Konecny has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) during his streak, including three goals in his past four games.
“We talked between the periods, but to be honest, it wasn’t a clean game for us,” Konecny said. “We did change a little bit, and we were able to get the lead and hold on to it, but we can definitely move on from that one and start fresh.”
Garnet Hathaway and Travis Sanheim scored for the Flyers (30-20-7), who had lost two in a row and were coming off a 6-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils in the 2024 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series at MetLife Stadium on Saturday. Samuel Ersson made 21 saves.
“They’re a skilled team,” Ersson said of the Chicago. “They’ve got a lot of skilled guys that can make plays. But it’s one of the teams that they’re taking chances. They’re taking more risk in their game and trying to go for it, and that’s kind of what we saw in the first period. They kind of burned us a couple of times and got a couple of opportunities off that.”
Colin Blackwell scored, and Arvid Soderblom made 30 saves for the Blackhawks (15-39-3), who are 1-9-1 in their past 11 games. Connor Bedard did not have a point after getting six (two goals, four assists) in his first three games following his return from a fractured jaw.
“It’s disappointing,” Blackwell said. “We had some opportunities. Ultimately it came down to they kind of outworked us in some of the different aspects of the game. I thought that was up for grabs. It’s been a little while now, we haven’t been able to get a couple games in a row streaking some wins together.
“I hope the other guys feel the same way, too, but it’s frustrating. It’s just doing the little things in order to get the ship moving in the right direction.”
Sanheim gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead at 6:18 of the first period when his one-timer from near the top of the right face-off circle deflected into the net off the stick of Chicago defenseman Alex Vlasic.
Blackwell tied it 1-1 at 7:35 after receiving a lead pass off the right-wing boards from Joey Anderson. Blackwell moved in on goal, waited for Flyers defenseman Jamie Drysdale to slide past him and scored past Ersson’s glove.
“That was obviously really nice,” Anderson said. “It was great patience by [Blackwell]. He had a great thought process to shoot against the grain there. Even seeing plays like that, like having [Bedard] back, guys start to feel a little more confident watching it. It bleeds through the lineup. Hopefully we get a couple goals like that, and more guys start feeling that confidence with the puck and can make more plays like that.”
