CALGARY, Alberta — Against a highly-skilled but inconsistent Calgary team, the Flyers reconnected with the defining traits that led to their successful January, using them to douse the Flames, 4-3, on Monday.
Once again, the Flyers were hitting hard, blocking shots, dropping the gloves, and forechecking with speed. Most importantly, they let loose their penalty kill again.
While the Flyers don’t have the best penalty-kill percentage (76.3%, 21st), it’s among the most dangerous in the league in terms of swinging momentum the other way with 10 shorthanded goals. The Flyers did not score any shorthanded goals Monday, but two of their three goals were directly generated by the penalty kill, and a third came not long after a momentum-gaining kill.
