"The result is the result but I thought we played a really good road game, one of the best we've played against a really hungry, veteran team," said head coach Dallas Eakins.
With the loss, Anaheim fell to 12-27-5 on the season and 4-14-4 on the road.
"We have to play a perfect game, with where we are at as a team," Eakins said. "We played a hell of a game. We were opportunistic when we needed to be...In overtime, you've got your chance at one end and, if you don't put it in, it's coming right back the other way. Obviously, the wrong two guys for Pittsburgh had the puck on their stick."
Netminder John Gibson turned in another strong performance in his Pittsburgh hometown, stopping 41-of-45 shots.
"Those goals aren't on him," Eakins said. "His numbers may not look good but he is an elite goalie in this league. He's one of the most competitive guys I've ever coached. He's a proud guy and he battles every night."
Gibson will likely yield the net to former Flyer Anthony Stolarz tonight in the second half of the back-to-back. Stolarz, a 2012 second-round pick by Philadelphia who played his first 19 NHL games in the orange, white and black, won his only career start against his original NHL club, stopping 30-of-33 shots in a 5-3 Anaheim win last April at Wells Fargo Center.
The Flyers will be the lone rematch of the Ducks' six-game trip, after Philly earned a 4-1 at Honda Center two weeks ago yesterday.
"I thought everybody chipped in, just played a simple game, tried to go straight ahead," Flyers coach John Tortorella said that night. "These are tough games sometimes when you're out west, and you know you're going home the next day. Sometimes the guys forget to play
the game and I appreciate how they handled themselves. They concentrated, played a simple game and I thought everybody contributed."
Philadelphia (18-19-7, 43 points) sits seventh in the Metropolitan Division, seven points back of the Eastern Conference's second Wild Card spot.
