The Flyers started slow, got back into the game, took the lead, then fell apart in a wild 7-5 loss to the Florida Panthers Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center, snapping a five-game point streak.
The basics
First period: 2:36 – Evan Rodrigues (Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen), 6:57 – Niko Mikkola (Matthew Tkachuk, Jesper Boqvist)
Second period: 3:00 – Aleksander Barkov (Sam Reinhart, Matthew Tkachuk) (PPG), 7:13 – Tyson Foerster (Joel Farabee, Matvei Michkov) (PPG), 9:31 – Nick Seeler (Unassisted), 13:35 – Carter Verhaeghe (Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov) (PPG), 17:41 – Owen Tippett (Matvei Michkov), 18:04 – Owen Tippett (Matvei Michkov)
Third period: 5:36 – Garnet Hathaway (Scott Laughton, Rasmus Ristolainen), 14:43 – Gustav Forsling (Sam Bennett, Evan Rodrigues), 18:01 – Sam Reinhart (Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov) (PPG), 19:49 – Matthew Tkachuk (Sam Reinhart, Dmitry Kulikov) (PPG)
SOG: 34 (PHI) – 28 (FLA)
Some takeaways
Penalty kill wickedly … not good
Granted, the fourth came via an empty-netter, but when you give up four power play goals you’re not defending well.