Flyers win 4th in a row by taking down another top-10 team

Flyers win 4th in a row by taking down another top-10 team originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers turned some more heads Saturday night with a 5-2 win over the Avalanche at Ball Arena in Denver.

Carter Hart was dynamite again, fending off a Colorado team that came in scoring a league-high 4.17 goals per game at home. The Flyers never trailed and went on to win their fourth straight.

Travis Konecny, Owen Tippett, Travis Sanheim and Joel Farabee all scored for the Flyers, who are 5-1-1 in their last seven games.

John Tortorella’s club is 2-0-0 on its three-game road trip and improved to 15-10-2 overall. In 2019-20, the last time the Flyers made the playoffs, they were 15-7-5 through 27 games.

Konecny delivered his second straight two-goal effort. In the third period, his penalty shot marker extended the Flyers’ lead to 4-2. Forty-six seconds later, Farabee scored and the Flyers were in control with 9:43 minutes left.

Tippett, Sanheim and Bobby Brink also had two-point performances.

The Flyers won in Denver for the first time since March 28, 2018, when they had Ivan Provorov, Andrew MacDonald, Shayne Gostisbehere, Radko Gudas, Brandon Manning and Sanheim on defense. Michal Neuvirth and Petr Mrazek both played in net that night.

The Flyers face the Avalanche (16-9-2) again Jan. 20 when the teams wrap up their two-game regular-season series in Philadelphia.

• It’s early. You’ll probably hear that a lot. And it is early.

But there’s no doubt the Flyers have surprised people and the team’s progress has been notable.

The Flyers are in second place of the Metropolitan Division past the quarter mark of the season. Last year, they were 9-13-5 at this point and in seventh place.

The Flyers also have four wins over top-10 clubs: the Golden Knights, Kings, Canucks and…