FLYERS-DEVILS GAME PREVIEW (6:30 A.M. EST)

Wrapping up a six-game road trip with a stop near home, the Philadelphia Flyers (21-17-4) are in Newark to take on the New Jersey Devils (17-18-8). Game time is 7:30 p.m. EST. The match will be televised locally on The Comcast Network, nationally in the U.S. on NBC Sports Network and nationally in Canada on TSN2 in English and RDS2 in French.

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FLYERS WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP WRAPUP

The 2013-14 World Junior Championships wrapped up yesterday in Malmö, Sweden. Congratulations go out to the scrappy underdog Finnish team that got hot at just the right time to capture a surprise gold medal.

The host Swedes settled for silver after a hard-fought 3-2 loss in the gold medal game. Team Canada, which never quite clicked in the tournament

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Over the course of the first six to eight weeks of the 2013-14 regular season, the Philadelphia Flyers were in deep trouble any time they trailed in a game. The team wasn’t scoring goals, so any deficit seemed like an insurmountable climb.

Even when leading, the Flyers too often folded as soon as they got hit with some adversity, especially in third periods. Attention to detail went out the win

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FLYERS-COYOTES ABBREVIATED GAME PREVIEW (7:00 A.M. EST — Lines posted later)

In the fifth game of their six-game road trip, the Philadelphia Flyers (20-17-4) are in Arizona to take on the Phoenix Coyotes (20-11-9). Game time is 8:00 p.m. EST. The match will be televised locally on CSN Philly.

This is the second and final meeting of the season between the teams. On Oct. 11, in the second gam

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The Philadelphia Flyers saw their four-game winning streak come to an end on Thursday night, falling 2-1 to the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. Winning goaltender Semyon Varlamov turned back 29 of 30 shots, while Steve Mason stopped 29 of 31.

Jamie McGinn and Ryan O’Reilly tallied for Colorado. Wayne Simmonds notched the lone Philadelphia goal. The Avalanche had the better of the play i

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FLYERS-AVALANCE GAME PREVIEW (9:45 A.M. EST)

Hitting the statistical midpoint of the regular season in their first game of the 2014 calendar year and fourth road match in six nights, the Philadelphia Flyers (20-16-4) are in Denver to take on Patrick Roy’s Colorado Avalanche (24-11-4). Game time is 9:00 p.m. EST. The match will be televised locally on CSN Philly.

This is the first of two meet

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FLYERS ENTER 2014 IN STYLE

After stumbling out of the gates with a 1-7-0 record in the first eight games of the 2013-14 season, the Flyers have gone 19-10-4. They are 7-1-1 over their last nine games, including a 4-1 victory in Calgary last night on New Year’s Eve.

One night after getting outplayed but stealing a shootout win in Vancouver courtesy of spectacular performances by goaltender St

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FLYERS-FLAMES GAME PREVIEW (9:45 A.M. EST)

In their final game of the 2013 calendar year and their third game in four nights, the Philadelphia Flyers (19-16-4) are in Alberta to take on the Calgary Flames (14-19-6). Game time is 10:00 p.m. EST. The match will be televised locally on CSN Philly.

This is the first of two meetings between the teams this season, and the lone game in Calgary. The

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FLYERS-CANUCKS GAME PREVIEW (5:15 A.M. EST)

In the second match of a six-game road trip, the Philadelphia Flyers (18-16-4) are in British Columbia to take on the Vancouver Canucks (23-11-6). Game time is 10:00 p.m. EST. The match will be televised locally on CSN Philly.

This is the second of two meetings between the inter-conference teams this season, and the lone game in Vancouver.

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FLYERS PULL OFF THIRD MULTI-GOAL COMEBACK WIN OF DECEMBER

The Philadelphia Flyers have had a staccato month of December, but have posted a 5-1-1 record over their last seven games and a 6-4-2 record overall during the month. The team’s newfound resiliency has been a major factor in its surge to two wins above the .500 mark after starting the season with a 4-10-1 record through the first 15 game

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