Mathieur was able to do for Montreal on the final shot of the game what Philadelphia failed to achieve in eight tries. Score on the power play. Schneider scored with a man advantage at 3:21 of overtime to give the Canadiens a 4-3 victory over the Flyers on Friday. “I just tried to hang on [...]
After he had a pair of streaks snapped in his previous game, Alexander Ovechkin didn’t take long to get back on track and help the Washington Capitals rebound. Although he has a league-best 43 goals and a team-leading 77 points, the NHL’s reigning MVP has none against Philadelphia in two meetings this season. Given his [...]
Sidney Crosby got just the break the Pittsburgh Penguins needed to end their road woes. Crosby scored his second goal of the game with Flyers goalie Martin Biron nowhere near the net, helping the Penguins beat Philadelphia 5-4 Saturday for their first road win in nearly six weeks. “It was really a good break,” Crosby [...]
Mike Richards and the Philadelphia Flyers’ top line had a lot of fun at the Buffalo Sabres’ expense. Richards had two goals and three assists for a career-high five points, and Mike Knuble broke a third-period tie to help the Flyers win their third straight game, 6-3 over Buffalo on Thursday. Knuble poked the puck [...]
Mike Richards’ short-handed tally sparked a four-goal second period, and rookie Claude Giroux had a career-best three points in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 5-2 rout of the sliding New York Rangers on Sunday. With the Flyers ahead 1-0 in the opening minutes of the second period and down two men, Richards took a pass from Braydon [...]
Martin Biron had plenty of incentive against the New York Islanders. Biron stopped 38 shots and won his first game in more than a month as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Islanders 5-1 on Saturday afternoon. “I wasn’t happy with the way I was playing the last two, three weeks, maybe a month or longer,” [...]
Chris Mason was quick to credit his St. Louis teammates for his second shutout in three games. “I’m feeling pretty good and the guys are doing a great job in front of me,” Mason said after making 35 saves for his 15th career shutout in the Blues’ 4-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers don’t visit St. Louis very often, but they almost always enjoy their stay. The Flyers seek to continue their dominance of the Blues and conclude their three-game road trip with consecutive victories as the teams face off Saturday night. This is the first meeting between these clubs since Feb. 10, 2007, when [...]
Mike Richards regained his scoring touch, while Jeff Carter continued his high-scoring ways. Carter scored twice in a third period to take the NHL goal lead, and Richards had two goals and an assist in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 6-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. “I thought our team worked hard tonight, and [...]
A different approach to shootouts worked out well for Simon Gagne, Antero Niittymaki and the Philadelphia Flyers. Gagne scored the only goal in the shootout, and Niittymaki stopped all three Florida shooters in the Flyers’ 3-2 victory Friday. Niittymaki ended the shootout when he blocked Nathan Horton’s wrist shot. Niittymaki also stopped Ville Peltonen and [...]
