Flyers hand Blues eighth straight loss

PHILADELPHIA – Felix Sandstrom made 27 saves and the Flyers handed the St Louis Blues their eighth straight loss, 5-1, on Tuesday night.

Felix Sandstrom #32 of the Philadelphia Flyers makes a save against Vladimir Tarasenko #91 of the St Louis Blues

“He’s been playing the back to backs there and we haven’t done too much to help him out,” Flyers forward Wade Allison said. “So, it’s good for us tonight to take care in front of him. He was elite again tonight, so all the credit in the world to him. He was a big reason we won tonight.”

The Flyers scored three times in the second period.

Wade Allison, Travis Konecny, and Noah Cates were the strikers in the middle frame.

Cates made it 3-0

“We ended up sitting on our heels a little bit, and all teams do it when you have that lead,” Flyers coach John Tortorella said. “I just liked the way we responded after they scored their first one. Obviously, the fourth is a big goal, but then I thought we checked. We were smart. We just played a simple game blue line to blue line. I just liked the way we were as a team just trying to stay within our concept.”

Ryan O’Reilly scored at 5:22 in the third period to get the Blues within 3-1,

“We have to change, we have to adapt, we have to learn,” O’Reilly said. “Coaches have done a great job, it’s just the execution of it. I don’t have an answer. Just not good enough. It’s on me, and it’s on others.”

Philadelphia’s Nick Seeler pushed the lead to 4-1 at 6:404of the frame.

St Louis dropped to 3-8-0.

“We’re not playing well enough to win games,” St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. “That’s what happens. We’ve got to play better than that for 60 minutes. We’re not performing at a good enough level.”

Owen Tippett scored with 39 seconds left in the third period for the 5-1 final.

Thomas Greiss made 30 saves in the latest Blues loss.

Goalie Thomas Greiss #1 of the St Louis Blues stretches to make a save against Tony DeAngelo #77 of the Philadelphia Flyers

Torey Krug #47 of the St Louis Blues

Wade Allison #57 of the Philadelphia Flyers high-fives his teammates after scoring a goal in the second period.

Ryan O’Reilly #90 of the St Louis Blues

Felix Sandstrom #32 of the Philadelphia Flyers makes a glove save.

Robert Thomas #18 of the St Louis Blues advances the puck against Scott Laughton #21 of the Philadelphia Flyers

Justin Falk #72 of the St Louis Blues battles Owen Tippett #74 of the Philadelphia Flyers in front of Goalie Thomas Greiss #1 of the St Louis Blues

Ryan O’Reilly #90 of the St Louis Blues battles Tony DeAngelo #77 of the Philadelphia Flyers in front of Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Felix Sandstrom #32