Flyers Drop Two Straight On The Road
The Flyers fall to 3-2-1, as they drop back to back games during a short road trip.
Saturday night in Dallas the Flyers outshot the Stars 40-25 but lost 5-4 in overtime thanks to a Joe Pavelski goal. Sam Errson started in his first game of the season with Felix Sandstrom as the backup. Carter Hart was a healthy scratch. Morgan Frost also sat out for the third straight game. Defensemen Marc Staal was unavailable due to injury so Egor Zamula and Emil Andrae were in the lineup for the first time together this season.
The Stars started the game with two goals in eight minutes scored by Wyatt Johnston and Tyler Seguin. Before Farabee responded, and later in the period Konecny scoring while short handed. The Stars once again went out to a two goal lead with a second period goal by Roope Hintz and a third period mark by Jamie Benn. The Flyers then scored two shorthanded goals in 47 seconds by Konecny and Walker. In overtime Pavelski won it for the Stars half way through the frame.
On Tuesday night the Flyers were in Las Vegas to take on the defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights. This game was the nightcap in the NHL’s Frozen Frenzy, where all 32 teams were in action with staggered start times. The only lineup change from the game before was Carter Hart back in net as the starter and Errson as the backup, making Sandstrom a healthy scratch.
The opening goal was scored by Barbashev of the Knights seven minutes into the game. Noah Cates recorded his first of the season followed by Atkinson’s fourth all in the first period. That is the way it stayed until Paul Cotter tied the game with eight minutes left. And Shea Theodore scored in the final thirty second of the game to win it for Vegas to cap off a disappointing night to Philly fans.
Six games into the season the Flyers are currently the third best team in the metropolitan division with seven points. The Flyers are back in action Thursday night as the host the Minnesota Wild at 7:30.
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