Flyers double up Columbus, 4-2

In Columbus, the Philadelphia Flyers’ Travis Konecny scored twice in a 4-2 win over the Blue Jackets on Thursday night.

Carter Hart made 31 saves in the win, he also collected an assist in the win.

“We did a good job of in front of our net,” Hart said. “We did a good job in front of theirs, as well — tied up some sticks and blocked some shots and battled hard.”

Joel Farabee put the Flyers up, 1-0, with 3:33 gone in the opening period.

“He’s in the right place at the right time and you can’t get the puck away,” Konecny said of Couturier, who played his first regular-season game since Dec. 18, 2021, following two back surgeries. “He plays the right way, and when you do that you get rewarded.”

Five minutes later, Jake Bean tied the game for the Blue Jackets.

“It’s a game where you play 1-on-1s most of the time,” Columbus coach Pascal Vincent said. “In those battles, we have to win more than just 50 percent, so I thought the 50/50 battles, we can do a better job.

Konecny scored his first on the night at 12:43 of the first to give the Flyers a 2-1 lead.

“I thought everybody contributed,” Philadelphia coach John Tortorella said. “I think everybody wants to be part of the game. From where I was last year on the bench to just the first game this year, there are more people that I can put in situations. The first game I didn’t do too much checking, as far as matching lines. I wanted everybody to play.”