Scott Laughton

NHL Game Recap: Dallas Stars at Philadelphia Flyers | 01/18/2024

The Dallas Stars opened a four-game road trip with an away game at the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. But the Stars got blown out by the Flyers 5-1 at the Wells Fargo Center. Dallas fell to 26-13-5, while Philadelphia improved to 25-14-6. No changes were made to the Stars’ starting lineup, which featured Jani Hakanpää, Tyler […]

Pavelski Comes up Clutch, Stars Down Flyers 5-4 in OT

The Dallas Stars returned home to host the Philadelphia Flyers for Hall of Fame weekend, welcoming Ed Belfour and Ken Hitchcock to the HoF. Joe Pavelski played hero as the Stars downed the Flyers 5-4 in overtime at the American Airlines Center on Saturday night. Dallas improved to 3-0-1, while Philadelphia fell to 3-1-1. The […]

Predicting the NHL Teams With the Most Fights in 2023-24

While fighting isn’t as prominent in the NHL as it used to be, it certainly isn’t gone. In the 2022-23 regular season, there were 334 official fights where five-minute majors were handed out. Yes, that number was much higher twenty years ago, but hockey fans are still treated to a good scrap from time to […]

Picking a Captain for Every NHL Team Without One

Heading into the 2023-24 NHL season, ten teams currently do not have an official captain. That number could change before the season starts, but most of those teams likely will not have a captain this year. NHL teams are not required to name a captain, but what if they were? Who would be the best […]

Flyers Showing Signs of Life

It has been a long season for the Philadelphia Flyers. The team is currently (Thursday, January 12) seventh in the Metropolitan Division and 24th in the NHL with a 17-18-7 record and 41 points. The Flyers are also 25th in the league in goals scored (119 goals), 20th in goals against (135 goals against), 29th […]

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Hart All Alone in Philly

The Philadelphia Flyers, once a proud franchise that won a lot of hockey games, made it to the playoffs on a consistent basis and were considered a Stanley Cup contender year in and year out, are a bad hockey team right now. As of this writing (Monday, January 9), the team is seventh in the […]