At the buzzer, Olle Lycksell was called for a holding penalty on Burakovsky. The Kraken took a full two minute power play into the second period. First period shots on goal favored the Flyers, 11-7. Samuel Ersson stopped all seven pucks that came his way.
Couturier scored a goal on three shots in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Flames. Couturier's offense has been spotty for much of the campaign, but he has five points and a plus-6 rating over his last five outings.
Losing Laughton and Kuzmenko will make it even tougher for the Flyers to climb back into a playoff spot. They’re 14th in the Eastern Conference (only eight teams make the postseason) and there only 19 games left to play. Sanheim agrees with Couturier that Laughton leaves behind quite a legacy.
The Philadelphia Flyers were beaten on their home ice Tuesday night, falling 6-3 to the Calgary Flames. Noah Cates started the Flyers’ scoring, followed by Andrei Kuzmenko scoring against his former team,
Matvei Michkov and Sean Couturier each had a goal and two assists, Owen Tippett scored a pair of goals and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 on Saturday.
The Flyers have dug themselves a hole, but the team's identity fuels optimism around the possibility of recovering down the stretch.