Flyers Feast On Sharks - 4-1 Beatdown In Philly
Listen up, hockey world—your 2025-26 Philadelphia Flyers just reminded everyone why the Xfinity Mobile Arena is a graveyard for bad teams. The San Jose Sharks rolled into town thinking they could hang with the big boys, left with their tails between their legs and a fat 4-1 L stamped on their foreheads. Same old Sharks: one fluke goal and then straight to the fetal position.
The Flyers didn’t just win—they toyed with them. Trailed 1-0 after David Graf (who?) roofed one past Dan Vladar early, and instead of panicking like half the league would, Philly just shrugged, flipped the switch, and dropped four unanswered. Twelfth comeback win of the season. League-leading. Nobody else even close. That’s not luck; that’s a team that smells blood in the water and goes full apex predator.
Christian Dvorak decided tonight was the night to flex. Goal, assist, running the show from the dot, now sitting on 19 points in back-to-back and looking like the deadline steal of the century. Carl Grundstrom—yeah, the guy we grabbed for peanuts—buries his first as a Flyer in his second game. Welcome to Broad Street, big fella; rent’s cheap when you just snipe top cheese like that.
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Noah Cates, Mr. Reliable, pots his seventh and finally gets one against the Sharks because why not pad the stats against the league’s favorite punching bag? Then there’s Travis Freaking Konecny, who casually picks up career point #500 with a helper, because of course he does it against San Jose. Dude’s got 15 points in 14 games against these poor bastards lifetime. He capped the night with an empty-netter for his sixth multi-point game of the year and extended his streak to five games. TK is cooking, and the rest of the league is just trying to keep the smoke alarm from going off.
Oh, and some kid named Ty Murchison made his NHL debut. Fifth-rounder from 2021, threw three hits in 15 minutes like he’s been here for years. Kid looked like he belonged. That’s the Flyers way—draft a guy in the fifth, let him marinate, then unleash him on unsuspecting victims.
Dan Vladar? Stopped 17 of 18 and probably could’ve taken a nap in the third. Alex Nedeljkovic on the other side faced 29 and let in three before the EN—basically a normal Tuesday against Philly lately.
Trevor Zegras picked up another assist because he hates the Sharks more than most (11 points in 13 games vs. SJS, lol). Drysdale, Brink, Seeler, Sanheim all grabbed helpers like it was a participation trophy night.
Bottom line: the Flyers are mean, deep, and having an absolute blast embarrassing teams that aren’t ready for the playoff race yet. San Jose got exactly what they deserved—nothing—and Philly keeps stacking wins the way most people stack Tinder matches: effortlessly and often.
Next victim, please. This team’s just getting started. A potential reunion with Carter Hart Thursday!
Jesse Bell - Olde City Sports Network
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