Flyers vs. Red Wings: John Tortorella’s club has season-best 5-game point streak
Behind some opportunistic scoring, strong penalty kill work and Carter Hart, the Flyers blanked the Red Wings, 3-0, Saturday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center.
Kieffer Bellows, Scott Laughton and Tyson Foerster scored for the Flyers (28-32-12), who are on a season-best five-game point streak (4-0-1).
Foerster’s empty-netter sealed the game.
On their season-long seven-game homestand, the Flyers are 4-1-1 and have scored 4.17 goals per game.
Hart has been excellent throughout the home swing.
The Flyers swept the Red Wings (31-32-9) in their three-game regular-season series.
Hart, who came in 3-0-0 with a .915 save percentage on the homestand, turned away 29 shots from Detroit.
With the Flyers holding a 2-0 lead early in the third period, Hart erased an Owen Tippett turnover on a glove stop.
The 24-year-old finished with 13 saves in the final stanza.
The club’s penalty kill went 7 for 7. The Flyers didn’t help themselves by piling up 14 penalty minutes.
They defended hard, blocking 20 shots.
Red Wings netminder Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 19 of the Flyers’ 21 shots.
This season leaves the rebuilding Flyers with a ton of questions, but Laughton and Tippett have been really good.
Laughton had a two-point game Saturday (one goal, one assist), giving him 40 or more points (18 goals, 23 assists) for the first time in his NHL career.
Tippett also reached the 40-point mark Saturday. He has 21 goals and 19 assists on the season. His previous career high in points was 21.
It’s possible this was the last game for Foerster and Egor Zamula with the Flyers this season.
The two prospects could be headed back to AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley for the Phantoms’ playoff push.
Foerster has opened eyes in his audition with the big club, putting up seven points (three goals, four assists) over eight games. He came back to earth a bit Saturday, committing a pair of penalties. But he finished the game with another goal and point.
Zamula has been solid this week with two assists and steady play in three games after being called up Monday.
Nicolas Deslauriers missed a second straight game because of an upper-body injury.
Bellows took his place again and cashed in on the opportunity.
The 24-year-old winger opened the game’s scoring a little over midway through the action by flushing a rebound for his third goal as a Flyer.
The homestand wraps up Tuesday when the Flyers welcome the Canadiens (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP).
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