PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers got two goals each from Kevin Hayes and Joel Farabee as they defeated the visiting Colorado Avalanche, 6-3, on Saturday night.
“It’s great we found a way to win,” James van Riemsdyk said. “Scored some timely goals. With how the other teams were doing tonight that we’re competing with in the standings, it’s obviously a huge win for us tonight.”
Kevin Hayes #13 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores an unassisted shorthanded goal in the third period against the Colorado Avalanche Goalie Philipp Grubauer #31
Alex Lyon made 28 saves to get the win.
Mikko Rantanen, Andre Burakovsky and Nikita Zadorov were the Avs strikers.
“Think we had a really good first period, could have been up 3-0 early, had some chances,” Rantanen said. “Even in the second, created a lot. … Don’t think we had a horrible game. We had a chance to win. I think we played better than them, but we just couldn’t find the win.”
Matt Niskanen scored and Scott Laughton added an empty goal late for the Flyers.
“They were the better team in the first, and they were down 2-0,” Hayes said. “Thought as the game went on, we were a lot better, we settled in and got back to our game. Overall, getting three out of four points coming off the break, it’s definitely positive.”
Philipp Grubauer #31 of the Colorado Avalanche reaches to cover the puck against James van Riemsdyk #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers
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Philipp Grubauer made 22 saves in the loss.
“We had the chances, we played a pretty decent game. If we had a little more puck luck, it would have been different,” the Avalanche’s Pierre-Edouard Bellemare said.
Joel Farabee #49 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Ryan Graves #27 of the Colorado Avalanche
Philipp Grubauer #31 of the Colorado Avalanche, James van Riemsdyk #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers, Ryan Graves #27 of the Colorado Avalanche
Philadelphia Flyers Justin Braun #61,Alex Lyon #34, Sean Couturier #14 and Colorado Avalanche Pierre-Edouard Bellemare #41, Matt Calvert #11 look for the shot from the point.
Alex Lyon #34 of the Philadelphia Flyers makes a pad save.
Some extracurricular activities after play stops by J.T. Compher #37 of the Colorado Avalanche, James van Riemsdyk #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers, Ian Cole #28 of the Colorado Avalanche
Philipp Grubauer #31 of the Colorado Avalanche makes a glove save
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