Flyers Suffer Crushing Loss for Playoff Hopes vs. Red Wings on Thursday
PHILADELPHIA – Despite dominating the entire game, the Philadelphia Flyers (37-25-12) suffered a crushing 4-2 loss vs. the Detroit Red Wings (39-27-8) on Thursday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond, and Patrick Kane scored for the Red Wings.
Tyson Foerster and Travis Konecny scored for the Flyers. From the start of the game all the way until the end, the Flyers were the more dominant team. They outshot, outchanced, and overall outplayed the Red Wings.
The big difference? Detroit capitalized on the Flyers’ mistakes. That made the difference in the game.
Here’s how we got to the final score Read More: Flyers Game 75: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs. Red Wings Red Wings take the first-period lead The Flyers got off to an entertaining start with fast pace and big hits. However, offensively, the first five minutes of the game were headlined by a Luke Glendening breakaway that was stopped by John Gibson, who was making his 13th straight start.
Detroit got the first power play of the game, 6:23 into the first period, after Porter Martone was called for a rather soft cross-check on Lucas Raymond. Still, it was a cross-check that put the Flyers on the penalty kill. Philly killed off the penalty and got some big cheers from the crowd with each clear.
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