The Flyers showed flashes of the old Broad Street Bullies spirit that revved up the crowd, jolted the offense and got them back in their playoff series against Pittsburgh. Jeff Carter and Mike Richards scored their first goals of the series early for a sorely needed fast start. Claude Giroux and Simon Gagne put the [...]
The Boston Bruins are gradually returning to their midseason form. Tim Thomas made 45 saves for his career-high 32nd win, Milan Lucic scored two goals and the Bruins held off the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Sunday night for their third straight victory. Dennis Wideman and Mark Recchi also scored, David Krejci added three assists, and [...]
Without their leading goal scorer, the Boston Bruins picked up another key win in their drive for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. In the arguably one of the toughest matchups remaining, the Bruins will look to maintain their newly regained consistency and try for a fourth straight road win over the Philadelphia Flyers [...]
The playoff-bound Philadelphia Flyers manage to find ways to win, even when they’re outplayed for long stretches of time. Danny Briere and Mike Richards scored shootout goals to lead the Flyers to their fourth win in five games, 4-3 over the New York Islanders on Saturday. “We had to battle back and find ways to [...]
Last season, Martin Biron helped the Philadelphia Flyers make a run to the Eastern Conference finals. In their attempt to return to the playoffs, the Flyers will rely on Biron again. Expected to make his 11th start in 12 games, the Philadelphia goaltender will try to win his 11th straight over the host New York [...]
Going into the weekend, the New York Rangers appeared to be gaining momentum in the Eastern Conference playoff race under new coach John Tortorella. In a span of just over 24 hours, the Philadelphia Flyers can take it all away. The Flyers will look improve their own positioning and complete a home-and-home sweep of their [...]
Arron Asham scored two goals, Martin Biron made 39 saves and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the New York Rangers on Saturday. Mike Richards and Scott Hartnell also had goals for the Flyers, who improved their hold on the No. 4 spot in the Eastern Conference with their third win in four games. Nik Antropov and [...]
Alexander Ovechkin stood alone on the ice in front of the Philadelphia net waiting for the puck. Great positioning for the reigning MVP, big mistake for Philadelphia. A quick Flyers turnover behind the net led to one more goal for Ovechkin and another road win for the Capitals. He scored his NHL-leading 48th goal, added [...]
Though they have been better off lately playing on the road, the Washington Capitals now visit the city where their most lopsided loss of the season took place. The Capitals seek their longest road winning streak in eight years Thursday night when they face the Philadelphia Flyers in a game pitting two of the league’s [...]
All Jeff Carter had to do to snap out of a scoring funk was shoot the puck. Carter scored two goals in the third period, Scott Hartnell also had a pair and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Tuesday. Martin Biron made 27 saves and Mike Richards added a power-play goal for [...]
