DENVER — After a decisive win against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, the Flyers plummeted from their Mile High high against the Colorado Avalanche the following night at Ball Arena.
The league’s top-ranked Avalanche controlled the pace of play for the majority of the game, dominating their way to a 6-3 victory. Four of the Avalanche’s six goals came in the first period alone. While taking up residency in the Flyers’ zone all night, the Avalanche peppered goalie Carter Hart with 51 shots on goal.
Despite the Avalanche’s offensive domination, the Flyers found ways to crack backup goalie Pavel Francouz, especially late in the game. In the final 30 seconds of the second period with the Flyers down, 5-1, Zack MacEwen scored on a breakaway. Max Willman capitalized early in the third period off a rebound to cut the Avalanche’s lead to two.
