Flyers’ newcomer Jordan Weal: So far, so good

The speedy 24-year-old forward, promoted from Lehigh Valley the previous day, didn’t collect his first NHL point, but his play in the offensive end helped set up the first goal – scored by Ivan Provorov – in the Flyers’ 2-1 overtime win over San Jose. “I like what he did on our own half of the ice,” coach Dave Hakstol said.

Read ends drought, lifts Flyers to 3-1 win over Canadiens

Read netted the tiebreaking goal early in the third period to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Claude Giroux also scored and Sean Couturier had an empty-netter in the final seconds for the Flyers, who opened a five-game homestand – their longest of the season – by winning their fourth in the last five.

Wednesday’s NHL roundup

Jakub Voracek and Wayne Simmonds scored in the shootout, Steve Mason made 36 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Michael Raffl and Claude Giroux scored in regulation for Philadelphia, which ended a two-game skid that followed a 10-game winning streak.

Flyers fight past Capitals in shootout

Sam Carchidi became an Inquirer staff writer in 1984 and covered mostly South Jersey high school sports and the Phillies before taking the Flyers beat. Carchidi has written three books: the nationally acclaimed Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story, which he co-authored with Scott Brown; Bill Campbell: The Voice of Philadelphia Sports ; and Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story , which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show.