The free fall continues for John Tortorella and his Philadelphia Flyers. On Tuesday night, Philly suffered a 7-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. That was the Flyers’ sixth loss in a row, further adding to the frustrating season with Tortorella on the helm.
The Flyers haven’t been to the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2020 and in each of the primary two seasons with Tortorella behind the bench. Now in Tortorella’s third season as Philadelphia’s head coach, the Flyers are very much more likely to extend their playoff drought, as they’re just 28-35-9 for less than 65 points with just 10 games left to go within the regular season.
After the Toronto game, Tortorella, who won a Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning way back in 2004, made a candid admission about trying to teach a team that’s not possible to make it to the postseason.
“This falls on me,” Tortorella said after the loss to the Maple Leafs (h/t Kevin Kurz of The Athletic). “I’m not likely all in favour of learning the right way to coach in this kind of season, where we’re at right away. But I even have to do a greater job. So this falls on me, getting the team prepared to play the correct way until we get to the top.”
Flyers got absolutely blown out by Maple Leafs
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The Flyers began the Toronto game just effective, as they got to a 1-0 lead following a Ryan Poehling goal nearly eight minutes into the competition.
But minutes later, the wheels began to fall off for Philadelphia, because the Maple Leafs ripped two consecutive goals to finish the primary period with a 2-1 lead. Toronto scored 4 more goals within the second period to only one in the identical frame by the Flyers. Max Domi added one other goal for the Maple Leafs within the third period.
The Maple Leafs outshot Philly, 30-19. Flyers goalie Samuel Ersson allowed all seven Maple Leafs goals, including one on a Maple Leafs power play.
The Flyers, who’re 1-8-2 of their last 11 games, will look to snap their skid again this coming Thursday once they host the Montreal Canadiens at Wells Fargo Center in Philly.
