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12/23 23:19 CST Konecny has goal and assist to lead Flyers past Blackhawks 3-1,
handing Chicago 6th straight loss
Konecny has goal and assist to lead Flyers past Blackhawks 3-1, handing Chicago
6th straight loss
By MATT CARLSON
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) --- Travis Konecny scored and added his 300th career assist,
leading the Philadelphia Flyers past the Blackhawks 3-1 on Tuesday night and
handing depleted Chicago its sixth straight loss.
Noah Cates had a power-play goal, Carl Grundstrom added an empty-netter and
Philadelphia leading scorer Trevor Zegras assisted on Konecny's goal to extend
his point streak to a career-high nine games. The Flyers won their second
straight, coming off a 5-2 win over Vancouver on Monday.
Samuel Ersson made 20 saves and Sean Couturier had two assists.
Chicago's Ryan Donato scored to end an 11-game drought. Spencer Knight stopped
23 shots for the Blackhawks, who've dropped eight of nine and have just three
wins in their last 17.
Chicago played tight hockey in its fifth game without leading-scorer Connor
Bedard. He's out until at least early January with a shoulder injury.
The Blackhawks also were without center Frank Nazar, sidelined for four weeks
after being struck in the face with a shot Saturday at Ottawa. Captain Nick
Foligno remains out with a hand injury.
Konecny opened the scoring at 10:17 of the first, 18 seconds after the Flyers
killed a penalty to Zegras. Konecny drove down the right side of the slot and
tapped in Zegras' pinpoint cross-ice feed for his 11th goal.
Cates muscled in a shot from the crease, despite being tied up by Alex Vlasic,
for a power play goal at 11:13 of the second to up the Flyers lead to 2-0. The
score capped a tight passing sequence, with Konecny feeding Cates from the edge
of the crease with a slick backhand pass.
Donato cut it to 2-1 during a 4-on-4 with 1:30 left in the second, firing in a
screened shot from the top of the slot.
Ersson made several sharp saves to preserve the lead, including on Teuvo
Teravainen's one-timer with 3:45 left. Grundstrom's fired into an empty net
with 2:08 left
Up next Flyers: At Seattle on Sunday; Blackhawks: At Dallas on Saturday. ___ AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/NHL
Up next Flyers: At Seattle on Sunday; Blackhawks: At Dallas on Saturday. ___ AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/NHL
