Wrap: Flyers Beat Colorado, 5-3
The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Colorado Avalanche, 5-3, at the Wells Fargo Center on Monday. It was a hard-working win for the Flyers, although things got a little dicey near the end. Twelve different Flyers players recorded at least one point. The Flyers also received strong goaltending.
As with the Flyers, the defending Stanley Cup champion Avalanche are a banged-up team. They entered the game with 10 players out due to injury. During the first period on Monday, Colorado suffered a major loss when superstar center Nathan MacKinnon left the game with an apparent issue in his lower torso.
For the second straight game, the Flyers won the special teams battle. Philly went 2-for-3 on the power play. Philly got one power play goal apiece from the first and second units and moved the puck well on all three power plays. The Avalanche, ranked No. 1 in the NHL in power play success rate, were 1-for-5 on this night. Colorado scored on their first man advantage but went 0-for-4 over the rest of the game after MacKinnon left.
In the first period, an early power play goal by Alex Newhook (5th) was answered by 5-on-5 goals by Travis Sanheim (3rd) and Tanner Laczynski (2nd). A Tony DeAngelo power play goal (4th) opened a 3-1 Flyers lead at 3:59 of the second period.
In the final stanza, an Owen Tippett power play tally (7th) opened a three-goal lead. At 17:47, Mikko Rantanen (15th) powered through the middle and scored. On a 6-on-5, Newhook scored his second goal of the game (6th of the season) at 18:23 to cut the gap to 4-3. Finally, at 19:00, Travis Konecny (10th) restored a 5-3 lead with an empty-net goal.
Carter Hart earned the win with 29 saves on 32 shots. Alexandar Georgiev took the loss, stopping 29 of 34 shots.
For an in-depth period-by-period synopsis, analysis, stats and highlights from Monday's game, see the
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The Flyers (9-12-5) will hold a noon practice at the Skate Zone on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they will wrap up their current five-game homestand with a game against the Washington Capitals (11-12-4).
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