The Flyers penalty kill was flying last night. Between Travis Konecny and Sean Walker, the orange and black mounted a comeback down 2-0 and 4-2 on multiple occasions, due to their excuisote Penalty Kill.
With the Flyers down 2-1 after a Joel Farabee goal, Noah Cates stopped the puck at the blue line and fed Travis Konecny for a short-handed breakaway and Konecny. scored. It was a great play and the Flyers finished the second period tied at two a piece.
In the second period, the Flyers were trailing 3-2, as Samuel Ersson was a bit shaky. It also appeared he was fighting the puck. The good thing is he rebounded, made some nice saves to keep the Flyers within one.
Unfortunately, the Dallas Stars got on the board, increasing their deficit to two goals once again at 4-2. I wrote article after article this past summer stating that the Flyers would be competitive on most nights, and claw their way back into games. That’s what transpired, as Travis Konecny netted his second short-handed goals to pull the Flyers within one at 4-3. For his efforts, Travis Konecny becomes the seventh Flyer ever to tally two short-handed goals in a single game. The last Flyers to do this was Simon Gagne in 2008.
The orange and black weren’t finished as Sean Walker netted a short-handed goal late in the third period to even the score at four a piece. This was Walker’s second short-handed goals of the season, and fifth of the season for the Flyers in the early going. Brad Shaw has worked his magic with the Flyers, and that Penalty Kill is flying early in the season. Moreover, the Flyers have scored three short-handed goals in a single game three times before tonight, and the last one was in 1996
This team just fights and fights, a team can never count them out. Fur their efforts, even after losing the game 5-4 in overtime, the orange and black are in first place with seven points (3-1-1). John Tortorella and his coaching staff are getting the most out of this team.
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