The Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-3, at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday evening. The Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-3, at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday evening. The big difference was special teams play. The Flyers are winless in their last five games (0-4-1).

A season-high third straight regulation-time loss was bound to happen but the Flyers didn’t expect it to take place in such a non-competitive way. On Wednesday night in Buffalo, the Flyers fell behind 3-0 and never really challenged the Sabres in a 5-2 defeat at KeyBank Center.

The Flyers lost Travis Konecny for the third period Thursday night and then lost their lead as they fell to the Maple Leafs, 2-1, in overtime at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

The Flyers had plenty of puck possession, but struggled to generate quality chances. Through two periods, they managed just nine shots on goal and saw another 26 attempts either blocked or miss the net. Too often, Philadelphia worked along the perimeter ...