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The Philadelphia Flyers returned from their six-game road trip and are back on home ice for the next four games. The first of four took place tonight in a rematch against the Toronto Maple Leafs. They would lose 3-2 and get swept in the home-and-home series. The Flyers fall to 17-19-5 on the season.
Joel Farabee dropped the gloves with Connor Dewar at the 4:47 mark of the first period. Both players got a few solid punches in. They both got five minutes each for fighting. This was Farabee’s 12th fight in his career.
Travis Konecny gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at the 8:19 mark of the first period. Sean Coutuier passed the puck to him from the side of the net and his wrist shot went past Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll. Couturier and Cam York tallied assists.
The Maple Leafs got the game’s first power play at the 10:55 mark of the first period. The Flyers did a great job clearing the puck when given the opportunity. The Maple Leafs couldn’t connect on passes and didn’t record a single shot on net.
Owen Tippett got called for boarding at the 16:22 mark of the first period which gave the Maple Leafs their second power play of the game. It was another power play where the Maple Leafs didn’t record a shot and Garnet Hathaway had a great scoring chance on the breakaway while shorthanded. Unfortunately, he lost control of the puck at the last second.
York got called for high-sticking just 24 seconds into the second period to give the Maple Leafs their third power play of the game. They capitalized on this one as John Tavares’ wrist shot from the right circle went off the left post and past the glove of Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov. A nice pass by Auston Matthews set him up. This goal tied the game up at 1. Matthews and Mitch Marner collected assists.
The Flyers got their first power play of the game at the 5:16 mark of the second period when Marner was called for hooking. It was short-lived, however, as Tyson Foerster was called for high-sticking at the 5:54 mark, making the game four on four.
Konecny scored his second goal of the game on the four-on-four at the 7:14 mark of the second period. Noah Cates won a puck battle against Conor Timmons and passed the puck to Konecny, who was alone in front of the net. His backhanded shot went through the legs of Woll. This gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead. Cates received the lonely assist.
The Flyers lead didn’t last long as Matthews tied the game up at two 40 seconds later at the 7:55 mark of the second period. Marner found Matthews in front all alone from the left circle and Matthews put a snap shot past the blocker of Fedotov. Marner and Tavares were given assists.
David Kampf was called for hooking at the 11:10 mark of the second period which gave the Flyers their second power play. They spent the majority of the time in the offensive zone but only managed to get one shot on net. This made them 0 for 2 on the night so far.
The Maple Leafs took a 3-2 lead at the 13:21 mark of the third-period courtesy of Matthew Knies. He redirected Morgan Rielly’s shot from the blue line. The puck went under the arm of Fedotov. Rielly and Philippe Myers tallied assists.
The Flyers were given their third power play of the game at the 14:34 mark of the third period as Max Pacioretty was called for delay of game (puck over glass). They didn’t capitalize on the opportunity once again and only put one shot on net. They did, however, have a few good looks.
Knies was called for hooking at the 19:12 mark of the third period which gave the Flyers their fourth power play. Owen Tippett had the biggest chance to tie the game with a wide-open net to shoot at but he missed wide.
The game would go to four on four and put the game to rest as Jamie Drysdale was called for tripping at the 19:47 mark of the third period. The Maple Leafs won the offensive zone draw, the Flyers stole it but couldn’t get a shot off in time.
The Flyers went 0 for 4 on the power play and killed off three of four Maple Leaf man advantages.
Fedotov was solid in net again and kept the Flyers in the game. He saved 14 of 17 shots, giving him a .824 save percentage.
Goal Summary
1st Period:
Konecny (19) Assists: Couturier (13), York (7)
2nd Period:
Tavares (20) (Power Play) Assists: Matthews (17), Marner (43)
Konecny (20) Assists: Cates (10)
Matthews (13) Assists: Marner (44), Tavares (22)
Third Period:
Knies (16) Assists: Rielly (15), Myers (3)
Flyers Next Game
Flyers next game is Thursday, Jan 9. in Philadelphia against the Dallas Stars.
Extra Notes
- Matvei Michkov and Scott Laughton collided 13 seconds into the third period. Both returned to the bench/play minutes after, however.
- Fedotov with another strong showing. He had much better rebound control in this one.
- Flyers give Maple Leafs another tough game. This shows that they can compete with the best but just can’t finish.
- Owen Tippett missed a wide-open net on the last power play that would’ve tied the game up at three
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