Jets rout Flyers, 7-1

Sunday, in Winnipeg, seven different skaters scored for the Jets in a 7-1 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Josh Morrissey and Tyler Myers had a goal each and three and two points respectively in the win.

Tyler Myers had a goal and two points in win over Flyers Sunday in Winnipeg – file photo courtesy of Lewis Bleiman

“Honestly, that was pretty ugly from our group,” Myers said. “It goes to show that we’re able to put the puck in the net. We got a little bit better after the first period but certainly didn’t like the first. Bucky made a lot of good saves to weather their storm, and we were able to capitalize on a lot of our chances.”

The Jets led 2-1 after the first period.

Kyle Connor, Brandon Tanev, Dustin Byfuglien, Blake Wheeler, and Bryan Little also scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves to get the win.

“They came with a great effort in the first period,” Morrissey said. “Although we were up 2-1 we didn’t love our first as a whole, but usually you’re not going to dominate an entire 60 minutes, so when they had their push [Hellebuyck] made some big saves, really some huge saves actually, and kept us right there. And then we got going in the second and third. Like I said, it was a big win for us.”

Jakub Voracek scored the lone goal for the Flyers.

“I relaxed a bit. I was gripping it a bit tight. I got a lot better at my foundation over the summer. What I’m used to feeling I’m not really feeling anymore. I can do so much more, so I started to fight a little bit harder for it. Now I can relax and let things kind of sink into place. It kind of helped me find my groove,” Hellebuyck said.

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Michal Neuvirth got the start for the Flyers but was given the hook in the second period after yielding three goals and making just seven saves.

“We had a great start and we were all over them and their goalie made a couple big saves,” Neuvirth said.

Anthony Stolarz made 21 saves after entering the game with just under eight minutes gone in the middle frame.

“I think when you’re down you start changing your game, start to create more,” Flyers forward Claude Giroux said. “It could work. We’ve seen it in the past work but sometimes, like tonight, we see it just gets worse.”