The Flyers played two strong periods before unraveling in the first four minutes of the third period.
Facing the No. 2 team in the NHL entering Saturday, the Orange and Black held their own for the first two periods against a team that ran them out of their own building right before the All-Star break. But, despite going toe-to-toe and taking the lead twice in the first 40 minutes, the Flyers were quickly reminded of who they were facing.
Things started well as Ryan Poehling gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead less than five minutes into the game. David Pastrňák skated into the Flyers’ zone but Egor Zamula knocked the puck away and chipped it up to Garnet Hathaway. The forward skated down two-on-one with Poehling and made a perfect pass over to his center for the one-timer past Jeremy Swayman.
Felix Sandström made several big-time saves, including two on Geekie in the second period from in tight. After seeing just five shots in the first period, Sandström was peppered with 15 in the second.Joel Farabee restored the Flyers’ lead three seconds after a penalty to Charlie McAvoy expired. McAvoy was in the sin bin for an illegal check to the head of Travis Konecny; the Flyers forward was not injured.
In the third, things fell apart. Just 68 seconds into the third period, Coyle skated off the bench, got the puck, and skated down the left side before roofing one over Sandström short side. Johnny Beecher made it a two-goal lead at 3:45 by knocking in his own rebound after the Flyers’ Swedish netminder made a ridiculous paddle save, and Jake DeBrusk tucked the puck in 19 seconds later to make it 5-2.
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