Ersson, Flyers defeat Ducks, 4-1

In Anaheim, the Philadelphia Flyers’ Samuel Ersson made 28 saves on Monday night, and missed a shutout by 40 seconds in a 4-1 win over the Ducks.

Flyer’s goalie Samuel Ersson – Photo by Jack Lima

Ryan Strome scored for Anaheim to ruin the shutout bid.

Ersson is 3-0-0 since being called up from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League.

“I’m still adapting a little bit, but I did feel today’s game was my best game yet,” Ersson said. “I’m starting to feel more comfortable out there with the reads and the pace of the game.”

Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost scored in the first period to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead.

“There’s still a lot of things that I need to work on and a lot of mistakes I make out there, but I think I’m creating more than I was in past seasons or at the start of the year,” Frost said. “I just want to keep building on that.”

The Ducks dropped to 10-24-4.

“[The Flyers] just did the little things, they didn’t shoot themselves in the foot, they played a simple game and they took advantage of our mistakes,” Strome said. “We could take a page out of their book and kind of learn from that. I think the simple play was often the right play tonight, and they just kept getting pucks behind us and playing simply, playing hard, playing in straight lines.”

The Flyers’ Travis Konecny  scored with three minutes gone in the middle frame to push the lead out to 3-0.

“We’re going to work hard every night,” Konecny said. “I feel like we’re getting back to where we were at the start of the year. It doesn’t matter who we play against, it’s the same way. We play hard, and hopefully it pays off.”

Scott Laughton scored ahead of the midway point of the third period to extend the Flyers lead to 4-0.

John Gibson made 29 saves in the Ducks loss.

“I think that every guy can look in the mirror and have better execution starting in practice, starting in the morning skate,” Strome said. “Everyone’s got to take a little bit of individual pride in their practicing and their habits and just become a little bit better and a little bit more sharp.”