The Flyers pulled out a rare-as-of-late victory in TD Garden thanks to Tyson Foerster’s second period goal, Sam Ersson’s 24-save shutout, and the moral support of the Flyers’ mothers.
It’s the first regulation win for the Flyers in Boston in 13 years (since October 6, 2011), a stretch of time that has seen sustained success for the Bruins—a run of success that could possibly be coming to an end this season. Boston drops to 4-5-1 and their struggles are likely best summed up by the Garden crowd’s reaction for most of the final minute-and-a-half: continuous, audible booing.
The real story for the Flyers was Sam Ersson. While there wasn’t necessarily a highlight save amongst his 24 (and there was a close call on a lackadaisical play with the puck at his feet on the Flyers power play in the third), Ersson still recorded his sixth career shutout in a game where a single mistake would’ve changed the outcome.
The Flyers will be back in action on Halloween, hosting the Blues in Philadelphia to try to build their first win streak of the season.
The basics
Second period: 5:32 — Tyson Foerster (Morgan Frost, Emil Andrae)
Third period: 19:36 — Joel Farabee (empty net, unassisted)
Some takeaways
Flyers PK stands strong
The Flyers were doing their best to reverse their trend of slow starts with some sustained play and nice opportunities in the opening minutes before a Scott Laughton cross-check put them down a man and a takedown of a wide open David Pastrnak by Travis Sanheim down another just a brief moment later. But Sam Ersson and the Flyers penalty kill—notably Nick Seeler and Rasmus Ristolainen—held their ground for over 90 seconds and set the team up to evenly trade unsuccessful chances for the rest of the first period.
The Flyers would kill off an additional three minor penalties in the second and third periods.
Emil Andrae’s first career point
The 22-year-old played a solid 17 minutes in his season debut on Sunday against the Canadiens. Back in the lineup tonight, he recorded his first career point—an assist on Tyson Foerster’s wrist-shot goal midway through the second period. Foerster, who hadn’t scored since the season opener, received a nice pass in the slot from Andrae off the wall and beat Korpisalo for the game’s opening goal. Foerster spoke during the intermission, saying he’s hoping to get more and more shots on goal moving forward.