LA crown Flyers, 7-3 | Professional Hockey Information

PHILADELPHIA – The Los Angeles Kings’ Anze Kopitar and Kevin Fiala every hit for a double on Thursday evening, in a 7-3 thumping of the Flyers.

Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores on a backhand shot over Darcy Kuemper #35 of the Los Angeles Kings

Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves within the win.

The Flyers held a 3-2 lead with lower than a minute left within the center body. Kopitar collected a free puck close to the crease and tapped it in for a 3-3 tie headed to the third interval.

“Kopi’s purpose on the finish of the second was large,” LA’s Warren Foegele mentioned. “Coming into the dressing room, tie recreation on the street. This group appears to battle laborious within the third, and that’s what we did there for the final 20 [minutes].”

To that time within the recreation, the Flyers had managed the second interval.

“These last-minute targets … we come again, have a lead, it hurts you,” Flyers coach John Tortorella mentioned. “Can’t blame it simply on that. It’s an enormous play, may have come into the third interval with a lead.”

With beneath two minutes gone within the third interval, Foegele scored what could be the game-winner for a 4-3 result in the Kings.

“I simply suppose we began the sport, possibly the primary 10 minutes, enjoying our recreation, what we’d name Kings hockey,” Los Angeles coach Jim Hiller mentioned. “After which it was only a matter of whose recreation had been we going to play within the third interval. I assumed we performed our recreation. Actually completely satisfied and pleased with the blokes to have the ability to come out that approach within the third and play that recreation.”

Kopitar added insurance coverage along with his double, simply previous the halfway level of the third for a 5-3 lead for LA.

“To be his age and to be on the market enjoying in opposition to the opposite staff’s finest gamers evening after evening, after which making an offensive contribution too, whereas main the staff, that’s actually tough to do,” Hiller mentioned. “I do know that. It’s tough to do it at 25, by no means thoughts at 37.”

Quinton Byfield hit an empty web for a 6-3 lead, and Fiala collected his double for the 7-3 closing.

“I didn’t suppose that Pittsburgh recreation was to our commonplace,” Foegele mentioned. “Now we have a excessive commonplace, and we hold everybody accountable. Third durations are one thing we take a whole lot of satisfaction in. And in that Pittsburgh recreation, the third interval, we let it slip. Tonight, we knew 20 minutes to go, play the precise approach, Kings hockey, and that’s what we did.”

Tyson Foerster scored a brace for the Flyers, and Noah Cates added a single marker for the Flyers within the loss.

“That’s what I’m attempting to do, get to the online,” Foerster mentioned. “Our line is enjoying first rate and we’re supporting one another effectively and we all know the puck goes to the online. That’s the place I’ve bought to go.”

Aleksei Kolosov made 19 saves within the loss.