The Flyers escaped with a 6-5 shootout win Tuesday over visiting Florida, but there were lots of areas that were uglier than the team's new mascot.
The Flyers erupted for five goals in a dazzling second-period outburst. The problem was, it was their only good 20 minutes of regulation.
More good: Wayne Simmonds and Claude Giroux (eight shots) each had two goals, center Jordan Weal and defenseman Christian Folin showed they deserve to stay in the lineup, Travis Konecny (assist, four shots) was in the middle of several scoring chances, and relief goalie Cal Pickard allowed just one goal in three shootout attempts.