Looking to November: Will We See the Early or Late October Flyers Team?

When the Philadelphia Flyers started their season 0-3-3, everyone was ready to press the panic button.

Then all of a sudden they decided to play defense, and they went on a four game winning streak to end the month of October.

Now with their loss to the Oilers to start this month, will we see that team from the first six games again? Or was this just a game they should have won? And will turn it around in the rest of the month?

Here is a preview of the Flyers next five games in the month of November, and how I think they will fare in each game.

Thursday November 6th: at the Ottawa Senators

The Senators right now are 4-5-2, and are in 12th in the East, one spot behind the Flyers, who are in 11th.

Dany Heatly is off to a great start this season with 13 points already, scoring seven times.

The Senators also have four players who already have 10 points or more.

And now their defense is starting to play well; they have allowed no more than two goals in the last three games.

The problem with the Senators right now is the fact that they are having trouble scoring goals. They are 18th in the league right now with 30 goals. If they want to beat this Flyers team, they are going to have to put up at least four goals, which is something they have had trouble doing. 

The Flyers on the other hand are first in the league in goals with 43.

Prediction: Flyers win 6-3

Saturday November 8th: vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning

Right now the Lighting are 4-3-3, 10th in the Eastern Conference.

This team has had its struggles on offense so far, only scoring 22 goals all season, and not having a single player who has broken the 10 point barrier so far.

The only lucky thing for the Lightning is that they have been able to stop the other teams from scoring thus far, only allowing 24 goals on the season.

The Lightning right now are also struggling on the power play, scoring only five goals this season. This could come as a big problem vs. the Flyers, since they have scored that many goals shorthanded already.

Prediction: Flyers win 3-2 in OT

Tuesday November 11th: at New York Islanders

The Islanders now are in last place in the Eastern Conference with a 3-7-1 record. However, they did just barely lose to the Flyers last Thursday, losing 3-2 in OT.

The Islanders have somewhat put points on the board, scoring 29 goals on the season.

Their defense though has been struggling greatly, having allowed 40 goals already in only 11 games.

If the Flyers want to win this game, they are going to have to put the Islanders down quick and not give them any chance of staying in the game.

Prediction: Flyers win 6-2

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