PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bobby Brink redirected Joel Farabee’s feed past goaltender Jordan Binnington with 3:01 left in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.
Garnet Hathaway also scored and Sam Ersson made 20 saves to help Philadelphia win consecutive games for the first time this season. St. Louis has lost three straight and four of five.
Hathaway opened the scoring midway through the first period on a nice feed from Ryan Poehlinfgm, who weaved through the defense and slid a backhand pass to his linemate.
Ersson followed his shutout Tuesday night in Boston with another strong performance. His only hiccup came midway through the third period when Nathan Walker fired a shot past him off a carom off the skate of Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim after a shot by Philip Broberg.
Takeaways
Blues: St. Louis tried to play a more physical game than Philadelphia and won the scoring battle by a 24-10 margin. However, it didn’t help them create much on offense.
Flyers: Philadelphia has struggled to generate offense this season, so earlier this week it changed its plan to be more defensive-minded. The plan is to take away the middle of the ice, keep teams to the outside and block a lot of shots. They executed it to perfection again, blocking 24 shots two days after blocking 28 in Boston.
Key moment
Ersson made a huge save on Brayden Schenn with 20 seconds left.
Key stat
In a sloppy game, both teams struggled to keep the puck. Philadelphia had ten giveaways and the Blues had another four takeaways.
Next
The Blues face Toronto on Saturday, beginning a five-game homestand. Philadelphia hosts Boston on Saturday.
