Travis Konecny and the Philadelphia Flyers chased after the NHL-best Colorado Avalanche for the latter 40 minutes this past Sunday. They just couldn't find that last goal for the tie to at least force overtime in a 3-2 loss.

A couple of days later, as has been the trend so far this season, they course-corrected quickly.

They handled the visiting San Jose Sharks without issue, 4-1, getting a slick goal from Christian Dvorak skating as the top-line center and, finally, a contribution from a dormant fourth line off a deflected puck in front of the net from the newly installed Carl Grundstrom.

They're 16-9-3 for a 35 points that's keeping them up in the Eastern Conference Wild Card picture. Since the start of November, they're 10-6-2 with 22 collected points in the standings, while continui

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