Braydon Coburn News

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.

Flyers Braydon Coburn , Ray Emery , Jeff Carter and Mike Richards took Eastern State Penitentiary's Terror Behind the Walls tour Wednesday night, getting through the tour in time to catch the start of the Phillies/Yankees World Series game.

There was a method to Simon Gagne's madness. It turns out that it wasn't just demons from a goal-scoring drought that were dancing in Gagne's head.

Alexander Semin returned from a two-game absence with a tiebreaking goal and an assist, Jose Theodore stopped Darroll Powe's penalty shot later in the third period, and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 Tuesday night.

THERE WERE a multitude of reasons why Brian Boucher wanted to win last night's game against the San Jose Sharks.

Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn has a way of thinking about the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic that always keeps the upcoming New Years Day event at Fenway Park fresh in his mind.

It was a subtle move, but one the Flyers hope will jump-start struggling defenseman Braydon Coburn .

Braydon Coburn #5, Danny Briere #48 and Jeff Carter #17 of the Philadelphia Flyers celebrate Briere's game-winning OT goal against the Washington Capitals on October 6, 2009 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Matt Carle quietly leads all Flyers blueliners in points so far this season. The Flyers should be ready to re-open their season against the Boston Bruins tomorrow night at home.