Tonight, the Philadelphia Flyers — having lost four games in a row and missing inarguably the two best NHL forwards and arguably the best three NHL defensemen on their roster, plus more — played the San Jose Sharks — who were without their top three centers as well as two of their top four defensemen — at the Wells Fargo Center, all while a football game was happening just down the street. The circumstances were not great. The performance reflected that.
The Flyers, within minutes in the third period, established and then blew a two-goal lead, and Tomas Hertl would get his third of the night in overtime to give the visitors a 3-2 win.