The Philadelphia Flyers continued their struggles with a 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night. The Flyers have now lost four of their last five games, giving up an alarming 5.60 goals per game during that stretch.
Tortorella's club is 1-4-0 in its last five games and has given up 5.60 goals per game over that span. They suffered another lopsided loss, this one a 7-3 decision Monday night to the rival Penguins at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Egor Zamula, Noah Cates and Sean Couturier provided the Flyers ' goals. After the team went into first intermission staring down a big deficit at 4-1, Cates and Couturier drew it within 4-3. For Cates, it was his fourth straight game with a goal.
But the Flyers gave up a fifth goal with 1:12 minutes left in the second period, which quelled their momentum. John Tortorella emptied his net with over four minutes to go in the third period and the Flyers couldn't capitalize. Sidney Crosby made them pay, finishing with a goal and three assists. Pittsburgh then added a late power play tally. The Flyers (15-16-4) have lost four of their last five games, a stretch in which they've surrendered 5.60 goals per game. They've been outscored 28-16 over that span. Tortorella's club is 3-6-1 in December. Last season, it went 8-2-3 in December and was 18-11-4 at the holiday break. They've had defensive breakdowns, they've gone stretches in which they struggle to generate offense and, most notably, their goaltending hasn't been there for them. They really haven't played well consistently in any phase. He yielded two of Pittsburgh's three power play goals. The Flyers' penalty kill has given up 12 goals over the last 11 games. Prior to this, it had allowed just 10 through the first 24 games. Last season, the Flyers were tied with the Senators for the NHL's worst save percentage at .884. So far this season, they're last with an .866 mark., ' Tortorella said two days ago. 'We're force-feeding guys into situations that they're really not ready for, so we've got to be a little patient and keep on trying to work with them and see where we go with it.' Samuel Ersson was pulled and the Flyers' defensive struggles continued in a 7-3 loss to the Penguins
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