Daily News | Flyers defensemen stepping up offensively to help team reverse scoring woes
ANAHEIM, Calif. — As center Noah Cates flew up the wing with the puck on his stick on a shorthanded rush late in the third period with the Flyers and Los Angeles Kings tied at 2, Kings defenseman Sean Durzi committed an ill-fated error — he backed off.
for the first time since 2015, and they still have one more contest left against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday. While wingers Travis Konecny and Owen Tippett continue to roll, the Flyers have been getting a considerable amount of offensive help from their defensive corps. “He was just so busy with his legs defensively, when sometimes your legs get you where you need to be and stop the play instead of getting there and swinging off it,” Tortorella said. “He was just always in constant motion. I think he’s really concentrated on that the past two or three games here. Has been better there. And I think it’s helped his offense and playing with more emotion.”
“I want to give [York] the freedom to rove,” Tortorella said. “I think he’s done a pretty good job of that. I want to see him do it more. I want that even more in more minutes of his game to be a rover, as long as he meets us halfway defending.”
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