Chris Mason had his game of the year tonight as he stoned the conference leading Flyers for 43 saves in the Thrashers’ 1-0 win. With his only help coming from an Evander Kane bank shot off of Nik Antropov’s skate halfway through the third period, Mason made 19 saves in the third period to shut the Flyers out for the first time since their embarrassing 7-0 loss against the Rangers. The Thrashers’ third win on the year against the Flyers was their first win in regulation and drops the Flyers’ record to 46-21-10. Evidently charged from Tuesday night’s win in …
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Game 77: Atlanta Thrashers @ Philadelphia Flyers, 7:00 pm, CSN. Thrashers’ Records Overall Record: 32-32-12 Away Record: 15-17-5 Record vs. Flyers: 2-1-0 Away Record vs. Flyers: 1-0-0 Flyers’ Records Overall Record: 46-20-10 Home Record: 21-11-6 Record vs. Thrashers: 1-0-2 Home Record vs. Thrashers: 0-0-1 The Numbers Flyers’ Winning % vs. Thrashers: .333, 1/3 games (20th) Flyers’ Point % vs. Thrashers: .667, 4/6 pts (17th) Flyers’ Losing % vs. Thrashers: .667, 2/3 games (10th) Flyers’ Goals/Game vs. Thrashers: 4.00, 12 goals/3 games (3rd) Thrashers’ Goals/Game vs. Flyers: 3.33, 10 goals/3 games (5th) Flyers’ Shots/Game vs. Thrashers: 28, 84 shots/3 games (24th) …
Atlantic Watch: 3/23-3/29
How fitting is it that Scott Hartnell scored the goal last night against the Penguins (in Pittsburgh) that may have saved the division title for the Flyers? Just when it looked as though the Flyers were gearing up to sleepwalk through another game in their free fall from the top, the most despised player in Pittsburgh scores a game shifting goal to start a string of four unanswered goals putting Philly in a more spacious lead at the top of the Atlantic. Hartnell didn’t score the game-winner, but his goal did seem to wake the team up as Claude Giroux scored the eventual game-winner only forty-seven seconds …
Four Straight Goals Give Philly 5-2 Win In Pitt
Playing their best game since last Tuesday’s shootout loss to Washington, the Flyers scored four straight goals to top the Pens 5-2 in Pittsburgh tonight. Ville Leino led the attack with three points scoring two goals in the third period and assisting on another earlier tally. Scott Hartnell had a goal and an assist as Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves to give Philly their fourth win of the season against Pittsburgh. After exchanging powerplay opportunities earlier in the period, Alexei Kovalev opened the scoring on a 2-on-1 opportunity. Taking the puck in from the blue line, Kovalev acted as if he …
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Game 76: Philadelphia Flyers @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 7:00 pm, CSN. Flyers’ Records Overall Record: 45-20-10 Away Record: 24-9-4 Record vs. Penguins: 3-1-1 Away Record vs. Penguins: 2-0-0 Penguins’ Records Overall Record: 45-23-8 Home Record: 24-13-2 Record vs. Flyers: 2-3-0 Home Record vs. Flyers: 0-2-0 The Numbers Flyers’ Winning % vs. Penguins: .600, 3/5 games (17th) Flyers’ Point % vs. Penguins: .700, 7/10 pts (16th) Flyers’ Losing % vs. Penguins: .400, 2/5 games (14th) Flyers’ Goals/Game vs. Penguins: 2.20, 11 goals/5 games (22nd) Penguins’ Goals/Game vs. Flyers: 2.40, 12 goals/5 games (14th) Flyers’ Shots/Game vs. Penguins: 27.6, 138 shots/ 5 games …
Bruins Top Flyers 2-1 With A Goal Late
Another lackadaisical and passionless effort from the Flyers resulted in another loss for Philly tonight as the Bruins edged out a 2-1 win. Brad Marchand’s power-play goal with three minutes and forty-three seconds left in regulation gave Boston their only lead of the night. Tim Thomas helped to shut down the Flyers tonight by saving twenty-seven of twenty-eight shots. The loss is the Flyers’ third in four games and drops Philly to 45-20-10 on the season. The opening minutes saw a lot of action in the Flyers’ defensive zone. However, Kris Versteeg helped the Flyers get on the scoreboard first. …
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Game 75: Boston Bruins @ Philadelphia Flyers, 7:00 pm, CSN Bruins’ Records Overall Record: 41-23-10 Away Record: 23-10-5 Record vs. Flyers: 2-0-1 Away Record vs. Flyers: 1-0-0 Flyers’ Records Overall Record: 45-19-10 Home Record: 21-10-6 Record vs. Bruins: 1-2-0 Home Record vs. Bruins: 0-1-0 The Numbers Flyers’ Winning % vs. Bruins: .333, 1/3 games (21st) Flyers’ Points % vs. Bruins: .333, 2/6 pts (25th) Flyers’ Losing % vs. Bruins: .667, 2/3 games (10th) Flyers’ Goals/Game vs. Bruins: 2.33, 7 goals/3 games (22nd) Bruins’ Goals/Game vs. Flyers: 3.67, 11 goals/3 games (5th) Flyers’ Shots/Game vs. Bruins: 36.33, 109 shots/3 games (7th) …
JVR’s Hat-Trick Leads Flyers To 100 Points
James van Riemsdyk helped the Flyers end a two-game skid tonight by recording his first career hat-trick as Philly rolled to a 4-1 win over the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. In addition to JVR’s three-goal night, both Jeff Carter and Claude Giroux had two points on Saturday. Scoring the opening goal, Carter assisted on JVR’s hat-trick tally in the third while Giroux posted two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky notched his second straight one-goal game, saving 36 of 37 on the night. The win pushed the Flyers over the 100-point mark on the season as their record sits at 45-19-10. The Orange and Black head home Sunday to face Northeast-leading Boston …
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Game 74: Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Islanders, 7:00 pm, CSN Flyers’ Records Overall Record: 44-19-10 Away Record: 23-9-4 Record vs. Islanders: 4-0-0 Away Record vs. Islanders: 2-0-0 Islanders’ Records Overall Record: 29-34-12 Home Record: 16-16-5 Record vs. Flyers: 0-3-1 Home Record vs. Flyers: 0-2-0 The Numbers Flyers’ Winning % vs. Islanders: 1.00, 4/4 games (1st) Flyers’ Point % vs. Islanders: 1.00, 8/8 pts (1st) Flyers’ Losing % vs. Islanders: .000, 0/4 games (29th) Flyers’ Goals/Game vs. Islanders: 3.75, 15 goals/4 games (10th) Islanders’ Goals/Game vs. Flyers: 1.75, 7 goals/4 games (25th) Flyers’ Shots/Game vs. Islanders: 31.25, 125 shots/4 games …
Pitt Hands Flyers Second Straight Shootout Loss 2-1
It took four rounds in a shootout for the Penguins to beat the Flyers 2-1. Chris Kunitz handed the Flyers’ their second loss on the season to Pittsburgh and their second straight loss in a shootout. The Flyers extended their point streak to eight games with tonight’s shootout loss going 4-0-4 since March 6th. The loss drops Philly to 44-19-10 on the season. The game started with several minutes of chances for both teams resulting in the Flyers receiving the first powerplay of the game. Deryk Engelland was sent to the sin bin for interference just over eight minutes into the game. Despite several scoring chances, the …