It’s not difficult to understand how the Flyers have lost four straight. It was all there in Wednesday night’s 5-2 loss to the Penguins.
Their penchant for taking untimely, momentum-killing penalties has returned. Four in the first period alone.
Their tendency to turn the puck over at mid-ice and in their own zone has too. Pittsburgh’s third and fourth goals last night came after failed clears and missed assignments.
And their secondary scoring woes are torturous. Jordan Weal had a great chance at the side of the net. Michal Raffl had a couple. Scott Laughton had a great one in the third.