Free-falling Flyers look to halt slide against hot Bruins.
The Philadelphia Flyers play the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon in an attempt to end a four-game losing streak. The Flyers were blanked 3-0 on the road against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday after suffering three straight losses at home. John Tortorella, the coach of Philadelphia, stated, “We’re struggling to make plays.” “We doubled them in shot attempts — I think we had 75 attempts — but we’re just not developing much offense.”
Goaltender Samuel Ersson made 14 saves. He continues to start since Carter Hart has been granted an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons. Ersson kept the Flyers in the game, but their offense was unable to get going. There was a lack of execution and too many turnovers. “Right now, we’re not getting the bounces,” Ersson said. “That’s the way it goes sometimes.
We must struggle through this and get out of this predicament.” Prior to this current four-game losing streak, the Flyers had won five straight games. Joel Farabee’s seven-game scoring run came to an end, while Cam Atkinson’s stood at six games.
“It’s a good time for everyone to kind of look in the mirror, step back and realize what’s made us successful as a team,” said Atkinson. It’s obvious that tonight wasn’t our best. In order to score goals, we need to return to playing filthy, acting haughtily, and traveling to the dirty regions.”
Owen Tippett is expected to remain sidelined as he’s currently on the injured list with a lower-body injury. The hot Bruins will arrive in Philadelphia having won six of seven. The Bruins defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime Thursday.
Brad Marchand scored the game-winner 1:48 into overtime for the team’s 30th victory. The Bruins’ captain has scored five goals in the last four games. Marchand’s goal was the 396th of his career and moved him past Hall of Famer Ray Bourque into fifth place on the franchise’s all-time list.
About the achievement, Marchand remarked, “It’s special.” It’s unique, but I try not to think about it too much. I never imagined that my career would progress as far as it has and that certain events would have occurred. Being a member of a group with a lot of accomplishment and amazing individuals to learn from has been incredibly fortunate for me.”
While Marchand received the accolades, goaltender Jeremy Swayman more than anchored the Bruins with 35 saves, several in spectacular fashion. “He was terrific,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said of Swayman. “You could tell he was really on top of his game by how well he moved the puck north for us. Sometimes he was our best breakout defenseman.”
Whenever the opponent has tied the game late or the Bruins have trailed, they have found solutions throughout the season. This was also the same. Swayman declared, “We’re really proud of ourselves for our response.” “As you saw see, we were unfazed by giving up a goal late on and we don’t want to lose two straight. We basically ran tonight in that manner—next shift, next guy up.”
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