Flyers give up 6 more goals, drop to 0-2-0 in challenging 7-game stret…

Flyers give up 6 more goals, drop to 0-2-0 in challenging 7-game stretch originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers continued to leak defensively in a 6-5 loss Saturday night to the Bruins at TD Garden.

A 2-2 game was turned on its head when Boston ripped off three goals in the first 4:04 minutes of the third period.

John Tortorella’s club twice cut the deficit to one but couldn’t complete the comeback. Tortorella was back behind the bench after serving his two-game suspension.

With two goals, Joel Farabee led the way for the Flyers (34-26-8). Ryan Poehling, Nicolas Deslauriers and Morgan Frost also found the back of the net, while Owen Tippett finished with three assists.

The Flyers, depleted on the back end, are surrendering goals at a concerning rate. Without their former second defensive pair of Sean Walker (traded) and Nick Seeler (injured), the Flyers have gone 2-3-0 and allowed 22 goals (4.40 per game).

They’re also missing defensemen Jamie Drysdale (upper body) and Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body).

The Flyers have dropped both of their meetings with the Bruins (40-14-15), allowing six goals in each defeat. Since the 2021-22 season, the Flyers are 1-7-0 against Boston and have been outscored 38-21.

• Tortorella’s team is 0-2-0 two games into this grueling stretch of seven straight against bona-fide contenders. The Flyers have yielded 12 goals over the two losses.

They’re having to rely heavily on Cam York and Travis Sanheim.

Marc Staal was a minus-1 in 9:09 minutes against the Bruins. Erik Johnson was a minus-4 in the Flyers’ 6-2 loss Thursday to the Maple Leafs. The two veterans have been flanked by youngsters in Ronnie Attard and Egor Zamula.

Seeler has been considered week to week. His return would provide the Flyers much-needed stability and allow them to allocate minutes more properly.

Here are the Flyers’ next five games:

vs. TOR
at CAR
vs. BOS
vs. FLA
at NYR

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