Flyers’ offensive problems continue in loss to Hurricanes
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Flyers’ offensive problems continue in loss to Hurricanes originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
John Tortorella warned against the Hurricanes’ suffocating style of play.
And his Flyers felt it.
They failed to muster up much offense in a 4-1 loss Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
“Carolina is probably one of the highest pressure teams,” Tortorella said at morning skate. “They’re man on man all over the place, they can skate — they’re a good team, they’re a really good team. We’ve got to be aware of their quickness.
“So our readiness is very important in how quick we play and we need to pressure, too. Not let them dictate the pace of the game.”
Tortorella tried shaking up his lines later in the game but didn’t have any luck.
The Flyers (11-10-1) have run into some offensive woes. They’ve scored four goals over their last four games, a stretch in which they’ve gone 1-3-0. The lone win was a 1-0 shootout over the Islanders last Saturday.
Travis Konecny scored the Flyers’ only goal Tuesday night. Tyson Foerster sprung him with a good lead pass.
Seth Jarvis delivered the backbreaking goal for the Hurricanes late in the third period. Carter Hart couldn’t make the save as the puck slid under his leg pad and off his skate.
“It was just unlucky,” Hart said. “The puck’s going wide if it goes off my skate. It gets stuck underneath my skate and the ice. When I go to stretch out or kick back, it kicks in the net. Just a crappy, crappy bounce.”
Carolina added an empty-netter 42 seconds later.
“I thought it was just an ugly hockey game, probably by both teams,” Tortorella said. “I guess I’ll speak on my team, we were just flat, right through the lineup. Back end did some good work, but just didn’t have many forwards going at all.
“I’m not spending too much time with it. We haven’t had many of these.”
The Hurricanes (13-8-0) have won 10 of their last 14 games. The Flyers are 1-2-0 against Carolina and face it once more in March.
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