PHILADELPHIA – A three-goal first period by the Tampa Bay Lightning took the starch out of the Flyers Tuesday night as the Bolts won their seventh straight game, 5-2.
Five different skaters scored for the Lightning including J.T. Miller, Ryan McDonagh, Mikhail Sergachev, Alex Killorn, and Yanni Gourde.
Tampa Bay Lightning Louis Domingue (#70), Left Wing James van Riemsdyk (#25) of the Philadelphia Flyers, Defenseman Braydon Coburn (#55) of the Tampa Bay Lightning
“Lot of our games revolve around setting the tone for the game,” Miller said. “Come out like that, especially to score early, sets the tempo for the rest of the game.”
Tampa is 9-0-2 in their last 11 games.
“We talk about it all the time, our depth is one of our biggest assets,” Miller said. “Every season, you need guys to step up. You’re not going to get it from the same guys every night. That’s a good quality of our team.”
Louis Domingue made 28 saves to get the win.
Oskar Lindblom and Travis Konecny sc
“We can’t start like that if we want to win games,” Lindblom said. “They’re the best team in the League right now. We can’t get out there in the first period and don’t want to play. We can’t do that.”
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Brian Elliott got the start after returning the Flyers’ lineup from a conditioning stint with Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League; he made 22 saves before getting hook.
“You get thrown in there sometimes, that’s the best,” Elliott said. “You’re not thinking about things too much, just going out there and playing, so I felt good. … We mounted that comeback but just couldn’t get it all the way through.”
Carter Hart relieved Elliott and made six stops and yielded three goals.
The Philadelphia Flyers goal is waved off by Referee Graham Skilliter (#24) Flyers with 47.5 seconds left on the clock in the third period.
Center Sean Couturier (#14) of the Philadelphia Flyers battles Center Cedric Paquette (#13) of the Tampa Bay Lightning for position in front of the net of Goalie Louis Domingue (#70)
Goalie Brian Elliott (#37) of the Philadelphia Flyers
Right Wing Wayne Simmonds (#17) of the Philadelphia Flyers gets checked by Center Tyler Johnson (#9) of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Center Anthony Cirelli (#71) of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Goalie Brian Elliott (#37) and Defenseman Ivan Provorov (#9) of the Philadelphia Flyers
Goalie Brian Elliott (#37) of the Philadelphia Flyers
Left Wing Oskar Lindblom (#23) of the Philadelphia Flyers scores a goal in the third period against Goalie Louis Domingue (#70) of the Tampa Bay Lightning
Left Wing Ondrej Palat (#18) of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Goalie Carter Hart (#79) of the Philadelphia Flyers
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