Scott Hartnell

The Flyers need help. They missed the playoffs for just the second time in the last 18 years, and their offseason wish list figures to include a productive winger and a top defenseman. In other words, they will try to add players similar to those they...

KEY STATS 2.77: Goals per game in 2013. 7th: Rank in scoring in East. 3.22: Goals per game in 2011-12. 50-43-37: Goals by period for the Flyers this season, which tells a huge story. Their 37 third-period goals were 26th in the NHL; their 50...

Second in a five-part series The Flyers had their share of key injuries this season, but they did not have the depth to overcome them. Other teams did. Playoff-bound Ottawa, for instance, played without top forwards Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek for...

Peter Laviolette will return as the Flyers' coach next season, general manager Paul Holmgren said on Sunday after the players cleaned out their lockers at their Voorhees practice facility. Laviolette has two years left on his contract, but Holmgren...

Maybe it's because they are hungrier and playing with more passion than their predecessors. Or maybe it's partly because their recent opponents -- most of which have already clinched playoff spots -- seemed to be going through the motions. Whatever...

The Sports Xchange Flyers 5, Bruins 2 Matt Read and Oliver Lauridsen scored goals seven seconds apart in the second period to help the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Scott Hartnell, Jakub Voracek...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Flyers 5, Bruins 2 Flyers 5, Bruins 2: Matt Read and defenseman Oliver Lauridsen scored seven seconds apart in the second period and host Philadelphia rolled to its fourth win in five games. Scott Hartnell, Jakub Voracek and...

The Sports Xchange Flyers win for fourth time in five games PHILADELPHIA -- If the Philadelphia Flyers had played this well earlier in the month, they would be playing in May. Matt Read and Oliver Lauridsen scored goals seven seconds apart in the...

April 23 (Sports Direct) - - Highlights of Tuesday's National Hockey league games. - - - Capitals 5, Jets 3 Mathieu Perreault, Jason Chimera, Nicklas Backstrom and captain Alex Ovechkin each had a goal and an assist as hosts Washington hung on to...

JAROMIR JAGR is a scholar. At Tuesday's morning skate, Jagr twirled around the Wells Fargo Center ice for the first time since leaving Philadelphia last summer and took up his familiar post at the Bruins' white board. There, he diagrammed plays for...

With just three games to go for the Flyers, Tuesday's matchup at the Wells Fargo Center with the Boston Bruins will provide emotional moments on several fronts. The Flyers plan several ways to honor those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings. From...

PHILADELPHIA -- Down three goals, the Pittsburgh Penguins weren't about to let their bitter rival get an easy win. Chris Kunitz scored two goals, including the tiebreaker 18 seconds into the third period, and the Penguins overcame a three-goal deficit...