The Philadelphia Flyers returned to home ice on Thursday night, eager to rebound from a string of frustrating losses.

Casey DeSmith made 27 saves and four Dallas players scored as the Stars rolled over the host Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Thursday for their sixth consecutive win.

At the Ed Snider Legacy Game at Wells Fargo Center, the Philadelphia Flyers started the second half of the 2024-25 season with a 4-1 loss against the Dallas Stars.

The Dallas Stars face the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center for the first time this season. Entering Thursday's match, the Stars are 25-13-1 while the Flyers are 17-19-5. The two teams will face each other once more this season on March 22 in Dallas.

The Dallas Stars win their sixth straight game after downing the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday, who they've now beat in seven of their last eight matchups. The red hot Jason Robertson continued to decimate opposing defences with a pair of assists on the night.

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The Flyers were thoroughly outplayed by the Stars, eliciting boos in a 4-1 loss Thursday night at the Wells Fargo Center.

This matchup heavily favours the Stars as they've won seven of their last eight games against the Flyers with two or fewer goals allowed in six of the matchups. In the past two matchups, Philadelphia has started to figure out the Dallas defence with nine goals scored.

The Philadelphia Flyers celebrated the legacy of founder Ed Snider at Thursday's game against Dallas. Snider was 83 when he died in 2016.