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PHILADELPHIA – Despite dominating the entire game, the Philadelphia Flyers (37-25-12) suffered a crushing 4-2 loss vs. the Detroit Red Wings (39-27-8) on Thursday at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond, and Patrick Kane scored for the Red Wings. Tyson Foerster and Travis Konecny scored for the Flyers.
From the start of the game all the way until the end, the Flyers were the more dominant team. They outshot, outchanced, and overall outplayed the Red Wings. The big difference? Detroit capitalized on the Flyers’ mistakes. That made the difference in the game.
Here’s how we got to the final score
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Red Wings take the first-period lead
The Flyers got off to an entertaining start with fast pace and big hits. However, offensively, the first five minutes of the game were headlined by a Luke Glendening breakaway that was stopped by John Gibson, who was making his 13th straight start.
Detroit got the first power play of the game, 6:23 into the first period, after Porter Martone was called for a rather soft cross-check on Lucas Raymond. Still, it was a cross-check that put the Flyers on the penalty kill.
Philly killed off the penalty and got some big cheers from the crowd with each clear. The crowd was into the game early on Thursday.
It was a strange period. The Flyers had control for what felt like most of the period. Their chances were just minimized by a bad play or turnovers in the offensive zone. The Flyers could not get to the finishing look.
It looked like we were headed for a scoreless first intermission. That was until Sean Couturier was called for tripping with 1:28 to go in the period. Just 17 seconds into the power play, Alex DeBrincat (38) put the Red Wings up 1-0 with assists from Patrick Kane (35) and Moritz Seider (45).
Just before the goal, it looked like Seider threw an elbow on Emil Andrae that was never called. The Flyers’ bench was irate. So, they entered the first intermission trailing 1-0 with a chip on their shoulder.
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Foerster scores for the Flyers, Red Wings keep the lead
That anger worked out for the Flyers. Just 31 seconds into the second period, Tyson Foerster (11) tied the game at 1 with assists from Owen Tippett (22) and Trevor Zegras (38).
After the Red Wings opened the period with two good shots on Sam Ersson, Philly controlled the following five minutes. The next bit of time was taken up by some back-and-forth with both teams trading chances.
Neither team developed many high-danger looks.
The Flyers were starting to build some more positive momentum after Ersson made a number of big-time saves and some big offensive-zone possessions. Philly had taken the period over. Still, they would end up trailing again before it was over.
It all started when J.T. Compher stripped Jamie Drysdale of the puck and had a breakaway. Ersson made the great save with his pad, but did not freeze the puck. That kept the possession alive for Lucas Raymond (25) to give Detroit its lead back. Compher (15) and Simon Edvinsson (14) had the assists for the 2-1 lead.
Barkey, Cates, and Michkov were all just floating in the defensive zone, making it easy for Detroit.
Once again, the Flyers outplayed the Red Wings in the period, but trailed by a score.
Flyers can’t close the gap
The Flyers, once again, came out strong. Porter Martone had the best look in his career yet, but it was gloved by Gibson.
Just under two minutes into the period, Raymond was called for a hook, and the Flyers got their first power play of the game. Martone had two great chances from the slot, but that was it for Philly, as Detroit got the kill.
Martone continued his excellent third period with another high-danger chance, but could not finish.
The Flyers were dominating all period, but the trend continued. Detroit capitalized on the Flyers’ mistakes.
Rasmus Ristolainen went up to play a floating puck, but mishandled it. That led to a 2-on-1 for the Red Wings with Travis Sanheim as the lone man back. Patrick Kane led the charge and took it himself. Kane (14) went near-side, sneaking it between Ersson and the post, giving the Red Wings the 3-1 lead.
The Flyers answered swiftly, as a Porter Martone (1) shot deflected off Travis Konency (27) as he was falling into the net. It was initially waived off for goaltender interference, but it was called a good goal after review, making it a 3-2 game.
While the goal was being announced, DeBrincat (39) quit the crowd with a weird-angle score. Travis Sanheim whiffed on an attempt to clear the zone, giving it to Kane (36), who found Andrew Copp (32), setting up DeBrincat along the red line. It looked like his shot went off Ristolainen’s stick.
The Flyers emptied the net with a little less than two minutes to play, but struggled to set up with the extra attacker. Trailing by two scores, they faced a tough task.
What’s next
It’s a quick turnaround for the Flyers, who immediately travel to Long Island for a Metropolitan clash with the New York Islanders on Friday at 7:00 p.m. EST at UBS Arena.
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