The Philadelphia Flyers lost 3-0 to the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center. Five nights earlier, the Flyers defeated the Bruins 2-0 in Boston.

The Bruins took a 1-0 lead at 13:28 of the first period. From below the goal line, Matthew Poitras (first goal of the season) shot goalkeeper Aleksei Kolosov’s shot into the net. Morgan Geekie and Hampus Lindholm provided the assists.

Boston built a 2-0 lead at 11:23 of the second period. With his momentum going downhill, Justin Brazeau (3rd) fired a shot into the net off a centering feed from Brad Marchand. Elias Lindholm earned the secondary assist.

Marchand (3rd) added a long-range empty net goal at 16:21 of the third period. David Pastrnak provided the assist.

Samuel Ersson (nine saves on nine shots) left the game at 7:36 of the first period after suffering a lower-body injury. Previously he had a problem with his right skate blade. Kolosov stepped in to replace him. The Belarusian rookie turned back 20 of 22 shots.

Joonas Korpisalo earned the shutout victory. He stopped all twenty shots he faced.

The Flyers went 0-for-3 on the power play. They went 2-for-2 after the penalty.

FLYERS STARTING LAYOUT

11 Travis Konecny ​​- 14 Sean Couturier – 39 Matvei Michkov
74 Owen Tippett – 48 Morgan Frost – 71 Tyson Foerster
86 Joel Farabee – 21 Scott Laughton – 10 Bobby Brink
27 Noah Cates – 25 Ryan Poehling – 19 Garnet Hathaway

6 Travis Sanheim – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
24 Nick Seeler-9 Jamie Drysdale
36 Emil Andrae – 77 Erik Johnson

33 Samuel Ersson
(35 Alexei Kolosov)

PP1: Drysdale, Tippett, Frost, Konecny, Michkov
PP2: Andrae, Foerster, Couturier, Farabee, Brink

TURNING POINT

Ersson was on a roll going into Saturday’s game, making nine straight saves to keep the game scoreless in the first period. It was a big blow to the Flyers that Ersson had to leave at 7:36.

Kolosov didn’t play bad in relief, but Ersson played excellent hockey all week. The backup made some good saves, but the starter’s absence was palpable.

POST GAME 5

1) Travis Konecny ​​was called immediately 42 seconds into the first period for tripping behind the Boston net. The Bruins generated each of the game’s first five shots on goal, including two shots from top range. After a scoring opportunity for Couturier, the Flyers went for their first power play after a foul penalty from Charlie McAvoy. The Flyers generated only a routine shot from Tippett’s flank. Boston had nine of its first 11 shots at 7:36. The Flyers changed goalies at the stoppage, while Ersson drove into the tunnel.

2) The Flyers had a few “almost” plays as the first period progressed. Most notably, Frost and Tippett missed connections on a promising rush play that went awry. With 1:13 to go, Cates was penalized for holding.

3) Boston opened the second period with 47 seconds of carryover 5-on-4 power play time. Kolosov made a good stop without a rebound as Cates’ penalty expired. Around the five minute mark, Tippett took a quick chance on a Frost feed rush. At 6:13 a.m. Michkov was brought down to slow a rush and Poitras left. A late scoring opportunity for Brink was the only highlight.

4) Tippett put Frost at point blank range near the net at 4:17 of the second period. Korpisalo made a shoulder save to keep Boston ahead, 2-0. Shots in the second period were 7-7 (21-12 Bruins through two periods). The Flyers had a decent amount of puck possession in the midframe, but had 17 shot attempts that were either blocked (11) or missed the net (six).

5) Andrae had several strong shifts in the third period on both sides of the puck. Brink deflected a Farabee shot on net with 10 minutes left in regulation. Korpisalo saved from close range. After eleven minutes the shots in the third period were 3-2 Bruins. There were multiple late-game scrums and penalties in the waning minutes.