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  • Dec 29, 2016

    Flyers Notes: ‘A lot to work on' after lackadaisical 60-minute effort

    ST. LOUIS — Sure, the Flyers had a few bright spots in their 6-3 loss to the Blues on Wednesday. They lit the red lamp three more times than they did in a shutout loss at New Jersey before the Christmas break, so that was an improvement. Still, coach Dave Hakstol was having nothing of bright spots or moral victories…

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  • Dec 29, 2016

    Flyers unravel during 3rd period of road loss to Blues

    BOX SCORE ST. LOUIS — For a few fleeting moments in the third period, the hockey gods appeared to be smiling on the Flyers on Wednesday night at Scottrade Center. Just 28 seconds after an apparent goal by Brayden Schenn was disallowed, Schenn scored a beaut from Shayne Gostisbehere, a quick snap shot off the rush from the high slot to…

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  • Dec 29, 2016

    Instant Replay: Blues 6, Flyers 3

    BOX SCORE ST. LOUIS – Neither the Flyers nor the Blues had played in six days and took turns looking like a team coming off a long layoff. In the end, the Blues came out on top, 6-3, putting the ebb-and-flow game away with back-to-back goals in a minute, 20-second span of the third period. First, David Perron scored from…

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  • Dec 29, 2016

    Sean Couturier returns for Flyers after 16-game absence

    ST. LOUIS – The Flyers welcomed center Sean Couturier back to the lineup Wednesday as they returned from the Christmas break to meet the St. Louis Blues, their Original 6 Expansion compatriot, at Scottrade Center. Couturier, 24, suffered an MCL sprain to his left knee Nov. 22 at Florida and missed 16 games over five weeks. In his return, he skated between…

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  • Mar 13, 2015

    Flyers waste another Steve Mason gem in SO loss

    BOX SCORE ST. LOUIS — Two days after calling out the team for a lackluster effort in a 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars, goalie Steve Mason nearly led the Flyers to victory Thursday in a much-improved effort against the St. Louis Blues. He pitched a shutout in regulation and overtime, as the Flyers duplicated their effort of last season at…

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  • Mar 13, 2015

    Instant Replay: Blues 1, Flyers 0 (SO)

    BOX SCORE ST. LOUIS — The Flyers faced the only team they had beaten this month — the St. Louis Blues — Thursday night at Scottrade Center. After the game, they still had beaten only one team and only had a moral victory to show for their second game in a week against the Blues, a 1-0 loss in a shootout…

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  • Mar 13, 2015

    Flyers Notes: Berube stands behind Claude Giroux as captain

    ST. LOUIS – As he did as a player, Flyers coach Craig Berube came to the aid of the team’s captain Thursday at Scottrade Center. With the Flyers nine points and three spots shy of the final Eastern Conference playoff berth, the leadership of captain Claude Giroux has been questioned in some quarters. Not in the coach’s office, though....

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  • Apr 2, 2014

    Flyers nearing end of tough, successful stretch

    ST. LOUIS — Although the past two games ended in shootout loses vs. two of the NHL’s best teams, those defeats have been at the end of a brutal yet successful stretch of games for the Flyers against the league’s elite. Starting three weekends ago, the Flyers beat Pittsburgh twice and St. Louis once in regulation, topped Chicago in...

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  • Apr 2, 2014

    Flyers stifled in shootout loss to Miller, Blues

    BOX SCORE ST. LOUIS – This was the very definition of a goaltenders’ duel. Two shutouts, 0-0 through the actual play of 60 minutes and the five-minute overtime. Flyers backup Ray Emery took turns with St. Louis Blues No. 1 Ryan Miller in making save after save — 31 for Miller in 65 minutes of play, 28 for Emery. In…

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  • Apr 1, 2014

    Instant Replay: Blues 1, Flyers 0 (SO)

    BOX SCORE ST. LOUIS – The Flyers and the St. Louis Blues locked horns in a scoreless battle Thursday at Scottrade Center. Up and down the ice they went, as Flyers understudy Ray Emery went skate-to-glove with Blues leading man Ryan Miller in the save department. Miller made 31 saves in regulation; Emery 28. It was 0-0 at the end…

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