Flyers give Maple Leafs another battle, but lose again
Flyers give Maple Leafs another battle, but lose again originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
For a second straight game, the Flyers outshot the Maple Leafs.
And for a second straight game, the Flyers fell to Toronto, this time a 3-2 regulation decision Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
Travis Konecny scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season. But the Maple Leafs answered each of them.
Matthew Knies then scored the game-winner for Toronto on a redirection with 6:39 minutes left in the third period.
“You win some games that you shouldn’t and then there are games where you feel like you kind of got robbed of at least a point,” Konecny said. “I don’t think [the frustration] seeps into the locker room. A lot of the guys know the right way to play and how we’re playing. Eventually it’ll turn around for us. Just keep working hard.”
The Flyers (17-19-5) have 39 points halfway through this season. They’ve regressed from last season, when they had 48 points at the midway mark (21-14-6).
“Uneven in the first half,” John Tortorella said at morning skate. “Some really good stuff. Some stuff [where] we lose ourselves a little bit. But it’s nothing shocking to me. It’s a constant evaluation on all the players as we continue to move forward here.”
Tortorella’s club opened a four-game homestand after going 2-2-1 on a road trip out of the holiday break. It has dropped three straight, with the last two coming to the Maple Leafs (27-13-2). The Flyers lost, 3-2, in overtime Sunday.
The Flyers are 1-8-2 in their last 11 matchups with Toronto. The clubs meet once more March 25 at Scotiabank Arena.
• The Flyers had an ominous start to the third period when Matvei Michkov and Scott Laughton collided square on just 13 seconds into the stanza. Laughton was very slow to get up and Michkov’s face was bloodied.
Laughton returned to the game after briefly going up the tunnel. Michkov had a longer absence but eventually returned to the game, as well.
• Ivan Fedotov got his second…
