Ersson, Flyers choose up consecutive wins for first time this season

Ersson, Flyers pick up consecutive wins for first time this season initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers had one other grind-it-out win Thursday evening with a 2-1 choice over the Blues on the Wells Fargo Heart.

Bobby Brink scored the game-winning aim with 3:01 minutes left within the third interval. Samuel Ersson delivered the products in internet on Halloween. He made a superb save on a redirection with 20.2 seconds remaining.

Noah Cates adopted it with an enormous blocked shot to assist seal the win.

Garnet Hathaway netted the game-opening aim within the first interval after Ryan Poehling made an electrical play up ice.

The Flyers (4-6-1) received consecutive video games for the primary time this season. After giving up 4 or extra targets in seven of their first 9 video games, the Flyers have yielded just one over these two straight wins. They had been capable of construct on the 2-0 blanking of the Bruins from Tuesday night.

“It is one thing I might wish to see occur for us, to play two or three in a row,” head coach John Tortorella mentioned at morning skate. “Then it begins being instinctive, how we play. I feel we confirmed extra of our identification in opposition to Boston, what our commonplace of play is and the type of play, minus nonetheless some struggling offensively. However that you must put two or three in a row, so that is the focus, that is what our assembly was about this morning.”

Following a six-game shedding streak, the Flyers have received three of their final 4 video games to stabilize a bit.

Tortorella’s membership sees the Blues (5-6-0) once more in a month after they go to St. Louis on the finish of November.

• Coming off a 23-save shutout over the Bruins, Ersson denied 20 of 21 photographs in opposition to the Blues.

St. Louis lastly cracked the 25-year-old halfway via the third interval when Nathan Walker buried a rebound.

Aleksei Kolosov backed up Ersson for the second straight recreation. At morning skate, Tortorella confirmed that the Flyers are rolling with the 22-year-old proper now as their No. 2. Ivan Fedotov, the third goalie on the membership’s roster, has been a wholesome scratch the final three video games after giving up 14 goals over three starts.

“Ivan had some video games, we weren’t joyful together with his recreation,” the top coach mentioned. “We’ll take a look at Kolosov. To me, that is how I really feel about it. I am undecided the place all of it goes because the grand plan, as we carry on going right here, as a result of we even have to consider Feds, too, to get him a while.”

St. Louis netminder Jordan Binnington stopped 19 of the Flyers’ 21 photographs

• Poehling put the Flyers’ offense on his again halfway via the primary interval when he went coast to coast, dangling via the Blues with a slew of strikes to arrange Hathaway’s aim.

Spotlight-reel stuff from the 25-year-old heart.

• Nick Seeler used his left hand to dam a shot within the first interval. His effort was applauded by followers as he acquired again as much as his ft and skated off in ache. The defenseman was animated when he arrived to the bench.

The Flyers have fought it offensively, however they’ve defended like a Tortorella staff the final two video games.

• Matvei Michkov went scoreless for a 3rd straight recreation. He regarded drained Thursday evening and never like his normal, puck-hunting self. Simply appeared off.

The 19-year-old rookie nonetheless has 9 factors (4 targets, 5 assists) via 11 video games.

• The Flyers are scheduled to follow Friday in Voorhees, New Jersey earlier than internet hosting the Bruins on Saturday (1 p.m. ET/NBCSP).

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Spotify | Stitcher | Simplecast | RSS | Watch on YouTube