Rantanen, Avalanche bury Flyers, 4-1

Mikko Rantanen scored twice and Semyon Varlamov made 37 saves as the Avalanche beat the Flyers, 4-1, on Monday night at the Wells Fargo Center to sweep the season series between the two teams.

Nolan Patrick scored the lone Flyers goal, who fell to 4-5 with the loss. Brian Elliott made 29 saves in the losing effort and the Flyers squandered three power play chances while again giving up a power play goal.

Not great, folks.

After a couple quality chances for Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim, Jordan Weal would pickup a tripping call to send a dangerous Avalanche power play to the ice 2:08 in.

The Avs would make the Flyers pay, with Mikko Rantanen picking up the garbage in front off a to make it…