PHILADELPHIA — For the 10th time, the Flyers found themselves facing a two-goal deficit. For the eighth time, they failed to find a way to come back, falling 5-2 to the Calgary Flames on Monday at the Wells Fargo Center.
At the start of the season, the Flyers showed they could keep their heads and battle back. But since their first two comeback wins, the Flyers have not successfully overcome a multigoal deficit.
Both of the Flames’ first two goals were scored on similar plays — a turnover that led to an odd-man rush. On the first, the Flyers’ Tony DeAngelo got pushed over as he made a pass, and on the second, Owen Tippett’s pass got picked off. Travis Sanheim was the only Flyer back to defend on both of them. Jonathan Huberdeau sniped goalie Carter Hart from the right on the first and Dillon Dube beat him from the left on the second.
