The Philadelphia Flyers were able to overcome a fairly bad game by their standards and still sneak out with the full two points against the Nashville Predators in Thursday night’s 3-1 win on the road. It was sunshine and rainbows for the visitors — Matvei Michkov scored his first goal in 10 games, Travis Konecny got on the stat sheet, Cam York and Noah Cates continued their excellent seasons — but over on the other side of the ice it was pure misery and distain.
It was a loss that was so frustrating for the Predators, so full of scoring chances but not being able to put the puck in the back of the net or connect on an offensive play, that one of their key players was questioning whether or not they even should be a hockey player.