Ducks Fly Past Flyers 4-1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rickard Rakell had two goals and Chris Stewart and Andrew Cogliano also scored to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
The Ducks responded to one of their worst defeats of the season — Monday's 6-2 blowout at Pittsburgh that snapped their six-game winning streak — with a strong game. Anaheim improved to 14-4-1 since Christmas while getting the victory in the second game of a seven-game road trip that will cover 7,300 miles in 13 days.
Wayne Simmonds scored for the Flyers, who dropped their third straight overall and fifth in the last six home games to further damage their playoff hopes. Philadelphia began the day five points out of a playoff spot, but behind five teams.
Frederik Andersen got the start against Philadelphia after John Gibson gave up all six of Anaheim's season-high goals allowed on Monday before getting pulled and made 28 saves.
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