VOORHEES, N.J. \u2014 The Flyers have failed to respond to a regulation loss with at least a point in the next outing only once this season.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the challenge facing the team Monday night after Saturday night\u2019s 7-2 loss to Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n
Fortunately for the Flyers, the rematch is against the same Lightning squad that lit up Xfinity Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s practice at the Flyers Training Center looked and sounded fairly animated, and for good reason.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was one of those games where you\u2019ve got to flush it down and move on as quick as possible,\u201d captain Sean Couturier said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t pretty. Like we did all year, we responded pretty well so that\u2019s what we have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Flyers went through the usual video session to break down what went right and what went wrong, with plenty of footage reviewing things the Flyers need to work on. Philadelphia has suffered back-to-back regulation losses only once this year, so Monday night\u2019s game should be a source of pride.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a hell of a stat after a loss,\u201d coach Rick Tocchet said. \u201cWe gave them some information and we\u2019ll see if it works tomorrow. We can hang our hat on something like that. I\u2019ll think you will see much better decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nick Seeler said the video sessions were productive. He expects a much more competitive game on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe score probably doesn\u2019t reflect some of the good minutes we played,\u201d said Seeler, mindful it was a one-goal game well into the second period. \u201cWe need to learn from the little details, what we need to fix. They\u2019re a really good hockey team. We have to have a structured 60 minutes, not get loose and turn pucks over. Stay above their guys. So I think there\u2019s absolutely motivation for tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Travis Konecny, who missed Saturday\u2019s game due to injury, practice Sunday but got dinged early in the session.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got a shot off his knee,\u201d Tocchet said. \u201cI think it was the first drill. Kind of a nerve thing. Hopefully it wakes up a little bit. Kind of a dead leg type of thing. So we\u2019ll see about tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Flyers have had their share of injuries. Jamie Drysdale and Bobby Brink were hurt Tuesday. Both skated Sunday. Drysdale is on IR and will not play Monday. Tocchet said he believes Brink will be ready.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems like injuries come in bunches,\u201d Tocchet said. \u201cLike they don\u2019t come every once in a while. You get like one, two, three, four in a row. So maybe it\u2019s our turn now.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Goaltender Sam Ersson was in goal for all seven Tampa scores. It was the first time the Flyers had allowed more than five goals in a game this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo me, it\u2019s the mental part. I talked to him,\u201d Tocchet said. \u201cFor me, you just have to roll up your sleeves and grind away. We all go through our ups and downs. He needs a support group and we\u2019re here to support him. He\u2019s an accountability guy. But we\u2019re all embarrassed. It\u2019s how you react. He\u2019s a character guy. When his number gets called, he\u2019ll be ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Garnet Hathaway might have played his best game of the season Saturday. He scored his first goal (and first point) of the season, had a fight and played with a scrappy attitude most of the game.<\/p>\n
Tocchet said he\u2019s had some talks with Hathaway, and the message seemed to be there\u2019s no more time to waste. He has to be a productive player. His first point came in his 37th game of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust from the conversations we\u2019ve had, what he was saying to me was he\u2019s a pro,\u201d Tocchet said. \u201cHe said \u2018I can\u2019t waste any time. I have to practice with the coaches, watch video.\u2019 If he\u2019s not playing, he\u2019s on the ice working hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
When his game is up to speed, Hathaway can be a valuable fourth-liner. An early fight can get the crowd and the bench into it. That was something the Flyers missed when he sat out about two weeks. But he stayed patient.<\/p>\n
\u201cI respect that a lot,\u201d Tocchet said. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t pouting. I told him \u2018I hope you\u2019re mad that you\u2019re not playing.\u2019 He said, \u2018I can\u2019t waste my time. When I get to the rink, I have to make sure I put good time in.\u2019 I love guys like that. You can see he\u2019s putting the work in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VOORHEES, N.J. \u2014 The Flyers have failed to respond to a regulation loss with at least a point…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5105],"tags":[5,189,4,56,43,540,92,5168,5167,5095],"class_list":{"0":"post-402439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-lightning","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-lightning","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tampa-bay","14":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","15":"tag-tampabay","16":"tag-tampabaylightning","17":"tag-top-stories-tmc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115878923634037792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}