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  • Feb 17, 2018

    Flyers exorcise some demons thanks to Sean Couturier

    BOX SCORE COLUMBUS, Ohio — The losing streak at Nationwide Arena is finally over. After 11 straight losses on Columbus’ home ice, the Flyers added a pair of crucial points in the standings Friday behind Sean Couturier’s overtime game-winner for a 2-1 win over the Blue Jackets (see observations). “It’s been a long time,” said Wayne Simmonds, who opened...

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  • Feb 17, 2018

    Flyers finally break a 13-year hex

    BOX SCORE COLUMBUS, Ohio — The curse of Nationwide Arena is finally over. Sean Couturier’s overtime goal Friday lifted the visiting Flyers over the Columbus Blue Jackets, 2-1, snapping an 11-game losing streak in the Blue Jackets’ home building. On the heels of three consecutive games in which the Blue Jackets recorded 50-plus shots, the Flyers were able to halt…

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  • Dec 23, 2017

    Nationwide (Arena) is not on the Flyers' side

    BOX SCORE COLUMBUS, Ohio — If you feel like you’ve seen this movie in the exact same theater before, it’s because you have. The Flyers‘ 2-1 shootout loss Saturday night to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena marked their 11th straight loss in the building that opened in 2000 (see observations). Thanks to Pierre-Luc Dubois’ shootout goal, and some…

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  • Dec 24, 2017

    The one that got away from the Flyers

    BOX SCORE COLUMBUS, Ohio — The losses at Nationwide Arena are mounting up, and the time elapsing from the Flyers‘ last win in Ohio’s capital grows more distant. With Saturday night’s 2-1 shootout loss to the Blue Jackets, the Flyers have now lost 11 straight games in Columbus — the Flyers haven’t won here since Dec. 13, 2005. Blue Jackets rookie…

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  • Oct 29, 2017

    No. 2 Penn State suffers heartbreak to No. 6 Ohio State for 1st loss

    BOX SCORE COLUMBUS, Ohio — One team’s vindication is another’s heartbreak. No. 6 Ohio State’s improbable 39-38 comeback victory Saturday night over No. 2 Penn State at Ohio Stadium left the Nittany Lions in a state of shock, a sort of payback, if you will, for last year’s 24-21 upset victory in Happy Valley.  Leading from the first play of...

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  • Oct 29, 2017

    No. 2 Penn State-No. 6 Ohio State observations: Nittany Lions blow 4th-quarter lead in 1st loss

    BOX SCORE COLUMBUS, Ohio — Up against its toughest task to date, No. 2 Penn State saw three big leads slip away Saturday afternoon in a 39-38 loss to No. 6 Ohio State at Ohio Stadium for its first defeat of the season. Penn State had leads of 21-3, 35-20 and, with 5:42 left, 38-27, before the Buckeyes stormed back…

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  • Mar 25, 2017

    Same mistakes haunt Flyers as Sergei Bobrovsky delivers dagger to playoff hopes

    BOX SCORE COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s been a while since the Flyers last won at Nationwide Arena — 12 years, to be exact, with Saturday’s 1-0 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets extending the orange and black’s winless streak in Ohio’s capital to 10 games. With the playoffs all but out of the equation, it wasn’t a lack of effort...

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  • Mar 25, 2017

    Instant Replay: Blue Jackets 1, Flyers 0

    BOX SCORE COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Flyers threw the kitchen sink at the playoff-bound Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday afternoon, but the effort would fall short as Dave Hakstol’s team dropped their third straight decision against their Metropolitan Division rivals, 1-0, and their 10th game in a row at Nationwide Arena.  The visiting Flyers demonstrated urgency, firing 36 shots at Columbus goalie...

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  • Mar 23, 2016

    Flyers hope to avoid late-season fatigue after rough loss

    The best way to overcome an unfathomable loss such as the Flyers’ 3-2 shootout defeat at Nationwide Arena in Columbus Tuesday is to jump back on the saddle. After a much-needed day off squeezed into an air-tight schedule, that’s exactly what the Flyers will do in Colorado on Thursday. At 35-24-13, the orange and black’s 83 points currently places...

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  • Mar 23, 2016

    Flyers waste Mason's big effort in shootout loss to Blue Jackets

    BOX SCORE COLUMBUS, Ohio — Just when it appeared the Flyers were on the verge of leapfrogging the Detroit Red Wings in the points column in the continued fight for the final wild-card spot in the East, the Columbus Blue Jackets erased a two-goal deficit with 1:06 left in regulation before stealing the extra point in the shootout by a score of 3-2....

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