It turned out to be too much to ask for the Flyers to string together consecutive victories. Against the Edmonton Oilers, the team made missteps from the start, and while they didn’t play abysmally, they certainly didn’t do enough to gain any sort of advantage on one of the best offensive teams in the league. It was another one of those losses that epitomizes the utter sense of despair this season has surrounding it.
Period 1
It only took 31 seconds into the game for the Flyers to decide to put their penalty kill to the ultimate test.