Not the start the Flyers wanted as Blake Coleman started the scoring just 13 seconds in after a turnover from Philippe Myers behind his own net. It would be a sign of things to come, though, however.
Already a rough start would get worse as Tyler Pitlick found the penalty box for tripping just two minutes in. The Flyers got a much-needed kill though to stop the early bleeding with the help of Ivan Provorov, playing in his 300th NHL game.
To sum up the first half of the period, the Flyers got their second shot of the frame with a little over 11 minutes left.