Takeaways: Flyers’ streak stretches to 9 with 2-1 loss to Red Wings
Andrew Copp scored the go-ahead goal with 4:38 left as Detroit handed Philadelphia its ninth straight loss to open the season.
- On Thursday, Andrew Copp scored with 4:38 remaining to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, extending Philadelphia's franchise record-extending winless start to nine games.
- Philadelphia dropped to 0-6-3 after failing to capitalize on early momentum when a power-play breakdown allowed Detroit rookie Anton Johansson to score his first NHL goal and tie the game.
- Matvei Michkov put Philadelphia ahead first, but Flyers goaltender Joseph Woll faced 26 shots while Detroit's offense ultimately prevailed through Copp's late strike.
- Head coach Rick Tocchet faces scrutiny over game management decisions, while Oliver Bonk missed a final chance from 10 feet with eight seconds remaining.
- The Flyers are leaning heavily on goaltenders to keep games manageable while skaters struggle to create offense, with one win in six games deemed unacceptable.
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Red Wings send Flyers to franchise record-extending 9th straight loss
DETROIT — Andrew Copp broke a tie with 4:38 left and the Detroit Red Wings sent the Philadelphia Flyers to their franchise record-extending ninth straight loss to start the season, winning 2-1 on Thursday night.
Takeaways: Flyers’ streak stretches to 9 with 2-1 loss to Red Wings
Another Flyers gameday, another loss to dig into. Despite putting together a nice but of momentum in Tuesday’s game against the Kraken, the Flyers once again showed an inability to build and capitalize on their positives pulled together — meeting with a struggling Red Wings team, they took another step back and let this one get away with them. And the winless streak stretches to nine games. The Basics First period: 17:32 – Matvei Michkov (unass…
Red Wings send Flyers to franchise record-extending 9th straight loss to start season
Andrew Copp broke a tie with 4:38 left and the Detroit Red Wings sent the Philadelphia Flyers to their franchise record-extending ninth straight loss to start the season, winning 2-1 on Thursday night.
Game 7: PHI @ Detroit
Sorry for the brief hiatus, friends. Had some personal things to attend to. A real battle of the titans is a-brewin’ as the feckless Flyers visit Little Caesars Arena tonight. Two teams. Fourteen games played. One win. Some key injuries, too. The Flyers will be without their leading scorer (their leading scorer in 8 games has 0 goals and 3 assists) in Travis Konecny as well as heralded defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen. The Wings still remain withou…
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