PHILADELPHIA – The Flyers’ Carter Hart made 47 saves on Tuesday night, an NHL career high, in a 2-1 win over Vegas Golden Knights.
“He was a competitor, he was a battler,” Philadelphia coach Mike Yeo said. “That’s a shot-volume team. They throw a lot of pucks at the net. It creates a lot of scrambles when they do that. Well-deserved win for him tonight, no question.”
Justin Braun and Oskar Lindblom were the Philadelphia strikers.
“It was unbelievable,” Braun said. “Any time you give up that many shots (48) and Grade-As and come out with a W, that’s probably on your goalie having a great night.”
Hart preserved the win in the final two minutes of the game, when the Flyers took a penalty.
“Even on that 6-on-4 penalty kill, just getting sticks in lanes and sticks on pucks, that’s huge,” Hart said. “It disrupts their play. We know they got a lot of skill, so we know we’ve got to do everything we can to disrupt them.”
Evgenii Dadonov was the lone goal scorer for the Golden Knights.
“We’ve got to find a way to score more than one goal,” Vegas coach Peter DeBoer said. “And no even-strength goals. I think that’s the most important part. We pride ourselves on being a real good even-strength team, and we didn’t get enough done there tonight.”
The Flyers moved to 18-28-10.
“I think I only had one chance, and I got the puck in the net,” Lindblom said. “You don’t need a lot of chances to put the puck in. It helps you feel a little lighter out there.”
Vegas dropped to 32-22-4.
The Flyers eight-game homestand ended 3-4-1.
“Not very good,” Yeo said. “Obviously we’re here to win games. We had some emotional talks a few days ago. I like the way that we finished off with a couple wins, but we have to keep building.”
Robin Lehner made 19 saves in the Vegas loss.
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