The defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning came to the northeast to take on the Philadelphia Flyers in their first meeting of three on the season. Without Kevin Hayes in the lineup, the Flyers were looking to try and begin a winning streak after falling on some tough times in their recent stint of games,
First Period
The Flyers needed to start strong, and they did. The first chance came from Scott Laughton on the rush that Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy quickly sent away. Then, the captain Claude Giroux broke through the Tampa defense just a minute and 34 seconds into the period and scored the game’s first goal.