PHILADELPHIA – On Thursday night, Samuel Ersson made 20 saves in a 2-1 win for the Flyes over the visiting St Louis Blues. .
Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers check Justin Falk #72 of the St Louis Blues
“We cannot be satisfied,” Ersson said. “We know we’re getting some wins now, but we’ve got to keep playing like this too. We see the effort level, what it’s got to be for us to get results.”
It was the second straight win for Philadelphia.
Garnet Hathaway scored midway through the opening period to give the FLyers a 1-0 lead.
At 9:58 of the third period, the Blues got on the board with a goal form Nathan Walker to tie the game, 1-1.
“The effort was much better than the previous two games,” Blues coach Drew Bannister said. “I thought we did a lot of good things here tonight, on both sides of the puck. But right now our mistakes are amplified so we just have to clean up the minimal mistakes that we made. … If we play that way and clean up those mistakes we’ll win more hockey games than we lose.”
Bobby Brink hit for the game-winner with 3:01 left on the game clock for the 2-1 final.
“I’m happy for Bobby Brink,” Flyers coach John Tortorella said. “He has gone through a little bit of an up and down with me as far as the defensive part of the game, but the puck follows him. … I think the play before he scores the goal, it’s in traffic, and he just pushes it wide and goes to the net. It’s a really good offensive play.”
Jordan Binnington made 19 saves in the loss.
Jordan Binnington #50 of the St Louis Blues
Nathan Walker #26 of the St Louis Blues
Oskar Sundqvist #70 of the St Louis Blues face-off agains Matvei Michkov #39 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Joel Farabee #86 of the Philadelphia Flyers screens goalie Jordan Binnington #50 of the St Louis Blues
Jordan Binnington #50 of the St Louis Blues deflects the puck past the net.
Morgan Frost #48 of the Philadelphia Flyers attempts to screen goalie Jordan Binnington #50 of the St Louis Blues
Garnet Hathaway #19 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Morgan Frost #48 of the Philadelphia Flyers pursues Scott Perunovich #48 of the St Louis Blues
St Louis Blues players Alexey Toropchenko #13 and Oskar Sundqvist #70 celebrate the goal by Nathan Walker #26 (middle) in the third period
Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers blocks a shot by Oskar Sundqvist #70 of the St Louis Blues
Bobby Brink #10 of the Philadelphia Flyers celebrates his game winning goal in the third period against the St Louis blues.
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