Alex Bump’s Game 4 featured one missed stride, one clutch goal and a summer’s worth of motivation for himself and his fellow young teammates.
Coots’ redemption: Flyers captain silences doubters, wins back Philly
Sean Couturier’s season ended in heartbreak, but his playoff resurgence reminded everyone why he still wears the “C.”
Post-traumatic: Flyers clang chances, pay price in Game 3 against Carolina
Grade-A looks turned into iron-clanking frustration as the Flyers let a winnable game slip away early.
Don’t let it get ugly: Flyers risk ruining feel-good run with frustration boil over
A season that won over Philly could sour fast if the Flyers let emotion override discipline.
Power failure: Flyers’ fatal flaw shortening out their season
The Flyers’ long-broken power play didn’t just show up—it showed out at the worst possible time.
Flyers battle early, but Hurricanes dominate late to take 3-0 series lead
Two posts, a great save by goalie Frederik Anderson and another by defenseman Jaccob Slavin, and a rebound goal off the boards is how the frustrating first 20 minutes went for the Flyers.
Cates-astrophe: Flyers lose ‘Mr. Consistency’ at worst possible time
Just when the Flyers needed stability most, their most reliable center is sidelined.
Coots on fire, TK misfires: A postseason tale of two veteran Flyers
Sean Couturier delivered like a captain, but Travis Konecny’s miss loomed largest in a crushing overtime loss to the Hurricanes
Missed it by that much: Flyers let Game 2 slip away in OT gut-punch
A game they controlled, chances they owned and still, the Flyers walked away empty in a emotionally draining overtime loss.
Flyers can’t capitalize on early lead, drop overtime heartbreaker to Hurricanes
The Flyers coughed up an early 2-0 lead and eventually let the game slip through their fingers in overtime.
Silent night: Flyers’ regular season scoring leaders MIA when it matters most
When a rookie is your best player, it says more about who isn’t showing up than who is.
Broken record: Flyers’ power play keeps skipping at worst possible time
Four chances, zero goals and barely a pulse, the Flyers’ power play flatlined when they needed it most.
Muck luck runs dry: Flyers can’t drag Canes into the gutter in Game 1
What worked in the mud against Pittsburgh got washed away by Carolina’s cool, calculated game.
Caught in the eye of the swarm: Flyers blanked in series opener by Hurricanes
The Hurricanes wasted no time dragging the Flyers out of their Penguins comfort zone and into a storm they couldn’t weather.
Deslauriers’ déjà blue: Ex-Flyer caught between Cup chase and home heartstrings
Nick Deslauriers faces the Flyers with a trip to the Eastern Conference Final on the line while still tethered to the life he built in Philly.
Tippett toe-ing the line: Flyers winger a scratch threat as Canes series blows in
A marathon morning skate has Owen Tippett looking less like a Game 1 go and more like a last-minute gamble for the Flyers.
Float like a butterfly… goalie? Vladar’s 42-stop masterpiece lifts Flyers past Penguins
Dan Vladar absorbed everything the Penguins threw at him, and when the Flyers finally counterpunched, it was enough to end the fight.
Built different: Flyers’ old-school growth model breeds new hope as playoff run continues
They may not dominate, but the Flyers’ bend-don’t-break mentality and unshakable belief have turned them into the NHL’s most dangerous underdog.
Holy OT hero: York plays Robin to Vladar’s Batman in Flyers’ knockout win over Penguins
Dan Vladar was the hero all night, but it took an unlikely sidekick in Cam York to deliver the overtime knockout that finally buried the Penguins.
Flyers win series over Penguins on Cam York OT goal
When the third period ended deadlocked at 0-0, you had the feeling the Flyers would have been behind on all judges scorecards against Pittsburgh had it been a boxing match. You just had the feeling they needed a connecting haymaker.
