Bad habits crept up on the Boston Bruins in the City of Brotherly Love.
Despite their frequent turnovers and shaky goaltending, the Bruins sustained a healthy attacking zone presence against the Philadelphia Flyers. They found themselves trailing 3-1 early in the middle stanza only to even things up behind a Taylor Hall breakaway — on a beautiful long-distance feed by Charlie McAvoy — and a rebound tally by Brad Marchand.
The Bruins outshot the Flyers, 40-25. But the defensive breakdowns and a rare off night for Jeremy Swayman caught up to them.
Despite a solid backcheck by Hall, Cam Atkinson netted his second goal of the night off a Joel Farabee feed — following Mike Reilly’s neutral-zone turnover — to put the Flyers ahead for good a mere 58 ticks into the final stanza.