PHILADELPHIA — Spurred by their desire to honor their captain in his 1,000th game, the Flyers overcame a third-period slump to beat the Nashville Predators, 5-4, breaking a three-game losing streak.
With the excitement from Claude Giroux’s milestone game celebration still buzzing through the Wells Fargo Center, the Flyers got off to a fast start. They flew to the puck and approached battles with an energy not seen yet this season. And when Zack MacEwen dropped the gloves seven minutes in, the place exploded. Seconds after he entered the penalty box, Travis Sanheim scored the first goal.
The intermission killed the energy. It fizzled further when the Predators scored 24 seconds into the second period on a Tanner Jeannot goal. With one swing, Cam York brought the noise back. His power play goal gave them the lead just a minute later. Giroux’s longtime teammate James van Riemsdyk then scored one for his friend to give the Flyers a two-goal lead.
