PHILADELPHIA – Well, no one stays undefeated forever.
Suffering their first loss of the season, the Florida Panthers opened their five-game road trip with a 5-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Monday.
A hard-fought game, the score was tied 2-2 up until 4:10 left in regulation.
“They came out fast,” forward Sam Bennett said. “They had a lot of jump to start the game. They put some good pressure on us. I thought we played well in the third [period]. We had a good pushback and a lot of chances. They capitalized, and we couldn’t get it back.”
Energized in their home opener, the Flyers broke the ice when Tyson Foerster beat Daniil Tarasov with a blocker-side snipe from the slot to make it 1-0 at 8:54 of the first period.
Keeping the deficit at one goal, the Pant