The Flyers lost on the scoreboard and in all facets of the game on this night, yet the loss of two points was overshadowed by the possible significant loss of winger Tyson Foerster due to an injury that didn’t look good.
The basics
First period: 9:18 – Sidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Anthony Mantha)
Second period: 5:36 – Tyson Foerster (Travis Konecny, Trevor Zegras) (PPG), 8:08 – Sidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Erik Karlsson) (PPG), 15:52 – Bryan Rust (Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson) (PPG)
Third period: 13:51 – Tommy Novak (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin) (PPG), 15:33 – Kevin Hayes (Parker Wotherspoon)
SOG: 29 (PHI) – 27 (PIT)
Some takeaways
Rivalry resurrected?