The Flyers, fresh off a nifty 3-2 shootout winner Friday night to get things rolling in Vancouver, faced off against Calgary Saturday night. After a moving ceremony dedicated to the passing of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, the Flyers were flying but simply couldn’t finish in a 6-3 loss to the Flames.
The basics
First period: 5:37 — Jonathan Huberdeau (Martin Pospisil, Anthony Mantha), 7:43 — MacKenzie Weegar (Jonathan Huberdeau, Andrei Kuzmenko) (PPG)
Second period: 7:05 — Travis Konecny (Scott Laughton, Erik Johnson) (SHG), 14:41 — Nazem Kadri (Andrei Kuzmenko, Jonathan Huberdeau (PPG), 18:11 — Joel Farabee (Bobby Brink, Sean Couturier)
Third period: 14:46 — Mikael Backlund (Blake Coleman, Connor Zary), 15:34 — Jonathan Huberdeau (Martin Pospisil, Jake Bean), 17:10 — Travis Konecny (Matvei Michkov) (PPG), 18:16 — Nazem Kadri (Andrei Kuzmenko, MacKenzie Weegar) (EN)
SOG: 40 (PHI) — 33 (CAL)
Some takeaways
Fedotov OK in second start ever
Although there was some speculation that Sam Ersson would get the start again after Friday night’s opener, Sam Ersson was given the night off and Ivan Fedotov was given his first start of the season.