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 …
Callahan Scores Four, Losing Streak Reaches Four
In what was hands down their worst effort all year long, the Flyers were absolutely dominated by the New York Rangers in Madison Square Garden by a 7-0 count, to extend their losing streak to a season-high four games. A career-high four-goal game from Ryan Callahan, including the game-winning goal inside the first minute of play, helped in the embarrassment of the Eastern Conference leaders on a gloomy Sunday. Mats Zuccarello added on two while Artem Anisimov had a goal as well, while Henrik Lundqvist recorded a twenty-four save shutout. Unlike Saturday’s matinee setback, the Flyers got off to a …
Discussing the slump
Last night, ProHockeyTalk published three reasons why the Flyers are struggling. Quickly summed up, they believe the Flyers aren’t desperate enough, the scoring has dried up, and the team can’t seem to close out games in the third period. PHT also points out that the goaltending is not to blame here. For the most part, I agree with the article but I also think it goes a bit deeper than that. The Flyers are in self-preservation mode. The memory of all the fatigue and injuries suffered towards the end of the ’10 season and throughout the playoffs is once again fresh …
Flyers Lose On Boyce’s Late Goal
Facing a team hungry for a playoff spot, the Flyers lacked urgency late in the third period leading to their 3-2 defeat against the Toronto Maple Leafs this evening. In a play resulting from hard work in the corner, Darryl Boyce scored the game-winning goal for Toronto with under five minutes to play in regulation. Kris Versteeg netted a pair of goals in a losing effort for the Flyers, while Mike Richards assisted on both tallies. The loss drops Philly to 40-17-6. The Flyers were able to strike first after dominating the early play. Chris Pronger — who returned from …