Flyers 4, Blackhawks 0: Gone streaking

We’re back, folks! Our first Saturday home game in a hot second was a good one, as the Flyers continued their homestand, meeting the struggling Chicago Blackhawks and dispatched of them with relative ease. As we’ve been saying of the last couple games, this one too got a little bit weird. But hey, a shutout’s a shutout, and we’ll certainly take it. We’re not spending our weekend grumbling about an ugly Flyers loss. That’s good stuff, friends.

All stats via Corsica.Hockey, Natural Stat Trick and NHL.com

1. Not a stellar start

We were really excited after Thursday’s game, because after spending much of the early season to date and bemoaning the slow starts, they finally cleaned things up and got…