shoching news flyers come out cold in 6-3 stadium series to loose to devils

On February 17, the Philadelphia Flyers lost 6-3 to the New Jersey Devils in a highly anticipated Stadium Series game at MetLife Stadium. The score may not reflect it, but this was one of the Flyers’ poorest performances all season, and they never had a chance of winning. The Flyers are still above water after losing a big game to a divisional opponent. They have a 29-20-7 record and are still in the playoffs. What were the key takeaways from their fifth outdoor loss of all time?

The Flyers have had a lot of games when they outshot their opponents, but that was deceiving, and this was one of them. They haven’t done it as regularly as they did earlier in the season, but the major lesson is that they wore empty-calorie outfits, whereas the Devils did not. Despite outshooting New Jersey 48-40, they were never in the game from the start—the Devils scored 32 seconds in and never gave up the lead.

The Flyers have had many games in which they outshot their opponents, but one of them was deceiving. They haven’t done it as frequently as they did early in the season, but the key takeaway is that they wore empty-calorie costumes while the Devils did not. Despite outshooting New Jersey 48-40, they never had a chance in the game—the Devils scored 32 seconds in and never looked back.

To back up the “Flyers didn’t get high-danger chances” assertion, they established a record for the most shots on goal in a single period of an outdoor game in the second period, with 27. However, the Devils had more high-danger scoring opportunities than them. So, basically, they were throwing as many pucks with little chance of going in as they could against a goaltender as hot as Nico Daws has been for New Jersey, which is simply not going to work.

As said in the Flyers’ last game against a team with comparable talent to the Devils, they will not win these games frequently, if at all. They may have won a few games against talented teams like the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche early on, but that has come to a halt. Countless teams with incredible offensive skills remain on the schedule, but the Flyers haven’t beaten them recently. That is an issue, and it could be what prevents them from making the playoffs.