Braydon Coburn News

New coach, same result for the Philadelphia Flyers. With Peter Laviolette making his Flyers debut behind the bench, Tomas Fleischmann and Mike Green scored two goals apiece, and Nicklas Backstrom added a goal and four assists, leading the streaking Washington Capitals to a 8-2 win over Philadelphia on Saturday night.

Roberto Luongo made 38 saves and defenceman Willie Mitchell broke a scoreless tie and the Vancouver Canucks topped the struggling Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Thursday night.

For the Flyers, the 2009-10 season has been like a roller coaster ride. First there were the huge climbs at the beginning of the season, when the team got off to a 3-0 start.

The Philadelphia Flyers will try to continue their mastery of the Atlanta Thrashers tonight when the teams meet for a battle at Philips Arena.The Flyers have won 14 straight games against the Thrashers overall and have also taken nine consecutive meetings in Atlanta.

Danny Syvret, like most Flyers, left practice at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, N.J., yesterday morning, looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving.

The former player is now a player development coach in the organization's farm system.

David Jones scored twice, Paul Stastny had a goal and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche stopped a two-game skid with a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.

Darroll Powe has been one of the catalysts on the lower lines. He entered Friday's game with six goals in 18 games; last season, he had six goals in 60.

For the second game in a row, the Flyers will face a high-powered offense when they take on the Sharks tonight in San Jose.

Brian Boucher stopped 37 shots to post his first victory of the season as Philadelphia withstood a late flurry to top Los Angeles, 3-2, at Staples Center.

Lindy Ruff was not at the morning skate. Ryan Miller was there but did a little off ice work and will start tonight vs Philadelphia.

For weeks Flyers coach John Stevens has lauded his players for being aggressive without taking careless penalties.

Known as an in-your-face player, Pronger may be in your face in other ways soon.

If anyone was wondering if Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ray Emery is nervous about facing his old team, the Ottawa Senators, for the first time Thursday, the truth is, if Emery was any calmer we'd need to defibrillate him.

Flyers rookie James van Riemsdyk has been diagnosed with a "fleck" fracture at the tip of his left little finger, and his status is listed as day-to-day. Van Riemsdyk, who was injured on a shot by teammate Jeff Carter in Saturday night's 2-1 home win over St.

David Laliberte's flashy NHL debut, Braydon Coburn's first two-goal game of his career, and Ray Emery's solid goaltending highlighted the Flyers' 6-1 win over sad-sack Carolina on Saturday - and overshadowed Blair Betts' impressive return.

Some of the Flyers were in Citizens Bank Park suites Monday, watching Game 5 of the recently completed World Series.

Daniel Carcillo scored twice and Ray Emery made 28 saves to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to their fifth straight victory over the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2 on Friday night.

Chris Pronger has not been around the Flyers long enough to accurately predict his team's chances in the Eastern Conference this season, let alone its prospects for a Stanley Cup.

The Flyers were supposed to have a day off yesterday. Didn't happen. Unhappy with the team's performance in consecutive losses to San Jose and Washington, coach John Stevens changed plans and put the Flyers through a tough workout at the Skate Zone in Voorhees.