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Wrap: Flyers Earn 4-2 Win in St. Louis
The Philadelphia fired 42 shots on goal and generated 40 scoring chances (21 of the high-danger variety) as they defeated the St. Louis Blues, 4-2, at the Enterprise Center on Monday night. Four different Flyers scored one goal apiece. Six Philadelphia Flyers chipped in an assist apiece. Nick Seeler blocked eight shots.
In short, it was a quintessential total team effort as the Flyers compensated again for the absences of Sean Couturier (injury) and Jamie Drysdale (illness) to collect a regulation win. The Flyers (24-14-6) have won four straight games and swept a challenging three-game road trip win victories over the Minnesota Wild (4-3 in overtime), Winnipeg Jets (2-0) and Blues.
The Flyers had all sorts of scoring chances in a 0-0 first period. Philly controlled most of the middle frame and a goal in the waning seconds of the period established a 2-1 lead. St. Louis drew even for a second time early in the third period, but the Flyers pulled out the win with two goals in the final six minutes.
Scott Laughton (4th goal of the season), Ryan Poehling (5th), Owen Tippett (16th) and Joel Farabee (ENG, 15th) scored for the Flyers. Garnet Hathaway, Scott Walker, Egor Zamula, Cam Atkinson, Travis Konecny and Morgan Frost contributed one assist apiece. Noah Cates did not get on the scoresheet in his return from a broken foot suffered in late November but played a strong game, as did many others.
Carter Hart earned the win in net. He turned aside 28 of 30 shots. Some of his biggest saves came after the Blues tied the score at 2-2 early in the third period.
In the absence of Couturier, the Flyers skated a top line of Tippett, Frost and Konecny. Tippett (10 shots on 11 attempts), Frost (two shots on goal on three attempts, six scoring chances directly created), and Konecny (three shots on goal on six attempts, three scoring chances, two chances created) attacked with pace all night. Finally, on a broken play and a mostly solo effort by Tippet, the Flyers went ahead to stay at 14:27 of the third period.
Oskar Sundqvist (PPG, 5th) and Brandon Saad (11th) scored for St. Louis. In his 900th career NHL regular season game, Brayden Schenn recorded a pair of primary assists. Scott Perunovich and Jordan Kyrou (who was on the ice for all four Flyers' goals) chipped in one secondary helper apiece. In his first game against the Flyers since an off-season trade to St. Louis, Kevin Hayes had a fairly quiet night. Joel Hofer stopped 38 of 41 shots on goal in a losing cause.
The Flyers went 0-for-2 on the power play; one was abbreviated, the other was a full two minutes (Tyson Foerster had the best scoring opportunity but missed the net). St. Louis went 1-for-1 against the Flyers' NHL-leading penalty kill.
For period-by-period synopses, analysis, stats, highlights and more, see the Postgame 5 on the Flyers' official website.
The Flyers' team will fly home late on Monday evening. After a well-deserved off-day on Tuesday, the team will practice at the FTC in Voorhees the next day. On Thursday night, they'll host the Dallas Stars (25-12-5) at the Wells Fargo Center.
Philadelphia Flyers Blogger •NHL.com • 
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