Steve Mason News

Mason will start in goal for the Flyers.

Mason allowed two goals on 35 shots in the Flyers’ shootout loss to the Red Wings on Tuesday. Despite the loss, it was a strong outing for Mason, who has had a difficult first month. Tonight he will face a high-scoring Maple Leafs team in Toronto. Mason is 0-2-1 with a 3.09 GAA and .897 SV% in two starts and one relief appearance on the road.

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Mason will start Tuesday vs. the Red Wings.

Mason was yanked after allowing three goals on 13 shots in the Flyers’ loss to the Penguins on October 29th. Michal Neuvirth started the last four games, but Mason will get back between the pipes tonight vs. Detroit. Mason has posted an ugly 3.46 GAA and .878 SV% in eight games so far this season and is a risky start whenever he gets the nod right now.

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Mason will likely start Tuesday vs. the Red Wings.

Mason was yanked after allowing three goals on 13 shots in the Flyers’ loss to the Penguins on October 29th. Michal Neuvirth started the last four games, but Mason will get back between the pipes tonight vs. Detroit. Mason has posted an ugly 3.46 GAA and .878 SV% in eight games so far this season and is a risky start whenever he gets the nod right now.

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Mason will likely start Thursday in Brooklyn

Mason was yanked after he allowed three goals on 13 shots in the Flyers’ loss to the Penguins last Saturday. With Michal Neuvirth starting last night, Mason is expected to start tonight vs. the Islanders. Mason has struggled in the early part of 2016-17, having posted a 3.46 GAA and .878 SV% in high outings. The Islanders come in sub-.500 but are 13th in scoring (2.80 G/PG).

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Mason leads the Flyers onto the ice for warmups.

Mason gave up five goal on 25 shots in the Flyers loss to the Coyotes, but he is expected to start again tonight vs. the Penguins. Mason has an ugly 3.15 GAA and .886 SV% in his first five starts and two relief appearances in 2016-17. Mason makes for a risky start tonight—he was 1-3-0 with a 3.28 GAA and .904 SV% vs. Pittsburgh last year.

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Mason will likely start Saturday vs. the Penguins.

Mason gave up five goal on 25 shots in the Flyers loss to the Coyotes, but he is expected to start again tonight vs. the Penguins. Mason has an ugly 3.15 GAA and .886 SV% in his first five starts and two relief appearances in 2016-17. Mason makes for a risky start tonight—he was 1-3-0 with a 3.28 GAA and .904 SV% vs. Pittsburgh last year.

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Mason will get the nod on Thursday vs. Arizona.

Mason stopped all eight shots that he faced after replacing Michal Neuvirth in the Flyers’ come-from-behind shootout win over the Sabres on Tuesday. Mason has posted a 2.77 GAA and .901 SV% in four starts and two relief appearances so far this season. Mason will face the Coyotes for the second time this season—he allowed four goals on 35 shots in an overtime loss in the first meeting.

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Mason will start Monday in Montreal.

Mason allowed three goals on 30 shots in the Flyers’ win over the Hurricanes on Saturday. It was Mason’s first win of the season and he now sits at 1-2-1 with a 3.35 GAA and .882 SV% in his first four starts. Tonight he will face a Canadiens’ team in Montreal—Mason was 9-12-4 with a 2.84 GAA and .909 SV% on the road last year.

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Mason will start Saturday vs. the Hurricanes.

Mason allowed three goals on 26 shots in the Flyers loss to the Ducks on Thursday. Mason has yet to record a win in two starts and one relief appearance this season, while posting a 3.47 GAA and .875 SV% in the process. He draws a fairly tough matchup tonight against a Carolina team who is surprisingly averaging 3.25 goals per game to kick off this season.

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Mason is expected to start Saturday vs. the Hurricanes.

Mason allowed three goals on 26 shots in the Flyers loss to the Ducks on Thursday. Mason has yet to record a win in two starts and one relief appearance this season, while posting a 3.47 GAA and .875 SV% in the process. He draws a fairly tough matchup tonight against a Carolina team who is surprisingly averaging 3.25 goals per game to kick off this season.

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Mason will start Thursday vs. the Ducks.

Mason gave up two goals on 11 shots after replacing Michal Neuvirth in the Flyers’ loss in Chicago on Tuesday. Mason will make his second start of the year tonight in what is the Flyers’ home opener. He’s off to a tough start to the season, but draws a good matchup with the Ducks in town. Anaheim is 0-3-1 and is averaging just 1.75 goals per game so far.

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Mason will start on Saturday in Arizona.

Michal Neuvirth started the Flyers’ season opener on Friday, leaving Mason for tonight’s game in Arizona. A season ago, Mason was 23-19-10 with a 2.51 GAA and .918 SV% and is a solid start more often than not. Tonight he faces an Arizona team that he lost to last year. They are an extremely young team, so it’s hard to know what to expect from them. However you can do worse than Mason tonight.

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Mason will start Game 3 vs. the Capitals.

Mason allowed four goals on 23 shots, including a horrible goal from the other end of the ice, in the Flyers loss to the Capitals in Game 2. The Flyers are down 2-0 after Mason gave up six goals on 54 shots (.889 SV%). The Flyers will try to stay afloat tonight as they return to home ice—Mason was 14-7-6 with a 2.23 GAA and .926 SV% in 28 starts on home ice this season.

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Mason will start Game 1 in Washington.

Mason lost three of his final four regular season starts and finished the season with a 23-19-10 record, 2.51 GAA and .918 SV%. The 27-year-old has gone 1-2-0 with a 2.94 GAA and .902 SV% in three starts against the Flyers’ first round opponent this season. He has only made eight career playoff starts, going 2-6-0 with a 3.11 GAA and a .907 SV% in those starts.

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Mason will start Thursday vs. the Maple Leafs.

Mason allowed two goals on 25 shots in the Flyers’ 3-0 loss in Detroit last night. With Michal Neuvirth still out, the net is all Mason’s, so he’ll start on back-to-back nights for the fifth time this season—he has gone 1-2-2 with a 3.31 GAA and .905 SV% in the first four. Mason has gone 0-1-0 with a 3.48 GAA and .878 SV% in two starts vs. the Maple Leafs.

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Mason starts Wednesday in Detroit.

Mason allowed five goals on 38 shots in the Flyers loss in Pittsburgh on Sunday. The Penguins have been doing that to everyone lately, so no fault of Mason’s. He has gone 5-3-1 with a 2.18 GAA and .932 SV% in nine starts since Michal Neuvirth got hurt. He allowed three goals on 37 shots in a 4-3 win in his only start vs. the Red Wings this season.

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