After dropping Ersson early, Flyers get shut out by Bruins

After losing Ersson early, Flyers get shut out by Bruins initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers misplaced their No. 1 goaltender and mini successful streak Saturday afternoon in a 3-0 blanking to the Bruins on the Wells Fargo Middle.

Samuel Ersson exited 7:36 minutes into the primary interval with a lower-body injury. Boston seized a 1-0 lead a bit underneath six minutes later and John Tortorella’s membership trailed the remainder of the way in which.

The Flyers (4-7-1) got here in having received consecutive video games for the primary time this season and three of their final 4.

However dropping Ersson as early as they did felt like an awfully ominous signal for the day.

“I feel proper now we’re struggling to actually create some sustained offense,” Sean Couturier mentioned. “We’re getting possibilities, however lots of one-and-dones. We have to discover a strategy to get one other gear right here in our sport.”

The Bruins (5-6-1) acquired some revenge on the Flyers, who shut them out, 2-0, four days ago in Boston.

Jim Montgomery’s staff had misplaced its prior two video games by a mixed rating of 10-2.

• Ersson made eight saves earlier than departing. The Flyers may very well be in deep trouble if the 25-year-old is to overlook any prolonged time frame. Their backups are two rookies with a combined five starts of NHL experience.

“Let’s face it, we’ve a goaltending scenario,” Tortorella said over a week ago.

Aleksei Kolosov, a 22-year-old from Belarus, denied 20 of twenty-two photographs in aid. The Flyers have been sluggish to get again on the Bruins’ 2-0 aim within the second interval. Justin Brazeau blasted a shot off a feed from Brad Marchand.

Boston’s third aim was an empty-netter.

In late September, it was uncertain if Kolosov was going to report to training camp. Now, he may very well be the man if Ersson wants time.

“He has acquired some character to his sport,” Tortorella mentioned of Kolosov. “He fights.”

Bruins netminder Joonas Korpisalo stopped all 20 of the Flyers’ photographs.

Within the second interval, Morgan Frost was denied in shut and Bobby Brink rung iron. The Flyers could not generate a lot within the third interval.

“It is irritating for everybody clearly,” Frost mentioned. “I feel we’re extra defense-oriented, but it surely’s exhausting to win video games if you’re solely scoring one aim or two objectives or none. I feel simply capitalize on the possibilities and perhaps attempt to get some extra visitors in entrance of the goalie.”

Offense has been a priority. The Flyers have scored 4 objectives (one an empty-netter) over their final three video games and entered with 2.73 per sport on the season.

“Typically it goes like this, however the second you begin getting pissed off, it may well lead into different elements of the sport,” Owen Tippett mentioned. “We simply should proceed to type of do what we’re doing and it will break via hopefully.”

Tortorella identified the significance of Tippett and Tyson Foerster, two younger wingers who’ve mixed for 3 objectives to this point. Final season, they mixed for 48, each ending within the high 4 among the many Flyers’ aim scorers.

“Now we have simply had a tricky time growing offense, however once we do develop some good possibilities, ending, too,” Tortorella mentioned. “That is the place we’re at proper now. Tyson and Tip are two huge guys for me. … Simply to get them going I feel will assist us. However they’re each preventing it on the similar time.”

• Matvei Michkov, the NHL rookie of the month for October, went scoreless for a fourth straight sport. More here on the 19-year-old’s early growing pains after a fast start.

“He needs to hold a staff, he needs to be the man, and that is what we love about him,” Tortorella mentioned. “He is discovering out what the Nationwide Hockey League is. There are going to be some struggles there with him as he enters the primary yr within the league. However he made some good performs at present, he made some good performs at present that developed into some offense. It simply has not reworked into objectives and us constantly scoring objectives.”

Michkov and Couturier have been every a minus-3 in opposition to the Bruins. Travis Konecny was a minus-2.

“I feel Coots has labored his ass off in the course of the ice,” Tortorella mentioned. “But other than that one game, it simply hasn’t developed right into a bunch of offense.”

• Previous to the sport, the Flyers honored the late Jay Greenberg, a Hockey Corridor of Fame journalist and creator who died on Aug. 12, 2021. He was 71 years previous.

The staff held a dedication within the media room downstairs and unveiled the Jay Greenberg Press Row photograph collage within the press field on the balcony degree.

President of hockey operations Keith Jones and common supervisor Danny Briere attended the dedication.

• The Flyers open a three-game highway journey Tuesday after they go to the Hurricanes (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP).

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