You could feel this coming.
Along with the impressive number of victories the Flyers compiled in the month of February came a certain level of fortune. Snake-bitten in early hard-luck losses in October and November, the Flyers scored seven goals on Henrik Lundqvist, beat nemesis Sergei Bobrovsky with two goals on just 20 shots, and won a shootout against Montreal Tuesday despite going scoreless in regulation and overtime.
They appeared to be getting too cute for their own good, a trait that again reared its ugly head in last night’s listless 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes at the Wells Fargo Center — where they have accumulated less than half of their 78 points this season.