A Week to Regroup

The Philadelphia Flyers wake up this morning with the fewest points in the NHL. They are off to the worst start (1-7-0) and have the fewest goals (11) through eight games in the history of the franchise. They’ve been outscored 12-2 in third periods, which is the time of game where the best teams typically shine and the worst clubs fade.

That says it all, or does it?

If

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FLYERS COME UP SMALL IN MEASURING STICK GAME

The Philadelphia Flyers (1-7-0) enter a week-long schedule break dragging a four-game losing streak along with them. The Flyers have the fewest points in the NHL. On Thursday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins (6-1-0) dispatched Philadelphia by a 4-1 count at the Wells Fargo Center.

If not for the stellar play of goaltender Steve Mason, the Flyers eas

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GAME PREVIEW (10:00 AM EDT)

There is a sense of urgency any time the Philadelphia Flyers (1-6-0) play the archrival Pittsburgh Penguins (5-1-0). With the Flyers already eight points behind the Pens in the Metropolitan Division standings and coming off three straight regulation losses in winnable games, the urgency for a Flyers’ victory is that much greater.

Game time at the Wells Fargo Cent

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SILVER LININGS GET OLD

The Flyers have spent their last three games playing just well enough to lose. That was the case again on Tuesday night, as Philly was unable to hang on to a 2-1 lead in the third period and ended up with a 3-2 regulation loss to the Vancouver Canucks.

The Flyers did a lot of good things for two-plus periods and were especially solid in the opening 20 minutes. They st

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GAME PREVIEW: FLYERS VS. CANUCKS (7:45 AM, EDT)

Seeking just their second win of the 2013-14 season, the Philadelphia Flyers (1-5-0) host John Tortorella’s Vancouver Canucks (3-3-0). Game time at the Wells Fargo Center is 7 p.m. eastern. The game will be televised locally on CSN Philly.

This is the first of two meetings between the interconference teams this season. They will rematch in Van

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Monday Quick Hits

* The Flyers took a complete day off yesterday, following their back-to-back games on Friday (2-1 home loss to Phoenix) and Saturday (5-2 road loss to Detroit). They return to practice today at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Practice is slated to start at 10:30 a.m. and the session, as always, is free and open to the public.

I will have a post-practice update to today’s blog.

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PENALTY BOX PARADE PROVES COSTLY: RED WINGS 5 – FLYERS 2

When things are going well for a hockey team, it finds different ways to win. One night, it might be the goaltending that carries the day. Another night, it might be a couple of role players who provide the offense in a game where the top line is held quiet.

All along, however, a winning team has to have a central identity. Is it a te

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GAME PREVIEW: FLYERS @ RED WINGS (12:45 AM, EDT)

Playing the back end of games on consecutive nights, the Philadelphia Flyers (1-4-0) head to the Motor City to take on the Detroit Red Wings (2-2-0). Game time is 7 p.m. eastern. The game will be televised locally on CSN Philly.

With Detroit moving from the Western to Eastern Conference this season, Saturday’s game marks the first of three me

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GAME PREVIEW (7:45 AM, EDT)

Coming off a 2-1 win in Craig Berube’s NHL head coaching debut, the Philadelphia Flyers (1-3-0) return to action at the Wells Fargo Center tonight taking on Dave Tippett’s Phoenix Coyotes (2-2-0). Game time is at 7 p.m. eastern. The game will be televised locally on CSN Philly.

This is the first of two meetings between the teams this season. The next will take pl

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Thursday Quick Hits

* Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking by phone and communicating by email respectively with a pair of longtime NHL referees, Paul Stewart and Kerry Fraser. I asked both about the situation in Tuesday’s game in which referees Kelly Sutherland and Darcy Burchell gave Craig Berube the choice between a four-minute five-on-four penalty and a two minute five-on-three.

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