Forty minutes of terrible play bookended by twenty minutes of competency. Unfortunately, that won't be enough to win many games in the NHL.
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night's game with an analytical eye.
- The opening eleven minutes last night felt so far removed from the rest of the contest that it might as well have been a different game altogether. The Flyers were moving through the neutral zone efficiently and taking full advantage of Toronto's struggles with the puck in their own end early.