The Philadelphia Flyers faced the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks in back-to-back games. Against the Canadiens, the Flyers fell behind 2-0 but managed to cut the deficit to 2-1 before ultimately losing 4-1. In the game against the Blackhawks, the Flyers struggled, trailing 2-0 and then 3-1 before losing 5-1. Tyson Foerster scored his 20th goal of the season for the Flyers.
The play that’s a ‘microcosm’ of Flyers rookie forward Tyson Foerster’s emergence https://t.co/oGZX10oTzb
#Flyers Takeaways: Foerster Reaches Milestone in Another Bad Loss https://t.co/4kwbua5jtt
Connor Bedard had 10 shot attempts and an assist while creating chances on almost every shift. He was the best player in the ice. He’s 18. #Flyers #Blackhawks
#Flyers lose to lowly Chicago, 5-1, and will fall out of third and into a wild-card spot. Inexcusable home loss tonight.
Considering the circumstances, this was a brutal loss for the Flyers. https://t.co/ZtSvx0Wll6
Bad loss for Flyers. https://t.co/QlLxcQjNyf
Blackhawks defeat the Flyers 5-1.
GOAL, Blackhawks. It's 5-1. Anderson with a beautiful pass to Entwistle for the finish. The rout is on and the Philly boo-birds are out.
The Flyers are down 5-1 in the third period and are headed for a bad loss at a bad time.
Joey Anderson scores his fourth goal of the season, and Lukas Reichel picks up the assist for his first multi-point outing of the campaign. #Blackhawks https://t.co/WXSOEYTm2r
GOAL, Blackhawks. 4-1 lead with 10:51 left. Anderson scores on a breakaway after Lukas Reichel makes a fantastic play to get the puck out of the D-zone.
GOAL, Blackhawks. 4-1 lead with 10:51 left. Tyler Johnson scores on a breakaway after Lukas Reichel makes a fantastic play to get the puck out of the D-zone.
Flyers have lost 3 straight, are 7-9-4 over their last 20 games and have fallen just 2 points above the playoff line. This could be a pretty bad loss for them.
Tyson Foerster became the first @NHLFlyers rookie since Matt Read (24 in 2011-12) to score 20 goals in a season and the fourth Philadelphia player this season to reach the mark. #NHLStats: https://t.co/6vd7O5fG8d https://t.co/8ne5IfwZya
2nd intermission: Blackhawks 3, Flyers 1 Good recovery after the rough start to the period for the Hawks, although the Flyers are still leading in every stat category per @NatStatTrick: Shot attempts: 31-42 PHI Shots on goal: 18-20 PHI Scoring chances: 13-24 PHI
3-1 Chicago. Flyers did have some extended good pushes in the 2nd, and Foerster started off the period as well as possible. But they flubbed a few golden opportunities, and the PP continues to be a major drag on the whole team.
The Blackhawks lead the Flyers 3-1 after two periods.
Chicago has 3 goals on just 17 shots. #Flyers
3-1 Chicago. What the heck happened to the Flyers
Flyers give up a power play goal and they're back down two. Blackhawks lead 3-1 with 2:32 minutes left in second period.
Not only is Tyson Foerster second amongst rookie in goals with 20. Foerster is is only one goal behind Connor Bedard for the league lead in goals
Foerster is one behind Bedard (21) for the most goals by an NHL rookie this season. The #Flyers’ rookie was just denied in front.
2-1. Foerster’s 20th in his rookie year. 17 seconds into second. #Flyers
GOAL, Flyers. Hawks' lead is 2-1. Foerster rips a shot past Soderblom just 17 seconds into the 2nd.
Tyson Foerster with his 20th goal and it's a big one. Flyers within 2-1 early in second period.
Good period for the Blackhawks. They lead the Flyers 2-0 in score and 10-7 in shots on goal.
What a beautiful pass by Connor Bedard. #Blackhawks https://t.co/ThJuc5tB8n
#Flyers (82 points) are trailing Chicago (47 points), 2-0, late in first. TOs killing Philly.
The Flyers are down 2-0 to the Blackhawks in the first period. They've fallen behind 2-0 in three of their last four games.
GOAL, Blackhawks. 2-0 lead. Kurashev rips a shot top corner after a pass from Bedard.
Lukas Reichel ends a 26-game goal drought and scores for the first time since Dec. 19. #Blackhawks https://t.co/1rf6FFIr7b
Connor Bedard's bubble protects him after getting jammed up along the boards. #Blackhawks https://t.co/jAf2OwINAA
Flyers trail 1-0 as Blackhawks strike first 2:01 minutes into the game.
GOAL, Blackhawks. 1-0 lead. Lukas Reichel wraparound, and he scores on his second whack. His first goal since Dec 19.
Bad start, overturned goals and a player the Flyers have missed. https://t.co/qktT6lA0Fv
The Flyers struggled to score in a 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. https://t.co/CA7Nrpqucb
Flyers lose to Canadiens, 4-1. Flyers have lost three straight (0-2-1). They're 7-9-4 over their last 20 games. With eight games to go, they're 36-28-10 and remain in playoff spot (third place).
The net the Flyers tried to score in tonight https://t.co/Va2RcMdvZL
3-0. ENG. #Flyers will fall in Montreal.
#Flyers dominating third but still trail, 2-0, midway through period.
The Flyers just have no luck tonight
Flyers get another apparent goal wiped out. This one by an off-side challenge. Still 2-0 Canadiens in third.
No goal. Flyers ruled to be a whisker offside. Score remains #Habs 2-0 with 14:18 left in third period. Second Flyers goal tonight that didn't count after video review #HabsIO
No goal. Foerster was offside. #Flyers
No goal. Still 2-0. Flyers have had two goals this period taken off the board.
2-1. #Flyers cut the deficit. Montreal challenges for offside.
Tyson Foerster nets his 20th of the season, and it should count. He's now tied for 2nd in goals by a rookie
Flyers goal comes off the board for a kick. Back to 2-0 Canadiens. https://t.co/kbfK3K13zG
Flyers cut it to 2-1.
Flyers losing. Washington losing. Red Wings losing. HUGE third period coming up for #Isles. https://t.co/a23BLj008P
Flyers still trail Canadiens 2-0 at second intermission. Flyers just look off. Montreal has been pretty physical with them.
Flyers down 2-0 after one period of play. Probably their worst period in over a week. There was an end of period scrum though, maybe that fires them up.
The Flyers are in a 2-0 hole against the Canadiens. They have two comebacks this season from down two goals and they'll need one tonight if they want to leave Montreal with a win.