𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 What's been the biggest reason for the 10-3 turnaround in 4 series under Don Mattingly?

𝟕𝟔𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 Tyrese Maxey was pretty blunt about Knicks fans taking over the Philadelphia crowd. “It absolutely sucks.” “It felt louder here for them than it did in the Garden.”

𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝟒: 𝐒𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝟑:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝟗𝟕.𝟓 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 Nick Nurse says the Sixers need more 3-point shooting from Tyrese Maxey’s after only 3 attempts on Friday. “I think he goes through some ‘Getting used to Jo being there, not being there’ moments.”

𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬 An unexpected playoff run that captivated Philadelphia through the spring of 2026 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 came to an end at Xfinity Mobile Arena

“𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑦.”

Travis Konecny recapped a stunning Flyers’ playoff run. “I’m not surprised because I knew we were headed in this direction... I think a lot of people were surprised that we made it in with the push we made, but we weren’t because we knew that was our goal the whole year.”

Dan Vladar reacted to the Philadelphia crowd’s “Let’s Go Flyers!” chant after the final playoff game. “Goosebumps. They’ve been having our back since the beginning of the year. Sorry that we weren’t able to deliver more hockey for them, but I can speak for all our group. We gave it all we had.”

Rick Tocchet spoke with a lot of pride after the fans cheered the Flyers following their final playoff loss. “We’ve got this fan (base) behind them. We’ve got this organization back on the map… We squeezed as much juice from this team. I can’t ask for more.”

The Philadelphia crowd cheers with the iconic: “𝐿𝑒𝑡’𝑠 𝐺𝑜 𝐹𝑙𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠!” during the traditional playoff handshake. They also cheered as the Flyers raised their sticks at center ice after Carolina headed off.

Travis Sanheim got a nice piece of Taylor Hall a little after the whistle

The Alex Bump goal doesn't happen without an excellent forecheck and steal from Travis Konecny to start the play

Logan Stankoven has 7 playoff goals in 8 games

Constant penalties just ruin the pace of a hockey game, no matter who's called for them

Flyers fans are booing when Taylor Hall touches the puck

If Edmundo Sosa plays well in left field, Don Mattingly could start rotating him in for 3 different hitters against lefties in a unique platoon. He’ll decide if Brandon Marsh, Justin Crawford, or Bryson Stott would sit based on matchups, timing, or other circumstances.

Edmundo Sosa is back in left field for the first time since that 2-game adventure on April 8 and April 17 last season.

𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝟑: 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝟑-𝟎 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝟕𝟔𝐞𝐫𝐬 It was a forgettable night at Xfinity Mobile Arena (for Sixers fans at least) as the Knicks pulled away in the 4th quarter for another victory

𝟏 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Flyers have captivated Philadelphia this spring, but they're leaking oil with Carolina ahead 3-0 in the series

𝟑 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐤 The Phillies took 2 of 3 from the Athletics, and the mood at Citizens Bank Park is loosening up

Rick Tocchet repeats his frustration with the way the Flyers handled themselves in scrums. “If you’re gona go in, fight. If you’re not gona fight, then get out of there.”

𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝟑: 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝟒, 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝟏 The Flyers are running dangerously low on the playoff magic that's spread through Philadelphia this spring

Penalties ruined the rhythm in most of Game 2. Now the same thing is happening in Game 3

Travis Sanheim stopped a Carolina goal in the crease in Game 2. Jaccob Slavin stopped a Philadelphia goal in the crease in Game 3.

Travis Konecny had the early rush on his first shift then drew the first penalty of the game.

Porter Martone looks rejuvenated after a few slower games. He's helped generate 3 scoring chances in the 1st period

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 & 𝐑𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝’𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐫 Two Michigan State alumni who jumped to the NHL Playoffs after their NCAA freshman seasons ended as top 10 draft picks ⬇️Story Link Below⬇️

The Flyers used the Alex Bump-Denver Barkey-Porter Martone line with under 82 combined regular season games. “To put (us) on a line, three younger guys in the NHL Playoffs, it’s cool because you know they have trust in us. We expect a lot from ourselves.” -Porter Martone

Flyers leaning into Dan Vladar’s positivity with the Game 3 tshirt

This is such a tough balancing act for Nick Nurse. The article talks about shortening a playoff rotation and the tough task of a coach taking his best players off the floor

Brendan Gunn and Dei Lynam have been excellent with Sixers-Knicks postgame coverage on the 97.5 The Fanatic airwaves (610-632-0975) and the the Fanatic app/stream

Weirdly the only NHL playoff series I seem to get time to watch off Flyers/Sixers/Phillies schedules is: John Tortorella’s team vs. Cutter Gauthier’s team

Alec Bohm has somehow been way better at third base defensively in the season when his offense has dropped this badly

Cristopher Sanchez 8 innings, 0 runs, 3 hits, 10 strikeouts “I’m always working on my pitches. I’m always working on my mechanics… I like to chase perfection.” -Cristopher Sanchez (through Phillies translator Diego D’Aniello)

𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝟕-𝟏 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 Bryce Harper insisted that Bryson Stott should be an everyday player when asked about Stott’s hot streak. “He’s an everyday guy. He always has been, and when you take an everyday guy out of the lineup, it’s tough for them to kind of get it going each day.”

When the lights went out for the Jhoan Duran entrance, it felt like Citizens Bank Park was allowed to smile again after such a rough April

Cristopher Sanchez impressively worked out of his only real jam in the 7th after letting men on 2nd and 3rd with 0 outs

Out of Cristopher Sanchez's 6 strikeouts, 5 times strike 3 has been swing and miss at the changeup

Cristopher Sanchez is through 5 innings with only 50 pitches. He's (symmetrically) struck out 5 and given p 1 hit

Hitters can't figure out Cristopher Sanchez's changeup when they're down in the count

The Phillies have seen a good amount of pitches in the zone from Luis Severino, and Bryce Harper finally sent one into the seats

Perfectly executed hit and run by the A's there with Jacob Wilson going the opposite way to the exact spot Bryson Stott left open

The Phillies have stranded 5 runners in the first 2 innings

Not a good at-bat by Trea Turner with 1 out and men on 2nd and 3rd. He chased a sweeper outside the zone on strike 3 when contact probably would've led to a run

I always liked that the Phillies market a matchup with the Athletics as the “Philadelphia City Series” Leaning into history can add some interesting novelty to regular season baseball sometimes.

The Phillies are 6-1 since changing managers. What’s been the difference under Don Mattingly?

Don Mattingly been taking throws at 1st base during infield practice since joining the Phillies staff 31 years after he retired from the majors. “Trying to get all the 65-year-olds out there to stay active, keep moving. It’s good for you. Let’s go 65-year-olds.”

While we’ve been questioning where the Flyers will find a number one defenseman during the rebuild, Travis Sanheim’s been developing into exactly that

Seeing some people act like the Flyers should be proud for a valiant effort. NHL teams shouldn’t think that way after blowing a 2-0 lead with their best chance to win the series hanging in the balance. You need to capitalize on opportunities to pull an upset, and they failed.

I would’ve thought that ESPN — the outlet with most resources in the world — would be able to avoid showing the back of a Carolina Hurricanes fan’s head every shift with their arena cameras

Emil Andrae just had a really rough shift handling the physical play below his own goal line