Late in the game, it looked as if this was going to be a 1-0 Flyers loss that could be chalked up mostly to bad luck. The Flyers had hit the post or crossbar five times, and when they didn't fire a puck off iron, New Jersey goalie Keith Kinkaid was at his best.
The Flyers would lose a squeaker, but at least know they did a lot of good things. These kinds of difficult defeats happen over 82 games. Suck it up and move on. And then …
Goalie Brian Elliott appeared to injure his groin as he tried to go post-to-post and prevent Kyle Palmieri's wraparound goal with 6 minutes, 8 seconds left.