7th straight loss as Boston makes NHL history with 63rd win
Flyers battle but lose 7th straight as Bruins (and their fans) grab historic win originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Flyers couldn’t prevent the Bruins from making NHL history Sunday on their home ice as they fell to Boston, 5-3, at the Wells Fargo Center.
Wade Allison, Joel Farabee and Owen Tippett scored goals for the Flyers.
But the Bruins never trailed and David Pastrnak was dominant.
The Flyers (29-38-13) have lost seven straight games (0-6-1), a stretch in which they’ve been outscored 32-15.
There are two games left in the season.
John Tortorella’s club dropped to 2-12-1 in the second game of back-to-back sets.
The Bruins (63-12-5) set a new NHL record for most wins in a single regular season. Boston has racked up 131 points with two games to go.
“Obviously you’re aware of it; you see it kind of everywhere nowadays,” Tippett said. “For us, we just want to finish the year as hard as we can, play the right way and try to get results.”
A hearty contingent of Bruins fans made the trip to Philadelphia. When their team scored, they made the Wells Fargo Center sound like Boston’s TD Garden. They chanted “we want the Cup” after the fifth goal, which sealed the game.
“All of the stuff with us getting the crap kicked out of us here the past couple of weeks, we lose another game, Bruins fans in there — that is part of the process,” Tortorella said. “That’s where we are in our process. Losing the games. This is the hard part of the process, but it’s a part that we have to go through.”
With his 58th, 59th and 60th goals, Pastrnak led the way for the Bruins, who sat five of their regulars.
The Flyers went 0-3-0 against Boston in the three-game regular-season series.
• Pastrnak now has four career hat tricks against the Flyers.
Two of his goals came in the second period as the Bruins seized a 3-1 lead. He went for the hat trick 39 seconds into the third period.
He assisted Boston’s fifth goal, giving him a four-point night.
The Flyers battled Sunday….
