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Wrap: Flyers Earn 5-1 Win over St. Louis |
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The Philadelphia Flyers trounced the St. Louis Blues, 5-1, at the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday evening. The game was one of Philadelphia's most complete efforts of the young season: strong first period with an active forecheck, playing with focused emotion, building a multi-goal lead, answering back immediately after getting scored upon, and getting timely saves to round it out.
Philadelphia improved to 7-3-2 on the season. The Blues dropped to 3-8-0.
The Flyers got the better of a scoreless first period. The game was 0-0 until shortly past the midpoint of regulation when the Flyers exploded for goals by Wade Allison (3rd), Travis Konecny (5th) and a buzzer beater by Noah Cates (2nd).
Ryan O'Reilly (2nd) got one goal back for the Blues at 5;22 of the third period, but Philly struck right back as Lukas Sedlak (1st) made it a 4-1 game. Owen Tippett (3rd) added a goal in the final minute of the game.
Carter Hart was originally slated to get the start for the game but was unable to play due to illness. Felix Sandström started, and Samuel Ersson was recalled from the AHL's Lehigh Valley Phantoms to back up Sandström. To make roster space, the Flyers assigned Egor Zamula to Lehigh Valley.
Sandström denied 28 of 29 shots to earn his first career NHL win. Thomas Greiss gave up five goals on 30 shots.
The Flyers went 0-for-1 on the power play. The Blues were 0-for-2.
Tor a full recap, stats and highlights from the game, see the Postgame 5 on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com
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