Colin Blackwell Scores Lone Goal in a 3-1 Loss Against the Flyers | 2/21/2024

   Travis Sanheim began the scoring at 13:42 of the first period to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead early. Sanheim shot from around the top of the right face-off circle, the puck deflecting off Alex Vlasic’s stick and into the net. Scoring his fourth goal of the season – Colin Blackwell obtained a lead pass from Joey Anderson off the right-wing boards, he moved in on goal and slid past Jamie Drysdale, and got the puck past Samuel Ersson’s glove. The score remained 1-1 for the remainder of the first frame.

   Putting Philadelphia ahead 2-1 at 16:45 of the middle frame – Travis Konecny secured his fifth goal in his seven-game point streak. He collected the puck deep in the Flyers’ zone before skating up the ice and scoring a filthy wrister at the left face-off dot. Garnet Hathway extended the Flyers’ lead to 3-1 off a rebound of Noah Cates’ shot from the slot.

   In the third, the Blackhawks made sure the score stayed at 3-1 as they protected their empty net near the end of the period. The Flyers ended their two-game losing streak that began after a four-game win streak when they lost against the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime.

Colin Blackwell on the Blackhawks’ loss and the frustration of not being able to get wins: “Ultimately, it came down to they kind of out-worked us in some different aspects of the game… It’s frustrating. It’s just doing the little things in order to get the ship moving in the right direction. I think we can only say so many times that we’re close. It’s been close for a long time now. It’s definitely frustrating knowing that in a game like that, I thought we had opportunities to take over the game and we didn’t.”

Notes:

– Colin Blackwell’s fourth goal of the season got him out of his 10-game point drought and his 16-game goal drought.

– Joey Anderson assisted Blackwell’s goal, getting his 10th point of the season… a new career best.

– Both Reese Johnson and Isaak Phillips returned to the lineup after missing the last three games as healthy scratches.

– Connor Bedard skated 24:49 of ice time, which had set a career mark during his rookie campaign.

  Bedard had 3 shots on goal, as well as four individual scoring chances.

– Arvid Soderblom made 30 saves out of 33 shots for Chicago

– Travis Konecny extended his point streak to seven games… He has five goals and seven assists during this streak.

– Samuel Ersson made 22 saves for Philadelphia