Philadelphia 2, Nashville 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 20, 2018
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Referees:
Eric Furlatt, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso, Ryan Daisy
Attendance:
19142
By Field Level Media
Jake Voracek and Claude Giroux each scored a goal to carry the host Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday.
Goaltender Carter Hart won his second consecutive game since joining the Flyers, making 31 saves. He made his NHL debut Tuesday in a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.
Philadelphia is 2-0-0 since head coach Dave Hakstol was fired and replaced by Scott Gordon.
Nick Bonino scored for the Predators, who dropped their third in a row overall (0-2-1) and ninth straight on the road (0-7-2).
Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped 29 shots.
The Predators were short-handed without a couple of key injured players, defenseman P.K. Subban and left winger Filip Forsberg.
Voracek got the Flyers on the board first with a goal at 5:10 of the opening period, his ninth of the season.
The Predators were outshot 9-8 in the first.
The Flyers came up empty on two early power plays in the second, extending their power-play skid to 14 in a row without a goal.
Soon after, the Predators equalized at 1 when Bonino scored at 4:04.
Giroux put the Flyers ahead 2-1 at 8:33 of the second as he converted a turnover into a nasty wrist shot and a one-goal lead.
The Predators were unable to capitalize on a lengthy two-man advantage at the end of the period and still trailed 2-1. The remainder of the power play did carry over to the third.
Nashville later earned a fifth power play early in the third period, but went 0-for-6 against the Flyers' 30th-ranked penalty kill.
Philadelphia's Sean Couturier just missed scoring with a bouncing puck in front of Rinne with 5:38 remaining. Couturier couldn't quite gather the puck for a clean shot, and Rinne was able to clear it to center ice.
The Predators got their last power play with 2:45 left and pulled Rinne for a six-on-four advantage. Philadelphia killed off the penalty and went on to win after Ryan Johansen hit the post in the waning couple of seconds.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Nashville |
|
Philadelphia |
Nick Bonino 1 |
Points |
Claude Giroux 1 |
Nick Bonino 1 |
Goals |
Claude Giroux 1 |
Ryan Ellis 1 |
Assists |
Sean Couturier 1 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Pekka Rinne .935 |
Save Percentage |
Carter Hart .969 |
Pekka Rinne 29 |
Saves |
Carter Hart 31 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Nashville
|
32 |
1 |
0-6 |
4-4 |
8 |
19 |
Philadelphia
|
31 |
2 |
0-4 |
6-6 |
22 |
27 |
Upcoming Games
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Philadelphia will play their next game at home against Columbus. The Flyers have a W/L % of .357 after a win and .474 after a loss.
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Nashville will play their next game on the road against Boston. The Predators have a W/L % of .652 after a win and .538 after a loss.