Braydon Coburn News

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.

Jones, 28, was claimed yesterday by the Los Angeles Kings , whose head coach, Terry Murray, was a Flyers assistant in charge of the defense when Jones was part of the team.

Written By: Mark a oeThe Hard Hittera Ritter Tonight, the Philadelphia Flyers host the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Wachovia Center at 5:00 PM EST.

The Philadelphia Flyers will try for back-to-back wins when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning for tonight's battle at Wachovia Center.

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter With 10 games behind them and a record of 5-4-1 to show for their efforts, the Philadelphia Flyers are off to a decent start.

Braydon Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each had a goal and two assists to help the Philadelphia Flyers snap a two game losing streak and send the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight loss, 6-1 on Saturday.

With Betts in the lineup, the Flyers are 3-0; without him, they are 2-4-1. So it is with open arms that the Flyers will welcome Betts for today's 1 p.m. game against visiting Carolina.

The Flyers will have a different look Saturday when they hit ice against Rod Brind'Amour and the Carolina Hurricanes.