Lame Ducks lose again | Pro Hockey News

PHILADELPHIA – Carter Hart tied an NHL record with his eighth straight win in an easy 6-2 drubbing of the Anaheim Ducks Saturday afternoon.

Defenseman Radko Gudas (#3) of the Philadelphia Flyers attempt to clear Right Wing Corey Perry (#10) of the Anaheim Ducks from in front of Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Carter Hart (#79)

“I don’t really look at those things,” Hart said. “It’s cool, but we just want to win hockey games, and right now we’ve been playing really good hockey.”

Hart had 30 saves in the win as the Flyers posted four first period goals to send the Ducks to their seventh straight loss.

Sean Couturier, Phil Varone, Michael Raffl, and Travis Konecny struck for goals and each had multi-point nights for the Flyers.

“Feels good to have an impact,” Raffl said. “It’s not an easy job to do, to be at your best when you go out there and play eight minutes. You’re not really in the game. It was big for us tonight. I think a big confidence boost for our line.”

Nick Ritchie and Adam Henrique scored for the Ducks.

Anaheim has won just two of its last 21 games.

“It’s frazzled and it’s hard,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said. “You don’t expect to have to live through this stuff for this extended period of time.”

Nolan Patrick and Oskar Lindblom also scored for the Flyers.

Chad Johnson got the start for the Ducks but he was pulled in the first intermission; he made10 saves and surrendered four goals in the first period.

“They get their four goals in an area that we have got to defend,” Carlyle said. “[We] cannot continually give people goals from that area and be [anything] other than critical of your group for giving that up. The 1-on-1 battles and defending with some stiffness… we didn’t do that.”

Kevin Boyle made 24 saves in relief.