Aleksei Kolosov’s debut wasn’t great in terms of shiny new toy-ness, but he didn’t have much help in front of him until a late press made it a one-goal game. Nonetheless, the Flyers end up losing 4-3 on Sunday evening at Wells Fargo Center.
The basics
First period: 10:42 – Nick Suzuki (Kirby Dach, Jayden Struble), 17:24 – Travis Sanheim (Ryan Poehling, Garnet Hathaway)
Second period: 4:47 – Brendan Gallagher (Logan Mailloux, Josh Anderson), 12:48 – Cole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson), 16:01 – Jake Evans (Brendan Gallagher)
Third period: 17:48 – Travis Sanheim (Joel Farabee, Nic Deslauriers), 18:17 – Travis Konecny (Owen Tippett, Travis Sanheim)
SOG: 26 (PHI) – 24 (MON)
Some takeaways
Kolosov’s debut dicey
Goaltender Aleksei Kolosov went from not being present at the start training camp to starting for the Flyers against Montreal in his NHL debut (and the NHL debut for a Belarusian goaltender).