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        The Flyers' Goaltending Is Consistently Awful

        Twenty-four years ago, the Philadelphia Flyers made the Stanley Cup Final with a talented roster of big, physical skaters -- including future Hall of Famer Eric Lindros at center and 50-goal scorer John LeClair at left wing. The oddsmakers had Philly favored to beat the smaller, faster Detroit Red Wings for the Cup ... until the series actually began, that is. Game 1 starting goalie Ron Hextall gave up four goals, including one by Steve Yzerman from approximately 60 feet away. Hextall was replaced in Game 2 by Garth Snow, who promptly let in four of his own (including two more from over 45 feet out). After turning back to Hextall for the rest of the series, Philly proceeded to allow eight more goals over the next two games en route to being swept by Detroit. The Flyers' .861 save percentage in the series was 70 percent worse than average, the second-worst goaltending performance in Cup Final history. Thirteen years later, history repeated itself: When the Flyers lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010 with a save percentage 45 percent worse than league average, the tandem of Michael Leighton and Brian Boucher combined for the 11th-worst goaltending performance by a team in the Final. Even in the best of times, such carousels of struggling goalies are basically the natural state of things in Philadelphia. The franchise has received nothing if...
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          2021 East Division Standings

          TeamWLOTLPTS
          Washington2812460
          NY Islanders2712458
          Pittsburgh2713357
          Boston2312652
          NY Rangers2116648
          Philadelphia2017646
          New Jersey1422634
          Buffalo1125729

          2021 Team Leaders

          Goals

          Joel Farabee

          Joel FarabeeLW #86

          15
          Power Play Goals3
          shots93

          Assists

          Jakub Voracek

          Jakub VoracekRW #93

          25
          Plus/Minus-9
          Power Play Assists7

          Points

          James van Riemsdyk

          James van RiemsdykLW #25

          34
          Goals13
          Assists21

          2021 Team Stats

          Goals For / Game
          2.86
          Goals Against / Game
          3.51
          Power Play %
          19.3
          Penalty Kill %
          73.8

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          Team History

          YearWLOTLPts
          20212017646
          2019-204121789
          2018-193737882
          2017-1842261498
          2016-1739331088
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