The Philadelphia Flyers went into to Gila River Arena on Tuesday night and did what they had to do by earning two points, defeating the Arizona Coyotes to wrap up a successful road trip, finishing up their foray out west with a 3-0-1 record.
The Flyers withstood a strong Arizona attack to start, but settled into the game and scored the first goal for the fourth consecutive game, and lead 2-0 after twenty minutes on tallies by Claude Giroux and Shayne Gostisbehere. Calvin Pickard did his part, blanking the Coyotes on all eight shot attempts en route to a 34-save game victory and the game’s second star honor.
Listen to the Facebook Live postgame for reaction to the win, plus thoughts on Dave Hakstol’s usage of Nicholas Aube-Kubel, the dirty hit Travis Konecny took from Kevin Connauton, and, of course, goalies.
