Flyers hand Chicago, 4-1 loss.

In Chicago, the Blackhawks’ woes continued this early season in a 4-1 loss to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

Claude Giroux scored his first marker of the season in the win.

Brian Elliott made 23 saves in the win.

“It’s kind of natural to let off the gas,” Elliott said. “You’re trying to play safe a little bit, that results in getting on your heels a bit. We always try to say, ‘Stay on your toes and be responsible.’ It’s a great line you have to walk.

“We blocked a lot of shots (19). You saw with [Michael Raffl] at the end of the game there, we’re up with the big lead, but he’s still making that sacrifice. Those are the plays that we need, and I saw that in front of me all night.”

Brandon Saad scored the lone goal against Elliott.

“I think it just starts with turnovers,” Saad said. “When we don’t manage the puck, teams get momentum going the other way. Gave up way too many chances, odd-man rushes, breakaways tonight.”

The Hawks went 2-3-2 in their seven-game homestand.

“There’s a lot of talk about combinations, line combinations. It’s not the combos,” Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said. “The lines that have success, they’re playing a very direct, hardworking, team-oriented game, and they’re willing to do the dirty work. They’re willing to get their nose dirty and pressure on the forecheck, back-pressure on the way back, no shortcuts in the D zone. Those are the lines that have had success. The lines that aren’t having success, they’re not having success because they’re not doing those things. It’s not the combos.” 

Oskar Lindblom, Kevin Hayes and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Flyers.

“I think we’ve been practicing and harping on playing good team defense, not giving up goals, and I think [Flyers coach Alain Vigneault] has tried a system that we’ve all kind of bought into, and sometimes the pucks go in, sometimes they don’t. But if you stick to the structure, you should be rewarded.”

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Robin Lehner made 19 saves in the loss.

“We all have to get better,” Lehner said. “I have to get better too. On the third goal, the breakaway, it would have been nice to have come up with a big save, and it would be 2-1 and who knows? But you don’t get rewarded if you don’t do the right things. I think it was an honest, well-deserved result today.”