The Philadelphia Flyers scored two power-play goals. But an Alex Bump boo-boo and Helge Grans falling at a bad time resulted in the Bruins defeating a rather full Flyers lineup 4-3 at the first game at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
The basics
First period: 8:57- Travis Sanheim (Christian Dvorak, Sean Couturier) (PPG), 1959- Johnny Beecher (Unassisted)
Second period: 3:57- Dalton Bancroft (Mason Lohrei, Hampus Lindholm) (PPG), 7:12- Nikita Grebenkin (Matvei Michkov, Trevor Zegras), 13:04- Trevor Zegras (Matvei Michkov, Owen Tippett) (PPG), 15:58- Dalton Bancroft (Georgii Merkulov, Frederic Brunet)
Third period: 13:45-Jeffrey Viel (Patrick Brown, Henri Jokiharju)
SOG: 27 (PHI) – 27 (BOS)
Some takeaways
Tippett tidy on special teams
Owen Tippett was rarely used on the Flyers penalty kill under John Tortorella.