It doesn’t come easy: The Penguins scored two goals despite making contact with Brian Elliott. Another goal was scored when Elliott’s save of Bryan Rust’s initial shot banked off the shaft of his stick and into the net.
The Flyers hit four posts in the second period alone, but they had a two-goal lead going into the third period and were outshot in it, 16-5. And yet they regained the lead on Michael Raffl’s goal at 16:19. They benefited in the final seconds when the Pens this time rang the post.
So no, unlucky was just part of this 5-4 overtime loss to the Penguins, their latest gut punch in a season already defined by them.