Red Wings-Flyers quick take: Ground down and out of an OT loss to Philly

The Detroit Red Wings played an important game for Wild Card positioning against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, with the Flyers sitting two points ahead of the Red Wings, who were on a 2-game losing streak, in the Eastern Conference standings.

On Tuesday night, the Red Wings lost a game that was hard to swallow. The Philadelphia Flyers won 2-1 in overtime, despite Ben Chiarot tying the game 30 seconds into the 3rd period from Raymond, and the Red Wings holding their own in OT until the Flyers rushed up ice, Seider and Raymond both tried to poke check, and Rasmus Ristolainen poked in the rebound of an Owen Tippett shot with 26 seconds remaining in the extra session.

Long story long, Detroit lost 2-1 to Philadelphia and will fly home having earned 3 points out of 8 on their road trip.

Detroit actually out-shot Philadelphia 28-26, but the Flyers held a 5-1 shot advantage in OT, and the Flyers out-shot Detroit 15-14 over the final two periods thanks to a gritty, grinding effort that seemed to wear the Wings down.

In pregame warmups, the Flyers gave Rodrigo Abols a “rookie lap” before Samuel Ersson took to the ice…

And Alex Lyon led the Red Wings onto the ice at the Wells Fargo Center:

The Flyers iced the following lineup…

And here’s the Red Wings’ lineup:

Here are the starters and scratches:

In the 1st period, Larkin drew in for the faceoff at center ice opposite Bobby Brink, and Larkin won it to Seider, who could not convert on a pinch-and-pass.

Chiarot covered up and afforded Detroit a quick change only 20 seconds in, and Sanheim and York dumped as the Flyers chased, with the Compher line having come over the boards.

Compher raced through center and chipped, Tarasenko could not hold, and the Flyers regrouped again at 50 seconds of the 1st.

Owen Tippett sent a pass up to Travis Konecny and he fired a right-wing shot in on Lyon, and Lyon made a good stop 57 seconds in.

The Copp line took to the ice and Copp won the faceoff, Detroit got tied up at center but Edvinsson held the line, Ristolainen was blocked off by DeBrincat, who fed Johansson, then Kane, up and in the puck went, and Detroit changed 1:27 in.

Rasmussen, Fischer and Soderblom watched the Flyers chip, Gustafsson chased, and Soderblom fed Rasmussen for a good cycle, Holl pinched to feed Soderblom, and his shot was blocked.

2:11 into the 1st, all four lines had taken to the ice.

Philly’s forecheck was pretty impressive, and Cates fed Brink for a point-blank chance in front that Lyon stopped 2:30 in;

Abols’ shot was blocked by Seider wide, but Detroit did not clear the zone, so Johansson and Edvinsson had some work to clear the zone;

Edvinsson’s good keep-in helped Kane center the puck for Compher, but he was blocked off by Frost…

Detroit was chipping but not chasing, and Philadelphia was chipping and charging up into the Wings’ zone, so Couturier fed Michkov and Lyon made a big stop at 4:30;

Michkov tried to feed Lyon from the goal line as well, and he was stopped by Lyon;

At the other end of the ice, Soderblom helped feed the line, where Seider fired a shot in on Ersson that was stopped;

Detroit at least began to attack the Flyers’ defense better, but they were letting Philly’s forecheckers pester the Wings’ blueliners as well.

Ben Chiarot made an interesting decision to pinch that was covered up by Kane at 7:20 at the Flyers’ blueline…

Christian Fischer and Rasmussen’s forechecking shift –> a great opportunity for Elmer Soderblom in the slot, but Ersson made a great seal at 7:56.

Lucas Raymond tried to come off the half boards off a cycle in the Flyers’ zone, but he was stifled by the Flyers’ defense as play resumed after the TV timeout;

As we hit the 9-minute mark, the Wings’ turnovers just weren’t smart, and it felt inevitable that the Flyers would strike first despite Detroit’s best efforts.

DeBrincat, Seider and Kane got a good cycle going with Copp, and DeBrincat worked the puck deep for Copp, but he was tripped, and the Flyers took over at 10:30, and cleared their zone;

Soderblom, Rasmussen and Fischer were playing a simpler game, and sometimes simpler is better. They checked, forechecked, and ground pucks out down low in the Flyers’ zone.

A bad Edvinsson turnover yielded a HUGE LYON STOP on Cates off a feed from Bobby Brink, and Lyon really helped out a boneheaded play by Edvinsson…

Cam York’s stick broke, and Kane and Seider were unable to connect in the Flyers’ slot;

As time continued, Dylan Larkin raced in 1-on-3, and Seeler backchecked against Larkin to stifle his scoring chance on the mini-breakaway;

Couturier was able to get a good shot off that Lyon stopped, and Holl cleared the rebound with Lyon out of position 15:10 in;

Berggren did a really good job of battling at both ends of the ice before Zamula blasted a heavy shot that was cleared down the ice with 4:03 left in the 1st…

But Detroit iced the puck, so there was no stoppage of play for a TV timeout, and Detroit was at least able to clear the zone after Copp lost the faceoff in the defensive zone;

Soderblom gave Lucas Raymond a fine outlet pass, and Raymond deked and dangled, but he was stood up, and Kasper and Larkin both generated scoring chances with 1:49 left in the 1st…

Michkov was somehow left alone in front of the net by Chiarot and Seider, but he whiffed on a net-front pass thanks to Moritz Seider’s stick check…

The Red Wings were doing a good job of battling through the Flyers’ attack, but Kane could not feed Larkin from right wing to left wing, and that was the 1st period.

In the 2nd period, Larkin drew in for the opening faceoff vs. Brink, Larkin won it and the Flyers afforded Detroit a bit of a chip-and-chase, but they then iced the puck 19 seconds into the 2nd…

Larkin won the next draw to Chiarot, Raymond cycled deep, and Sanheim took over, but Kasper reversed the flow, and the Flyers chipped out to center and Lyon got some help from the outside of the net on a rush.

The Red Wings may have had the territorial advantage in the 1st period, but the Flyers continued to have the puck possession advantage in the 2nd, and that was problematic.

Michael Rasmussen did a great job of stealing the puck from Seeler and Fischer and DeBrincat both got shot chances as a result some 2:45 into the 2nd;

The Flyers seemed to “know the ice,” too. They were earning all the bounces and stick battles…

Though Larkin snuck a puck away from a Flyers defenseman and fired a shot in on Ersson for an easy stop at 3:40.

Raymond got a good chance off a Larkin faceoff win, Larkin fed Johansson for a boomer that Ersson stopped, and Lyon stifled Bobby Brink’s breakaway by coming out to play the puck before Brink could…

Detroit regrouped off the next faceoff, and Seider sent a booming slap shot wide, Copp took the puck and gave it to Chiarot, and his shot was blocked, Detroit had to regroup in their own zone once, twice, and Tarasenko made a great block on Owen Tippett…

Sadly, Moritz Seider chose to stand up at the blueline to stop a Flyer’s push, Joel Farabee raced up the gut as Compher and Chiarot stood and watched, Couturier gave and went and Farabee backhanded a hard shot behind Lyon at 5:21.

Farabee scored the 1-0 goal from Couturier and Michkov, who was the player Seider stood up at the line against.

When play resumed after a TV timeout, Albert Johansson at least ripped the Wings’ 11th shot in on Ersson from the point;

Soderblom fed Johansson for a screened shot that the Red Wings had to retrieve at center ice as well, and the Wings almost caught the Flyers changing with too many men…

Simon Edvinsson was having an “off” game and he really seemed to be struggling to generate good defensive plays…

Gustafsson, on the other hand, made a great seal on Tyson Foerster as he chipped a puck in on Lyon, blocking the shot into the crowd at 7:39.

Seider got a slot chance from Tarasenko and he blasted the puck wide at 8:30;

Seider fed DeBrincat and to Kane it went, stopped, rebound DeBrincat, stopped, and again, Edvinsson could not hold the blueline, so Detroit regrouped, and Edvinsson fell at center, but the Wings tried to work the puck deep…

Johansson was the last man back and he made a GREAT block on a 3-on-1 against;

Holl and Gustafsson sent another big boomer in on Ersson from distance, but Ersson saw the shot all the way to the net.

DeBrincat also got hurt a bit in a collision with Jamie Drysdale that wasn’t intentional…But DeBrincatt gutted it out.

A bad turnover by Larkin and Seider at center ice, with Chiarot and Larkin falling into each other, yielded a chance in which Ristolainen raced in, fired a shot wide, and Bobby Brink nearly scored, but Lyon made a HUGE stop while lying on his belly.

Off an icing call which John Tortorella vigorously protested at 11:25, Detroit’s Copp won the draw to Gustafsson, DeBrincat sent a wide shot to Kane, and DeBrincat got a GREAT scoring chance that Copp was tied up enough to not be able to tap into the net.

With Kane on the ice for a long shift, Soderblom and Rasmussen battled hard to keep the puck in the offensive zone via Seider, and the gents kept the pressure on the Flyers for a good 30 seconds;

Dylan Larkin prevented a goal against by checking Noah Cates as the “last man back,” making Alex Lyon’s job a lot easier, but Larkin took a penalty on the play, sitting with 14:05 gone in the 2nd for “slashing.”

On the penalty-kill, the Red Wings won the initial faceoff and cleared it down the ice, with Compher, Copp, Seider and Chiarot negating the Flyers’ second rush as well;

Philly chipped and chased the third time, and Fischer and Chiarot sent it to the line where Michkov held the zone, Seider and Chiarot got tied up behind the net, Philly cycled and worked the perimeter, Drysdale fed Konecny who fired wide, Drysdale was blocked by Copp and the Wings changed units…

Philly’s Ristolainen chipped, the Flyers retrieved, and Brink lateralled to Rasmus Ristolainen, Brink fired wide, Ristolainen held the line but hit a man and the puck came out and that was the PK as the Flyers had to reset at center ice.

After the PK Detroit had Raymond and Compher come out with Larkin, and Detroit battled hard in the defensive zone and changed up with 3:34 left in the 2nd period.

Gustafsson did a good job of pinching and then holding the puck in for Copp, then stifling a Flyers rush at the Red Wings’ blueline…

Chiarot blasted a slap shot in on Ersson with 2:30 left, Rasmussen fed Kane who fed Seider who blasted a shot wide, Kane could not hold the zone, so Detroit changed, the Wings gave up possession, and regrouped to chip it out of their zone and change again with 1:45 left.

Larkin gave the puck up to Michkov and LYON MADE A TREMENDOUS STOP ON KONECNY and then ANOTHER stop on Foerster, the Flyers held the puck in, Konecny cycled to the slot and the Wings blocked that shot, and the play was stopped as Foerster got cut.

With 49.8 left in the period, Detroit lost a draw, could not clear as Edvinsson and Taraseko made errors, and then Edvinsson sort of redeemed himself…Until he iced the puck with 23.9 left.

The Flyers changed lines, Compher drew in and tied up the draw to Seider, he flipped the puck out to center, Compher fed Tarasenko who deked but could not dangle, and the Flyers chipped to center, Edvinsson stood up and fed the puck to Compher…off Compher, really, to the corner.

That was the 2nd period.

In the 3rd period, Larkin drew in for the opening faceoff vs. Foerster and won it to Seider, Seider and Chiarot chipped, but iced the puck at 9 seconds of the 3rd, and Detroit had to come down into its own zone and win a faceoff.

They won the draw, but the Flyers stole the puck and Brink jabbed the puck in front, and Chiarot chipped the puck away, Detroit regrouped in the offensive zone, Larkin swiped the puck deep in the right corner, he fed Lucas Raymond, Raymond deked and dangled out to the middle of the ice and he fed Ben Chiarot in the left faceoff circle. Chiarot scored on Ersson to tie the game 1-1.

Chiarot scored to make it 1-1 at 30 seconds of the 3rd. From Raymond.

On the bump-up shift, Lyon gave the puck away and Michkov centered it, but the Wings got a little lucky in that Holl was there to grab the centering pass and throw it away;

As play continued, Soderblom was able to deke but not dangle, and his centering attempt went back to Lyon at 2:15, but he persisted, Rasmussen and Fischer tried their best to keep the puck in the offensive zone, but instead, Seider and Chiarot had to bail them out defensively at 2:40.

Noah Cates came out of the corner against Seider and Chiarot and really gave the Wings a scare, but Cates was unable to generate more than a “chance” against Lyon due to some good backchecking by Kasper;

Edvinsson made a very good block 4:10 into the 3rd as the Flyers’ D set up and attempted to blast a puck through Lyon from the point;

Philly became rather tenacious in terms of forcing the Wings into turnovers south of center ice, and that was not good news some 5:00 into the 3rd…It meant that Detroit was unable to generate much in terms of flow or skating through the middle of the ice with speed.

Lyon made a superb stop on another point shot some 6:20 into the 3rd, and Cates roared back in, sent the puck past Brink, with Gustafsson and Holl defending…

Larkin and Raymond were at least able to generate a shot in on Ersson 25 seconds later, Raymond deked for Kasper, who dug it out down low, Raymond cycled to Larkin slot, but he was blocked into the netting with 12:52 left in the 3rd.

When play resumed after a TV timeout, the Flyers won a defensive zone draw and chipped, chased, and sent it to the point, where they were able to generate some perimeter pressure and pump a shot in on Lyon, who stopped TWO chances off Ristolainen and Couturier.

The Flyers’ tenacity really vexed the Red Wings, who weren’t getting up ice very well at all.

Fischer gave away a puck and Hathaway got a great slot shot that Lyon had to stop from about 40 feet out with 9:30 gone in the 3rd;

Ersson then stopped TWO big scoring chances by Larkin and Kasper at the front of the net, with Larkin digging away as Raymond came off the left wing half wall and raced across the zone, feeding his open teammates, all off a faceoff win and a good pass from Edvinsson;

Edvinsson then came off the half-wall himself off another Raymond cycle and ripped a shot in on Ersson with 9:41 left in the 3rd, but Ersson was stout.

When play resumed after a TV timeout, the Flyers won a d-zone draw, charged up the ice, and were met by Gustafsson and Holl, who chugged back out of their zone, regrouped, and helped the Compher line chip and chase…

Chiarot and Seider then came over the boards, and Seider sent a long shot in on Ersson with 8:49 left…

The Flyers were suddenly winning faceoffs, and that was as problem…

And Travis Konecny HIT THE CROSSBAR behind Lyon’s blocker off a long shot…

DeBrincat STOLE THE PUCK FROM ERSSON and Kane was BLOCKED OFF by Sanheim…

Lyon then made a NICE poke check stop on Hathaway, and the teams met for a discussion as to whether they watched the inauguration on Monday.

Lyon stopped a good redirection from Abols as well, and as the Flyers kept the pressure on Detroit with 7:30 remaining, the Rasmussen line slowly but surely chugged up the ice and charged in for a moment…

Lyon got some help from the outside of the net as the Flyers SUSTAINED their chances and pressure with 6:50 left…

But Larkin took the puck from a Flyers D man and fired a hard shot in on Ersson, that was stopped from distance;

Lyon then gobbled up a point shot from York with 6:14 left…

Philly won the next draw, Lyon stopped Sanheim, Michkov, Farabee and Courturier cycled vs. Seider and Chiarot, Tarasenko helped the Wings clear and the puck got to center, but no further.

Play stopped with 5:38 remaining and the Flyers in control.

I hoped that the Wings were able to get a breath over the course of the TV timeout, but Philly was still pushing, and after Seider SMOKED Tippett, Copp got a 1-on-2 and Ersson stopped him;

Soderblom and Fischer came out to help, as did Edvinsson, Rasmussen and Johansson, but the young duo on D struggled, and the Flyers forechecked, forechecked, cycled to the point, Sanheim deked and dangled, but Lyon made a BIG STOP…

Soderblom luckily tipped the puck out to center so that Detroit was able to get the Larkin line on the ice, and that yielded a little relief.

Lyon stoned RISTOLAINEN once, twice, then Kasper, Raymond and Larkin blazed up 3-on-3, they were stood up with 2:38 left…

Detroit regrouped, Seider chipped, Seider chased and sealed Couturier, Tarasenko battled, reversed to Berggren, he fed Chiarot, Taraseko fired wide, Seider held the line, Berggren and Tarasenko fed Seider who could not hold the line that time, and Detroit changed with 1:44 left…

Detroit iced the puck with 1:30 remaining in regulation time.

The Flyers won the draw vs. Compher, York cycled for Cross, and Detroit cleared and changed with 1:08 left…

Raymond fed Larkin who fired a shot that was blocked, he nearly found Raymond, Edvinsson was blocked, Seider reversed once, held the half boards, Raymond fed Kasper, to Raymond for COPP ALONE AND HE COULDN’T STUFF IT…

Seider putt the puck off the outside of the post, the Flyers changed early, Seider fed Copp, to Tarasenko, blocked off…

END OF REGULATION.

IN OVERTIME…

Larkin, Raymond and Seider started vs. Couturier, Sanheim and Foerster, and the Flyers won the draw, pushed it into their own zone, Cates came over the boards and raced up for Sanheim, to Cates, off his skate in the slot…

Detroit battled as Raymond couldn’t contain Cates, to Sanheim, he reversed to center and Seider chased him, with 4:11 left the Flyers chipped, Lyon charged it up to DeBrincat lw side up and in shot stopped Ersson and held with 3:56 left OT.

Kane came out with Compher and Gustafsson, vs. Couturier and Tippett and Ristolainen, offensive zone draw tied up won by Philly Ristolainen backhand Gustafsson grabbed it down to Kane up through the middle cycles back booed heavily right wing side skates in backhand wide Flyers up 3-on-2 Edvinsosn tapped it away but up came the Flyers Ristolainen stopped…

Fflyers sprung Konecny vs. Compher, he regroups did Konecny, he over-skated a self pass, Michkov skated vs. Edvinsson, Michkov was poke checked by Lyon and Edvinsson, and with 2:40 left, Detroit changed.

Edvinsson fed Tarasenko up to center and in sticks loses to Drysdale, to center, Seider sticks through the middle for DeBrincat to Seider for Tarasenko rt wing side walks as Seider pinches lw side loses it Drysdale is hit by Seider…

But the puck is the Flyers’ with 1:55 left.

Konecny to Sanheim off the mask of Lyon, Sanheim to Brink to Cates stopped by Lyon, up came Gustafsson, looks for Larkin rt wing side charges up Cates stands up Flyers take 1:20 left OT…

Brink walks in shot stopped Lyon…

Raymond rt side up for Larkin and Edvinsson deke wide and Raymond becomes last man back to center for Larkin for Raymond last man back 53 left Flyers change as well…

45 left Kane skates up skates in to the slot WIDE and up come the Flyers Ristolainen up ice Seider for TIPPETT SEIDER STOPS IT BUT THE FLYERS SCORE THE OT WINNNER WITH 30 seconds remaining.

Farabee and Tippett whacked away at the empty net despite Raymond and Seider’s best efforts, Lyon tried to poke check, and that was a bad decision.

The goal actually read Ristolainen from Tippett and Farabee at 4:34 of OT.

Statistics: Here are the Game Summary and Event Summary:

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George Malik

My name is George Malik, and I'm the Malik Report's editor/blogger/poster. I have been blogging about the Red Wings since 2006, and have worked with MLive and Kukla's Korner. Thank you for reading!

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