Flyers Comeback Falls Short, Seires Heads Back to Pittsburgh for Game 5
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Flyers’ (3-1) comeback effort fell short on Saturday at Xfinity Mobile Arena, falling 4-2 as the Pittsburgh Penguins (1-3) sent the series back to Pittsburgh Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell, Kris Letang, and Connor Dewar scored for the Penguins. Denver Barkey and Travis Konecny scored for the Flyers. The Penguins got the strong start they needed, scoring on the power play with a quiet contributor finding the back of the net.
Philadelphia had its share of opportunities in the first, but did not make much of them. A flukey goal in the early minutes of the second period extended the Pittsburgh lead, before the Flyers got one back later in the period. The third period was do-or-die hockey for Philly.
Pittsburgh struck first in the third, but the Flyers quickly answered. The Flyers tried to mount a comeback, but fell short in the end. Here’s how we got to the final score.
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Nick Seeler drew the game’s first penalty after being held by Anthony Mantha. So, the Flyers went to the man-advantage first. The power play came up with a pair of pivotal goals in Game 3, but the first power play of Game 4 had no such luck.
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