After a disappointing loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers bounced back in dominant fashion, controlling play against the Chicago Blackhawks en route to a convincing 5-1 victory to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Basics
First period: 0:48 – Alex Bump (Christian Dvorak), 2:33 – Sean Couturier (Luke Glendening)
Second period: 5:14 – Denver Barkey (Trevor Zegras, Owen Tippett), 11:11 – Connor Bedard (Anton Frontell, Louis Crevier), 12:41 –...
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The 2026 NCAA men’s hockey tournament got underway Thursday afternoon with Flyers prospects Porter Martone and Shane Vansaghi and the Michigan State Spartans taking on the UConn Huskies. UConn controlled much of the play and finished with a 42-22 edge in shots, but goals from 2025 first-round NHL draft picks Ryker Lee and Porter Martone, combined with a 41-save performance from Trey Augustine, were enough to lift Michigan State to a 2-1 win.
With the victory, the Spartans advance to the r...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are looking to bounce back from missing out on the big opportunity earlier this week, and need to get the two points Thursday night against the Chicago Blackhawks if they even want to be able to think of the possibility of the playoffs.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
We might not get to see Nikita Grebenkin against the Blackhawks but it’s not because Rick Tocchet has decided to scratch the young f...
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Postseasons are ramping up or close to ramping up all over the place, and the Flyers have a whole bunch of prospects getting rolling with their most meaningful games of the season, to date.
The News of the Week
We have quite a few seasons winding down around here, but there’s been no shortage of news happenings unfolding. The first item of business is that the Flyers have made another signing, getting Alex Ciernik signed to a three-year entry level deal, which kicks in next season. H...
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The majority of this article was written on March 22.
Although the club hasn’t made it official, it appears the Philadelphia Flyers have signed Riley Thompson, a 23-year-old center, to a one-year entry-level contract that begins in the 2026-27 season. (Note: we doubt the tweet below from PuckPedia includes a signing bonus of $102.5 million, but more likely $102,500.)
The #Flyers signed undrafted 23 y/o F Riley Thompson to 1 year entry level deal starting next season NHL salary 922.5K...
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*Back at it again tonight, against the Chicago Blackhawks, in a game that matters far less than the game on Tuesday did, so they’ll almost certainly win. We got a little bit of lineup news ahead of this one. [ BSH ]
*Anyway that’s how the Flyers do it, right? Come up big when it doesn’t matter and choke away wins when it does. Part of the process, one supposes. [ Inquirer ]
*Tuesday’s game didn’t eliminate them, to be sure, but they just made it that much harder on themselves. By pis...
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While the team hasn’t made an official announcement, Philadelphia Flyers winger Nikita Grebenkin is out with an injury and will likely not be in the lineup Thursday against the Chicago Blackhawks.
“Yeah he’s been dealing with things the last couple of games,” head coach Rick Tocchet said after Wednesday’s practice . “He went to see a doctor today to get some more tests done on him.”
When asked the nature of the injury, Tocchet revealed it was upper body and that it was more than like...
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He still has some time before he’s a full-time member of the Philadelphia Flyers, but for the time being, 2024 second-round draft pick Jack Berglund’s development is heading in the right direction according to his current head coach in the SHL.
Cam Abbott, who became Farjestads BK’s head coach in January after the team fired the previous coach, briefly discussed the center’s progress in the relatively short time he’s been coaching the 19-year-old native of Karlstad, Sweden. In an intervie...
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A lot has been made about the misery that the Philadelphia Flyers season has been, but it doesn’t take long to realize that it could be a lot worse. Such as, not having your next two first-round draft picks and potentially sinking your entire organization into a state of mediocrity despite having some of the best players in the world on your hockey team.
Famously, the Flyers do own the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2027 first-round draft pick after somehow convincing them that forward Scott Laught...
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For a second there, it seemed like everything was breaking their way.
When the Flyers headed into the locker room at the end of the first period, with a 1-0 lead over the Blue Jackets and a host of their competition for playoff spots in the Eastern Conference losing their games at the same time, it seemed like they had all the momentum.
Sean Couturier scored his eighth goal of the year while looking like his old self, and the Flyers largely dominated a period that could h...
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*Wasn’t a “must-win” by technical definition, but it was a game the Flyers needed to win to make a statement. The statement being, “hey, we’d really like to make the playoffs. That would be fun.” Instead they, once again, shit the bed against the Blue Jackets. Recap .
*Noah Cates had himself a penalty shot last night — didn’t score, sure, but still fun — and that was just a continuation of the very good play we’ve seen from him over the last several games. [ Inquirer ]
*Also great la...
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While not mathematically eliminated, the Philadelphia Flyers took a huge step backwards in their playoff hunt, losing to Columbus 3-2 on Tuesday night. It was particularly painful considering how many teams ahead of them (minus the Blue Jackets) lost as well, missing a chance to gain ground on all of them.
The basics
First period: 17:07- Sean Couturier (Luke Glendening, Rasmus Ristolainen) Second period: 0:44- Mathieu Olivier (Zack Werenski, Damon Severson) 2:28- Zack Werenski (Damon...
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At long last, the Flyers are back from their roadtrip and looking to begin to make some progress in climbing up the standings towards a playoff spot. A successful trip out West had certainly given them a meaningful boost in momentum, but this next matchup against a tough divisional opponent in the Blue Jackets will be a real test for them, as they look to keep that momentum going.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: ESPN+/Hulu 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
The ...
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If this year’s Flyers team has shown us anything, it’s low-event hockey. The team under the stead of Rick Tocchet has prioritized the prevention of shots against above everything else, and the numbers reflect that reality.
The Flyers have allowed the fourth least shots in the league to this point, less than contenders like the Avalanche, the Stars, and the Lightning. They play a very tight, perimeter game that makes it hard for most teams to truly set up and find open shooting lanes...
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A whole lot has been made of the Philadelphia Flyers’ goaltending situation over the last few seasons. And while the team have been trying to develop a young Sam Ersson into someone capable of handling an NHL crease in any way possible, the evidence is truly growing to the conclusion that he’s not up to snuff. Potentially ruining the Flyers’ entire season might play a big part in it.
The Flyers gave Ersson, what feels like now, a final chance this summer. They signed the older and more ex...
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*The Flyers play the Blue Jackets for the second time in as many weeks tonight, a team with whom they are in direct competition for a playoff spot. Ten days ago, they absolutely blew it. Tonight, they gotta get out there and prove they’re a team that wants to play past April. Time to nut up or shut up, boys. [ BSH ]
*Anyhoo, got a bit of news yesterday as the Flyers signed another one of their prospects to his ELC. [ BSH ]
*You may have noticed, over the weekend, that Owen T...
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During Saturday’s game against the host San Jose Sharks, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet was trying to find an answer to a simple question. The Flyers, who all season have been behind the eight ball when it came to center depth, were really in a bind. Sean Couturier was out of the lineup, and Noah Cates was in the penalty box. That left centers Christian Dvorak (who logged a ridiculous 25:32 by game’s end) and Trevor Zegras as options. The only problem Zegras had just come off the ice. He had n...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are doing some business as we head into the final weeks of the regular season. Their latest transaction is signing a winger prospect that has not had a good development path, to his entry-level contract.
Announced by the team on Monday afternoon, the Flyers have signed winger Alex Ciernik to a three-year entry-level contract. This is an interesting grab for a whole lot of reasons.
OFFICIAL: We have signed forward Alex Ciernik to a three-year entry-level contra...
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While the Flyers try to cling to their playoff lives, Michigan State and Porter Martone are licking their wounds. The heavily favored Spartans were upset in the semi-finals of the Big Ten Championship by a 13-20-2 Ohio State team, losing in overtime and ending their bid for a conference championship.
With 24 goals and 47 points, Martone leads his team in both categories, while also providing a leadership factor and physical play that can’t be measured. How long he’ll be tied up with ...
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As the stretch run dwindles down and the playoffs approach, the Philadelphia Flyers somehow find themselves in the thick of things once again. Five points back of the final wild card spot with two games in-hand, and five points back of the Blue Jackets for the last Metropolitan division spot, and one game in-hand on them. With a crucial game at home against Columbus upcoming, that could really swing the odds in the Flyers favor if they are able to win it.
But over the past decade, the Fl...
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*Your Philadelphia Flyers took a road trip to California and absolutely killed it? Against all odds? They wrapped things up on Saturday by taking it to the San Jose Sharks for a full 60; RECAP !
*Particularly good game for Travis Konecny, as evidenced by the fact that Sharks players were whining about him after the game had ended. [ BSH ]
*Going back to that win in L.A. over the Kings, Matvei Michkov absolutely rocked in that game. You love to see it. [ BSH ]
*But yeah this was ...
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Philadelphia Flyers winger Travis Konecny rubs a whole lot of people the wrong way, and now it has led to some name-calling by a San Jose Sharks defenseman.
During the 4-1 win in San Jose, Konecny was just playing his game. While being one of the more offensively charged forwards in the Flyers lineup, he was also jawing at opponents, getting involved in the post-whistle scrums, and just being a general nuisance. All 5-foot-10 of him was, and has always been, committed to creating a whole ...
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The Philadelphia Flyers play overtime hockey in what feels like every other game. After back-to-back shootouts in Anaheim and Los Angeles, Philadelphia has played 25 overtime games in 68 contests, with four in a row and three of them being shootouts. It’s not the sign of a bad team– the Minnesota Wild have the most in the NHL with 26– but it does make playing catch-up a lot more difficult, especially when giving other conference opponents the extra point. They’ve found themselves near the bott...
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The Flyers pulled out yet another gutsy effort. With eleven forwards, Philadelphia played a tight game before scoring two empty net goals to defeat San Jose 4-1 on Saturday afternoon. Matvei Michkov got his 100th career point, Travis Konecny got his 60th of the season, and the Flyers stayed in the hunt with a perfect West Coast road trip.
The basics
First period: No scoring Second period: 2:26 – Owen Tippett (Trevor Zegras, Noah Juulsen), 13:12 – Dmitry Orlov (William Eklund, Macklin...
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Thankfully, this one is not going to force us to stay up way too late. The Flyers are playing their final game of their California road trip and after taking down both the Kings and Ducks earlier this week (needing more than three periods to do so in each game), they’re up in The Bay and about to face Macklin Celebrini and his San Jose Sharks.
Can the Flyers now make it three wins in three games for their California road trip?
Puck drop: 10:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: ...
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