PHILADELPHIA – The Flyers scored five times in the middle frame on Thursday night and drilled the Arizona Coyotes, 6-2.
“We just wanted to play faster,” Philadelphia coach John Tortorella said. “I thought our defense did a really good job of getting the puck up the ice. I thought we played a lot faster after the first period; we played quicker as the game we
The Flyers improved to 15-17-7.
Carter Hart made 21 saves in the win.
Six different skaters scored for Philadelphia.
Nick Ritchie and Michael Carcone were the Coyotes strikers.
“That’s probably the worst game we’ve played in two years,” Arizona coach Andre Tourigny said. “We had nothing emotionally, nothing mentally. It’s tough to explain. … That’s something that’s creeping into our game for a while. Now I guess we’re in it, and now we have to find a solution.”
Travis Konecny also scored for the Flyers, his goal tied the game, 1-1, in the middle frame.
Arizona dropped to 13-19-5.
The Coyotes had a 2-1 lead in the second period before Joel Farabee tied the game, 2-2.
The Coyotes have lost 11 straight road games.
Wade Allison gave Philadelphia 3-2 lead, and Ivan Provorov pushed the Flyers advantage to 4-2.
“It’s a tough league to win in, no matter who you play, so we’re we’re certainly not going to go in the back door and say that it’s because of weaker opponents,” Tortorella said. “I think our game has as grown as a team.”
Kevin Hayes then made it, 5-2 headed to the third.
“Even when we were winning earlier, we weren’t scoring a lot,” Hayes said. “Our coach has been harping to get pucks on net and the [defensemen are] getting a lot of shots through, which is causing traffic. Then you get rebounds and more [offensive]-zone time.”
James van Riemsdyk scored late in the third period for the 6-2 final.
Ritchie gave the Coyotes a 2-0 lead in the second period.
“We weren’t detailed enough. We started getting beat up the ice, giving up those scoring chances,” Hayton said. “They like those east-west plays; on those two power-play goals we just had too many breakdowns. It’s not good enough.”
Karel Vejmelka made 28 saves in the Arizona loss.
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