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* The Flyers’ decision not to play Braydon Coburn in Saturday night’s game at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday was apparently just precautionary in nature and not a setback. Coburn told head coach Craig Berube that he did not feel quite ready to play based on Friday’s practice. The player, who was wearing a walking boot on his left foot while in the pre

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FLYERS PULL TWO POINTS OUT OF THE COMEBACK WELL, BEAT DALLAS 6-5 IN OT

No team wants to rely too frequently on playing comeback hockey. The Philadelphia Flyers, however, are not afraid to do it. Quite frankly, they get a little too much practice at it but they also happen to be good at it.

In three of five games this season, the Flyers have pulled off multi-goal comebacks. Four times, they

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FLYERS @ STARS: GAME PREVIEW

Still looking for their first win of the 2014-15 regular season, the Philadelphia Flyers (0-2-2) begin a three-game road trip with a visit to Big D to play Lindy Ruff’s Dallas Stars (2-1-1). Game time at the American Airlines Center is 8:00 p.m. EDT. The game will be televised on CSN Philadelphia in the Delaware Valley and Fox Sports Southwest in Texas.

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THREE SIGNS OF HOPE, THREE AREAS OF CONCERN

Whenever a team is winless in four games, it is easy to dwell on what has gone wrong and the areas of weakness on the roster. For the Philadelphia Flyers, who will look to improve their 0-2-2 mark tomorrow night when they embark on a three-game road trip with a game against the speedy Dallas Stars, there have actually been some encouraging signs to go

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AFTER COMEBACK POINT, FLYERS FALL AGAIN IN SHOOTOUT

In three of their four games played to date, the Philadelphia Flyers have fallen behind and then pulled even with their opponents. In two games, they’ve recovered from multi-goal deficits. In the other game, the team took a 3-0 lead into the third period.

All the Flyers have to show for it, however, is a pair of regulation losses and two 6

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FLYERS-CANADIENS WRAPUP: FLYERS SUFFER EPIC COLLAPSE IN 3RD

The Philadelphia Flyers got their first point of the 2014-15 season but it was hardly something in which the club could take any satisfaction. After building a 3-0 lead on the Montreal Canadiens through two dominant periods, the Flyers utterly collapsed in the final period of the game and went on to lose in a shootout, 4-3.

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