PITTSBURGH - The Flyers scored the game's first two goals, both on the power play, and you could almost hear the home fans moaning Thursday night that the Orange and Black were still in the Penguins' collective heads.
But a strange thing happened to the Flyers as they aimed for their ninth straight win over their hated arch rivals: They found a way to lose.
The Flyers' uncanny dominance of the Penguins came to a halt, 4-3, before the 400th straight sellout crowd at the electric Consol Energy Center.
Phil Kessel scored a pair of goals for the Penguins, including a tap in on a two-on-one with Carl Hagelin that gave Pittsburgh a 4-2 lead with 13 minutes, 40 seconds left.