It was the 11th goal and 22nd point for the defenseman this season.

Giroux’s slap shot from the slot gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead 6:02 in, but the Avalanche zipped past Philadelphia with speed and skill for four straight goals, culminating with Makar’s rush into the Flyers zone past defenseman Ivan Provorov that he finished with a wrister that beat goalie Martin Jones on the glove side. The Flyers may have worked hard, but the result was all too familiar. But for tonight, go out there tonight in front of our fans, work our butt off and do everything we can to get a win.” “I doubt that we’re going to solve all of them tonight. “We have a lot of things to figure out, a lot of things to work on,” he said. Giroux said before the game that the Flyers had no identity. General manager Chuck Fletcher made the move following Philadelphia’s 7-1 home loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday night.įletcher also let go of assistant coach Michel Therrien, who oversaw a power play that entered 30th in the NHL at 13.4%. Vigneault led the Flyers to the top seed in the Eastern Conference in 2019-20, but they missed the playoffs last season. Oskar Lindblom, Cam Atkinson and Scott Laughton also had goals.Įarlier in the day, the Flyers fired Vigneault after he went 147-74-54 in two-plus seasons. “On the offensive side of it, I thought we did some good things.”Ĭlaude Giroux scored twice for Philadelphia, which could tie the club record for consecutive losses Wednesday night at New Jersey. “I liked our energy level,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said.

Nazem Kadri, Gabriel Landeskog, Alex Newhook, Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin and Tyson Jost also scored for the Avalanche, who had 50 shots on goal. We want to be harder to play against, and I thought at times we did that.” “There were a lot of examples of things we want to do and the way we want to play. “I know the guys really cared,” Yeo said. Mike Yeo took over as interim coach of the Flyers, but they didn’t fare any better following the shakeup. PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Erik Johnson had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche beat Philadelphia 7-5 on Monday night to hand the Flyers their ninth straight loss just hours after they fired coach Alain Vigneault.

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