Flyers’ 9-game point streak comes to end in final home game before holidays originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Flyers saw their nine-game point streak come to a halt Thursday night with a 4-2 loss to the Predators at the Wells Fargo Center.
Philip Tomasino did damage to the Flyers, scoring the game-tying goal in the second period and the winner with 4:01 left in the action.
Nashville added an emtpy-netter in the final second.
Morgan Frost and Sean Couturier scored for the Flyers, who had a three-game winning streak snapped.
The Flyers (18-11-3) went 7-0-2 in their point streak. This marked their first loss in regulation since Nov. 28.
They’ve lived on the edge a bit, playing a ton of close games during their run. Seven of the nine games in their point streak were decided by one goal.
John Tortorella’s club is in second place of the Metropolitan Division with one more game to go before the NHL-mandated three-day holiday break.
The head coach didn’t want to hear the word playoffs at morning skate. Too early.
“We’re in end of December,” he said. “You don’t know what your team is until the end of January, you really don’t.”
The Flyers were swept in their two-game regular-season series with the Predators (19-14-0). They lost to Nashville nine days ago in overtime at Bridgestone Arena, the first of Samuel Ersson‘s five consecutive starts.
• Ersson came in 8-1-1 with a 1.85 goals-against average and .929 save percentage over his last 10 starts.
The 24-year-old finished with 28 saves. He won three of his five straight starts.
Carter Hart felt well enough to back up Ersson after not dressing for Tuesday’s game. The 25-year-old is adjusting to an undisclosed illness that has plagued him “for a while.”
Carter Hart (undisclosed illness) getting in extra work after morning skate.
We’ll see if he feels well enough to back up tonight. Good sign that he’s out here after missing Tuesday’s game.
He and Cal Petersen are still on the ice with the extras. pic.twitter.com/U2Jeze3cyp
— Jordan Hall (@JHallNBCS) December 21, 2023
Tortorella didn’t sound overly concerned about Hart’s illness or status moving forward.
“We’re not running around with our heads cut off, no,” he said at morning skate.
The Flyers’ No. 1 goalie hasn’t made a start in 12 days. We’ll see if he’s able to return to the net Friday.
Nashville netminder Juuse Saros stopped 30 of the Flyers’ 32 shots.
• With 7:23 minutes left in the second period, Frost was boarded by Predators winger Yakov Trenin….