michkov? Matvei Michkov is entering his third full season with the Flyers. He came over a few years earlier than expect...
The 3 best season openers in Flyers history
The Flyers are about to embark on another season, this one 84 games long but sure to be as interesting as last year was. Over their franchise history, Philadelphia has lost some opening games, won some opening games, and tied a few (yes, in ancient folklore, games ended in ties, with no three-point games in existence). The team didn’t win their first season-opener until October 10, 1970, a 2-1 win over Minnesota (the North Stars, not the Wild). Bobby Clarke scored the game-winner late in the o...
Player Preview: Matvei Michkov can have the bounceback season we’re dreaming of
As we wrap up our season preview series, it’s time to talk about the most polarizing, most talented, and most important player on the Flyers roster, Matvei Michkov. The 21-year old Russian enters his third full NHL season with something to prove after taking a bit of a step back in year two after his emergent rookie campaign put his name on the lips of every NHL commentator, both around Philadelphia, and the league at large. What did we see from Michkov Michkov last season? Mi...
Is Christian Dvorak good enough to help the Flyers succeed?
The Philadelphia Flyers veteran center had a career year last year, but there was some of the good, bad, and ugly to his game. Is he really good enough to be a pivotal piece on a team wanting to make the playoffs?
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