The Philadelphia Flyers suffered a 7-3 defeat at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins, extending their losing streak to four out of their last five games.
The Flyers got within one point in the second period after a Sean Couturier goal, but could not keep up with Pittsburgh's scoring pace. The loss was the Flyers ' fourth over the last five games.Facing a Pittsburgh Penguins team that had won eight of their past 12, the Flyers were on their heels early, and while they did try to come back, it ultimately fell short, losing 7-3 to their cross-state rivals. They have now lost four of their last five and seven of their last 10.
It was not the start the Flyers wanted. On the Penguins’ first shot 89 seconds into the game — their only shot for the first 9 minutes, 19 seconds — the home team took a 1-0 lead. Sidney Crosby sent the puck up the board to Bryan Rust, who stepped into the one-timer from above right face-off circle for his 15th of the season. Flyers searching for answers with their floundering power play: ‘We’re going to continue to work on it’ The Flyers tied it up less than five minutes later on a goal by Egor Zamula. With the Penguins trying to regroup in their own end down the right boards, Garnet Hathaway came barreling in and applied pressure on two guys causing a loose puck. snagged it and fed Ryan Poehling, who went to Zamula at the point. The defenseman skated in before scoring his second goal of the year.After a goal by the Penguins was overturned on a coach’s challenge for offside at 12:46, the Penguins did make it 2-1. The Flyers couldn’t clear the puck and Piitsburgh’s Rust made a quick pass across the slot to Rickard Rickell for the goal. Michael Bunting made it 3-1 on a power play when he was left alone at the left post to tap in a pass from Evgeni Malkin. Philip Tomasino made it a three-goal lead for Pittsburgh with a power-play goal on a wild scene. To start things off, the Flyers broke out three-on-one with Laughton putting a shot on goal that Tristan Jarry nabbed with his glove. Did everyone in the building expect a whistle? Yep, but Jarry played the puck with three Flyers deep in his zon
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