PHILEDELPHIA – The Flyers were cruising of late, but the Pittsburgh Penguins were in Philadelphia Saturday for a matinee and dumped cold water on the Flyers run with a 4-1 win.
The Flyers got on the board first with a goal from Radko Gudas with less than two minutes gone in the second period.
“I thought it was the most complete game that we’ve played to this point at both ends of the rink,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “I thought when the time came to have to defend, we defended hard. Our attention to detail was really good. I thought everybody trusted one another out there. And when we play that way, we’re hard to play against.”
Carl Hagelin and Chris Kunitz scored in that middle frame just 1:28 apart.
Just over a minute later Trevor Daley tied things up with his fifth of the season.
From there, it was all Pittsburgh as they tacked on two more second period goals and added another late in the third period on a goal from Kris Letang.
“The Flyers are a team that has a lot of skill,” Letang said. “If they’re not shooting from the point, they really pick their shots. They’re a really tough team to defend because they hold onto the puck. We didn’t allow them to have shots from the middle. They have tons of skill, lot of speed. When you allow these guys to skate in the middle, you’re going to be in trouble. Pack it in the middle and make sure they stay to the outside; that was the key.”
Steve Mason made 31 saves in the loss.
Philadelphia had been 8-1-1 in their previous 10 games.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves for the win.
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