Nashville 4, Philadelphia 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 21, 2023
Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Referees:
Cody Beach, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen:
Jonny Murray, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance:
19313
By Field Level Media
Philip Tomasino scored two goals to lift the Nashville Predators past the host Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Thursday.
Cole Smith and Gustav Nyquist each added one goal, and Colton Sissons and Filip Forsberg contributed two assists apiece. Predators goaltender Juuse Saros made 29 saves.
Morgan Frost and Sean Couturier scored for the Flyers, who had their nine-game point streak snapped. They had been 7-0-2 over those nine games. Flyers goaltender Samuel Ersson stopped 27 shots.
Cam Atkinson skated in all alone, but Saros denied him at 6:49 of the third period.
Nyquist ripped a wrist shot at 14:54, and Ersson was in position to make the save and clear the puck.
The Predators kept pressing, and Tomasino put them ahead 3-2 at 15:59 when he found himself free in front and scored.
Ersson was pulled for an extra skater at 17:54 but the Flyers couldn't equalize despite a flurry of chances. Nyquist tapped the puck into the empty net with 0.7 seconds left.
The Flyers went ahead 1-0 at 1:31 of the first period on a bizarre play when Frost flipped the puck from behind the net off the back of Saros and into the goal.
Forsberg blasted two shots on goal midway through the period, but Ersson stopped both.
The Predators were awarded a power play at 16:55 when Travis Sanheim was sent off for holding Forsberg. They were unable to generate one shot on goal, however, with the extra skater.
Nashville equalized at 1 when Smith connected short-handed at 1:05 of the second period.
The Flyers regained a 2-1 advantage on the power play when Couturier scored between Saros' pads at 4:45.
It didn't take long for Nashville to tie the game at 2 when Tomasino scored at 5:24.
The Predators soon earned a two-man advantage for 30 seconds but couldn't capitalize.
Nashville's Yakov Trenin was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct penalty for an illegal check to the head against Frost at 12:37.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Nashville |
|
Philadelphia |
|
Philip Tomasino 2 |
Points |
Sean Couturier 1 |
|
Philip Tomasino 2 |
Goals |
Sean Couturier 1 |
|
Filip Forsberg 2 |
Assists |
Bobby Brink 1 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Sean Couturier 1 |
|
Cole Smith 1 |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Juuse Saros .935 |
Save Percentage |
Samuel Ersson .900 |
|
Juuse Saros 29 |
Saves |
Samuel Ersson 27 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Nashville
|
31 |
4 |
0-5 |
3-4 |
21 |
28 |
| Philadelphia
|
31 |
2 |
1-4 |
5-5 |
10 |
26 |
Upcoming Games
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Philadelphia will play their next game on the road against Detroit. The Flyers have a W/L % of .579 after a win and .538 after a loss.
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Nashville will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Predators have a W/L % of .611 after a win and .533 after a loss.
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