PITTSBURGH — The Flyers. The Penguins. Outdoors at a Heinz Field. The long-awaited first outdoor game between these two Pennsylvania rivals. The beers were flowing, the chants were rolling, the wind was blowing, the flurries were falling. The night felt unavoidably special even for the most cold-hearted Flyers fans among us.
But a special night can’t do jack shit to change the truth of the 2016-17 Flyers: even when they play well, they just cannot score a goal to save their lives. The coach is a constant head-scratch. Oh, and the goaltending sucks too.
Whether indoors or out, in a hockey rink or in a football stadium, the Philadelphia Flyers are completely incapable of burying their scoring chances right now.