Travis Konecny scored two breakaway objectives, together with a short-handed tally that proved to be the game-winner, because the Philadelphia Flyers snapped a six-game dropping streak with a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Las Vegas.
It was the thirtieth multigoal recreation of Konecny’s profession and the primary of the season.
Philadelphia goalie Samuel Ersson made 24 saves to choose up his first win since Dec. 23 at Chicago, ending a private 0-4-0 stretch. The Flyers entered the competition having been outscored 31-12 throughout their 0-5-1 run.
Tomas Hertl scored for Vegas, which had a season-best seven-game win streak and an eight-game level streak (7-0-1) snapped. Adin Hill completed with 15 saves for the Golden Knights.
Konecny put the Flyers in entrance 2-1 at 7:22 of the third interval along with his eleventh profession short-handed aim. He intercepted Jack Eichel’s no-look drop go close to the proper boards, then broke in and ripped a wrist shot previous Hill’s blocker aspect.
The Golden Knights had a 6-on-4 edge for the ultimate 1:33 after Owen Tippett picked up a delay-of-game penalty and Hill was pulled for an additional attacker. Nonetheless, Ersson made three saves and Pavel Dorofeyev rang a shot off the left put up because the horn sounded to finish the sport.
Philadelphia, regardless of being outshot 11-4, ended the primary interval with a 1-0 lead due to a breakaway aim. Konecny intercepted a go by Hertl for defenseman Kaedan Korczak alongside the blue line within the Vegas zone after which beat Hill with a wrist shot into the highest proper nook.
Vegas tied it on the 19:28 mark of the second interval on a power-play aim by Hertl. Eichel received the first help, whipping a go from the left circle into the low slot, the place Hertl redirected the puck over Ersson’s left shoulder.
It was the twentieth aim of the season for Hertl, marking the seventh time in his profession he reached that mark.
Mark Stone had an help on Hertl’s aim to increase his level streak to 12 video games, tying Eichel’s crew document set in 2023-24.
–Area Degree Media
