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Philadelphia’s offense is historically bad

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PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 15: Claude Giroux #28 of the Philadelphia Flyers skates off the ice as the Vancouver Canucks celebrate their victory on October 15, 2013 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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The start of the season for the Philadelphia Flyers has been less-than great. They’re currently 1-7-0 with just two points, fewest in the league. Their offense isn’t getting things done and it’s happening at a historically bad rate.

Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer shares a brutal factoid for Flyers fans to revel in about their miserable start.

Thursday’s 4-1 loss to visiting Pittsburgh marked the eighth straight time they had failed to score more than two goals since the season started. That’s the first time that has happened since 1964, when the Boston Bruins did it in the first nine games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Even the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils aren’t having that much trouble scoring goals in bunches this season.

The Flyers have just two players who have more than one goal scored this season (Tye McGinn, Brayden Schenn) and just eight players in all who have even scored a goal at all. Oddly enough, both the Devils and Sabres also have just eight goal-scorers on the season.

Perhaps what they say about bad news coming in threes is true.

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