Flyers click the five-game streak with 3-2 against the opponent Pittsburgh Penguins

In statements to reporters on Friday, John Tortorella He said he was not worried about him Frills Raising to play his last game before the break of confrontation of the 4 nations.

After all, the team was on a five -game losing streak and had lost seven of the last eight. In addition, as the coach pointed out, they were playing their rival from Keystone State, the Pittsburgh Penguins.

It was not the most beautiful game, but the result is everything that matters: a 3-2 victory on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center.

Things began well: less than two minutes after the game, the Flyers took a 1-0 advantage. Andrei Kuzmenko took the disc of the tables in the defensive zone to Scott Laughtonwho sent it to Travis Konecny To complete the outbreak.

Skating for three against two, Konecny sent the album to Laughton while he was behind the defense of the penguins. Protecting the album with his leg with three types that are taken to height, he scored in reverse beyond Joel Blomqvist. The goal put an end to a five -game drought for Laughton and won Kuzmenko, in his first game as a steering wheel, his first point with the club after being acquired from Calgary’s flames on January 31.

It was one of the two shots that the Flyers had in the opening period. Fortunately, at the opposite end, Sam Ersson Collected just where he left against Utah Hockey Club, where he had a performance tortorella called “probably one of the best I’ve seen in my career.”

In the first period, the Penguins had 36 shot attempts, with Ersson stopping 10. Ersson made a spectacular salvation at a tip of Anthony Beauvillier halfway and stoned Beauvillier and Emil Bemstrom at the door while he was in sight. He got so bad that during a television waiting time, Tortorella was shouting at his team, seeing a gesture to Ersson.

The second period saw early struggles with the line of Sean CouturierRodrigo ābols, and Matvei Michkov Trapped at its end for almost 2 minutes. Pittsburgh had eight attempts to shoot, including three shots on the door.

When the album left the area, there was a joy of the bronx of the faithful.

Jacob Gaucher, who was removed from the Lehight Valley on Saturday, almost made them encourage the real when he received a Kuzmenko saucer pass for a getaway but hit the post. Less than a minute later, Erik Karlsson of Pittsburgh tied the game from the right confrontation circle.

But the Flyers took the rhythm, and despite some defensive struggles, Michkov had more PEP in his pace for the second consecutive game. He got an escape opportunity but lost the setback network.

Garnet Hathaway gave the Flyers an advantage of 2-1, in an unconventional way. Skating after a loose album, Blomqvist also came out and touched the Hathaway album. He dribute on the line for the eighth of the year of the striker.

In the smaller seconds of the middle frame, Pittsburgh came to life and Ersson made great savings in Cody Glass to maintain leadership. At the beginning of the third, he received help from Laughton in the left post in an ingenious pass and then a Konecny goal for insurance.

During a delayed penalty at the end of the penguins, Ersson went to the bank. No one seemed ready to take their place, Tortorella said after the game that the Flyers goalkeeper shouted while everyone looked at the flyers controlling the album in the offensive zone, and Konecny jumped on the boards. Quickly, he sent a single timer from inside the blue line in front of Noel Acciari and in Konecny now has 61 points in 57 games.

Pittsburgh cut it 3-2 in a goal by Kevin Hayes. After being stopped by Ersson in the left post, the album sat between his pads and attacked him. Initially, the arbiter on the ice said that no goal due to the interference of the goalkeeper, but the Penguins challenged, and the objective was granted to the first flyers.

Rupture

The Defense Rasmus Ristolainen was a game time of play, but did not play due to an injury at the top of the body suffered against the avalanche of Colorado. … striker Jakob Pelletier did not play. … Sidney Crosby did not play for penguins. … With the NHL at rest, the flyers assigned ābols, Gaucher and the Emil Andrae defense to the ghosts. The team has five games between now and the Flyers Next Game.

Flyers take a two -week break for the confrontation of the 4 nations. They return for three consecutive days of practice on February 19 before a confrontation of Matiné with the Edmonton Oilers on February 22 (1 PM, NBCSP). Konecny and Travis Sanheim (Canada), Ristolainen (Finland), Ersson (Sweden) and Tortorella (USA) will participate in the tournament that presents the best NHL players. The first game will see Canada to Sweden on Wednesday (8 PM, TNT, Max, Trutv) in Montreal. Canada’s confrontation against the United States is Saturday (8 PM, ABC, ESPN, ESPN+).