The Flyers capped their four-game West Coast trip with a 5-2 win over the Coyotes on Monday night to take seven of a possible eight points (3-0-1). The trip couldn’t have come at a better time —well, playing a couple of bad California-based teams that is— as the Flyers have now climbed back to the proverbial .500 mark at 7-7-1 through 15 games.
But enough of that, let’s dive right into five observations from last night’s proceedings at Gila River Arena in Glendale, in no particular order.
Puck luck, or just any luck, finally
Hockey people will tell you that you have to make your own puck luck.