Drek Out West
The Sharks snapped an 11-game losing streak that tied for second along with 5 other teams for the longest skid to start the season in NHL history with a 2-1 win over the Flyers on Tuesday night. Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist, Mackenzie Blackwood made 38 saves and William Eklund added a power-play goal as San Jose (1-10-1) won. The Sharks had allowed 10 goals in each of their last two games.
Flyers Positives?
Joel Farabee scored for the Flyers (5-7-1), which lost for the fifth time in its last six games despite out-shooting San Jose 39-19. Samuel Ersson made 17 saves for the Flyers. Sean Courtier returned to the lineup after missing two games with a lower-body injury, recording two shots. Duclair scored his third goal of the year 1:43 into the first period to give San Jose an early lead.
Eklund made it 2-0 in the second, scoring his second goal of the season on a 4-on-3 power play. Farabee answered with his sixth goal late in the second, beating Blackwood on a one-timer that the Sharks goalie nearly stopped. The play was reviewed, and it was determined that the puck fully crossed the goal line.
This And That
The Flyers are 5-7-1 11 points under John Tortorella for the 2023-24 season. 13 games
Flyers have gone 4 for 45 on the power play in the 2023-24 season which works out to 8.9%
GOALS FOR: 38/ 2.9
GOALS AGAINST: 41/ 3.2
SHOTS FOR- 415/ 31.9
SHOTS AGAINST- 339/ 26.1
OT RECORD- 0-1
SHOOTOUT RECORD– 0-0
SHORT-HANDED GOALS- 4
TAKEAWAYS/ GIVEAWAYS- 88/81 6.8/ 6.2
Ryan Ellis ($6.25M), Risto ($5M), Marc Staal ($1,100,000), Carter Hart ($3,979,000) – 16.25 million dollars of contract on IR
Since the 2021-2022 season, the Flyers have gone 67 for 499 on the power play 13.4%
Help Maybe On The Way
GP G A PTS PIM +/-
Maclin Celebrini, C, Boston University 8 8 6 14 4 3
GP G A PTS PIM +/-
Cole Eiserman, LW, NTDP, US Nat Team 18 27 8 35 0 26
GP G A PTS PIM +/-
Sam Dickinson, LD, London Knights 15 3 8 11 4 12
On The Farm
TEAM LEAGUE W L OTL/SOL PTS PLACE DIV CONF
LVP AHL 4 4 2 10 6th ATL EAST
ROYALS ECHL 1 5 1/1 4 7TH N EAST
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