Philadelphia 4, Arizona 1
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 7, 2023
Where: Mullett Arena, Tempe, Arizona
Referees:
Cody Beach, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen:
Tyson Baker, Travis Toomey
Attendance:
4600
By Field Level Media
Travis Konecny scored two goals, including one short-handed, and Carter Hart made 25 saves as the Philadelphia Flyers snapped Arizona's five-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory on Thursday night in Tempe, Ariz.
Cam York had a goal and an assist and Joel Farabee also scored for Philadelphia, which extended its point streak to four games (3-0-1). It also was the third straight road win for the Flyers, who have won six of their last seven road contests.
Hart has won two straight starts, stopping 56 of 58 shots in the process.
Lawson Crouse scored for Arizona. Connor Ingram, the NHL's First Star of the Week, finished with 22 saves. His personal five-game winning streak came to an end.
Philadelphia's win began a three-game road trip against Central Division teams after sweeping a Keystone State home-and-home series with Pittsburgh.
The Flyers took a 1-0 lead at the 10:11 mark. Sean Couturier pulled a faceoff back to Konecny on the edge of the right circle, where he fired a wrist shot that hit Ingram in the left shoulder, popped up in the air and then landed in the net.
The Flyers made it 2-0 a little over three minutes later. Farabee, alone by the left far post, tapped in a cross-crease pass from Cam Atkinson for his ninth goal of the season.
Arizona cut it to 2-1 at the 17:33 mark when Matias Maccelli, below the left goal line, found Crouse alone in the slot, where he one-timed a shot under Hart's pads for his 11th goal.
Konecny extended Philadelphia's lead to 3-1 early in the second period with a short-handed goal. He picked up the puck along the left boards in the neutral zone and then curled in and beat Ingram with a wrist shot into the top right corner. It was his 14th goal of the season.
It also was an NHL-best seventh short-handed goal of the season for the Flyers and the third for Konecny, moving him into a tie for first place in the league.
York made it 4-1 at the 1:47 mark of the third period, with a wrist shot from the middle of the left circle past Ingram's glove side.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Philadelphia |
|
Arizona |
Travis Konecny 2 |
Points |
Lawson Crouse 1 |
Travis Konecny 2 |
Goals |
Lawson Crouse 1 |
Cam York 1 |
Assists |
Matias Maccelli 1 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
Travis Konecny 1 |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Carter Hart .962 |
Save Percentage |
Connor Ingram .846 |
Carter Hart 25 |
Saves |
Connor Ingram 22 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Philadelphia
|
26 |
4 |
0-0 |
3-3 |
6 |
30 |
Arizona
|
26 |
1 |
0-3 |
0-0 |
0 |
23 |
Upcoming Games
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Arizona will play their next game on the road against Boston. The Coyotes have a W/L % of .429 after a win and .636 after a loss.
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Philadelphia will play their next game on the road against Colorado. The Flyers have a W/L % of .571 after a win and .500 after a loss.