PHILADELPHIA – The FLyers opened their home schedule with a thud Tuesday night as the San Jose Sharks left town with two points courtesy of an 8-2 thumping of Philadelphia.
Joe Pavelski and Evander Kane each struck for a pair of goals in the win,
The Sharks lost their last game, 4-0, to the New York Islanders and entered the Philly game with a chip on their shoulder.
Right Wing Timo Meier (#28) of the San Jose Sharks scores against Goalie Brian Elliott (#37) of the Philadelphia Flyers in the third period
“Sometimes that back-to-back game, you feel better for whatever reason,” Pavelski said. “You should be a little tired, but it woke our legs up a little bit. We moved a lot better, passing was cleaner.”
Aaron Dell made 31 saves to pick up the win.
Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl, Barclay Goodrow, and Timo Meier also scored for San Jose.
“They got through the neutral zone easily, then in the zone, once they entered into our (defensive) zone, we were on the outside of everything,” Flyers head coach Dave Haksto said. “And when we were on the inside in the right spots, we were light on pucks.”
The Sharks put up a 23-shot barrage in the first period, connecting on four of those shots.
Shayne Gostisbehere and Wayne Simmonds had the goals for the Flyers.
The Sharks finally got their power play to work, going 2-for-5, after being scoreless in 10 chances in the first three games of the season.
“I don’t think it’s looked really poor, we’ve had some really good looks,” Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer said. “We weren’t sticking the puck in the net across the board the last couple of games, so it was nice to break through and get rewarded.”
Kevin Lebanc had four assists on the night.
Goalie Aaron Dell (#30) of the San Jose Sharks
“We came in with a little bit of a chip on our shoulders. We didn’t want the game in Brooklyn (against the Islanders) to affect our game today. We came in tonight really positive and focused and ready to take this game over,” Labanc said.
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Brian Elliott made 40 saves in taking he loss.
“We left him out to dry,” Gostisbehere said. “He was our best player tonight. It could’ve been 8-0 after the first. … To leave a guy out to dry like that, it’s really not fair.
Right Wing Wayne Simmonds (#17) of the Philadelphia Flyers attempts to redirect the puck against Goalie Aaron Dell (#30) of the San Jose Sharks
Left Wing Oskar Lindblom (#23) of the Philadelphia Flyers trys to push the puck past Goalie Aaron Dell (#30) of the San Jose Sharks
Goalie Aaron Dell (#30) of the San Jose Sharks makes a save against Defenseman Robert Hagg (#8) of the Philadelphia Flyers
Left Wing Evander Kane (#9) of the San Jose Sharks celebrates a goal against the Philadelphia Flyers inn the first period.
Defenseman Ivan Provorov (#9) of the Philadelphia Flyers and Left Wing Evander Kane (#9) of the San Jose Sharks
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