The Philadelphia Flyers (24-20-9) had no answer for the Boston Bruins (32-20-3) on Thursday, losing their third-straight game 6-3 at TD Garden in Boston.

Travis Konecny, Nikita Grebenkin, and Matvei Michkov scored for the Flyers. Viktor Arvidsson, Pavel Zacha, Fraser Minten, Casey Mittelstadt, Tanner Jeannot, and Murat Khusnitdinov scored for the Bruins.

The Bruins opened the game with three-straight goals, and the Flyers struggled to answer. Trailing from the start, once again, put Philadelphia in a hole that it could not get out of, leading to the team’s third-straight loss.

Here is how we got to the final score.

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Flyers trail early once again

After letting Columbus get on the board early on Wednesday, the Philadelphia Flyers did a good job keeping their opponent off the board early. While the Bruins definitely had a bit more energy, the Flyers kept up and avoided that disastrous start.

However, that did not last long, as Boston scored twice within a minute. First, it was Viktor Arvidsson (13) who beat Sam Ersson with plenty of traffic in front, 9:49 into the game. He got assists from Casey Mittelstadt (15) and Fraser Minten (14).

The Flyers needed to find the next goal to avoid falling too far behind, but the Bruins extended their lead just 41 seconds later. Morgan Geekie (20) found Pavel Zacha (15) streaking through the slot all alone. Zacha made the most of the opportunity, putting the puck past Ersson, making it a 2-0 game.

Philadelphia settled things down and almost cut the lead in half after Christian Dvorak potted the second-chance effort, but a rather weak goaltender interference call against Nikita Grebenkin wiped it away.

Nonetheless, there was no more bleeding in the first period.

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The five-goal second period never gave the Flyers a chance

The Flyers escaped the score getting any worse after the first period. However, just 2:27 into the second period, Fraser Minten (14) picked up his second point of the night, extending Boston’s lead to 3-0 early in the second frame.

Philadelphia finally got on the board just under a minute later after Travis Konecny (21) intercepted the Sean Kuraly pass all alone in the slot, easily beating Jeremy Swayman, making it a 3-1 game.

The Flyers were on the power play just after with the chance to really build some momentum, but could not capitalize.

After the Konecny goal, the game went scoreless for nearly 13 minutes. Andrew Peeke’s (6) chance was stunned by Ersson, but nobody was in front to help end the play, leaving the easy second-chance score for Casey Mittelstadt (11), who made it 4-1. If that did not feel like the hump that broke the camel’s back, then it came just over two minutes later.

Andrew Peeke (7), once again, set up a Bruins score, firing a bomb from the point that was redirected by Tanner Jeannot (6) in front, making it a 5-1 game.

Fortunately for the Flyers, Nikita Grebenkin did not let them go into the second intermission quietly. Grebenkin (4) cashed in on a second-chance effort after a Travis Konecny (29) chance, making it a 5-2 game going into the second intermission.

Dan Vladar took over in goal for an injured Sam Ersson to start the third period. He settled things down, but the Flyers’ offense remained silent. They never got back in it.

Eventually, Murat Khusnitdinov (12) scored on the empty net, icing the game for the Bruins.

Small bright spot

The Flyers did not go down quietly. An Andrew Peeke tripping penalty put the Flyers on the power play, and yes, they scored. A power-play goal in its own right is a bright spot, but it was how the play developed.

Owen Tippet (16) got a shot off, which was good for the secondary assist on the play. Denver Barkey (7) net-front won a puck battle vs. Charlie McAvoy, and made a great pass to get the puck to Matvei Michkov (13), who scored, bringing the game to its 6-3 final.

Denver Barkey has been a real bright spot for the Flyers, even in a game that lacked any bit of positivity for the Flyers.

What’s next

The Flyers return home from their road trip for three more games before the Olympic break, starting with the LA Kings at 12:30 p.m. EST on Saturday at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

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