A strong third period was not enough to overcome forty previous minutes of poor play as the Flyers fell 2-1 to the Los Angeles Kings in the last game of their California road trip.
It's very difficult to defeat the Los Angeles Kings, runaway leader of the Pacific Division. It's even tougher when your team plays well in only one period of the game.
The Flyers fell behind 2-0 through forty minutes of play, before producing a stellar third period against the Western Conference powerhouse Kings. But they could only squeeze one goal past Jonathan Quick, and fell by a score of 2-1.