Morgan Frost is playing his best hockey of the season and seems to have found some chemistry between Owen Tippett and Morgan Frost.COLUMBUS, Ohio ― The Flyers needed to get back into the win column and did so with a wire-to-wire win against the Blue Jackets.
The Flyers’ visit to Columbus is another painful reminder of the void left by the late Johnny and Matty Gaudreau But the Flyers also had one of their best puck-support games. The goal by Tippett was a good example of that as, Frost, and Tippett stayed close to each other on the right wing as they entered the zone. Drysdale supported Frost, who fed him the puck, and then the defenseman kicked it over to Tippett on his right to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead from a bad angle.
“I thought he did a really good job as far as protecting pucks,” Tortorella said. “I thought he was patient in our end zone with some of their forechecking, just held on to it and looked to the weak side. Made some good plays, just getting them in, just simple little plays. I think that’s important for Bobby’s development, him understanding sometimes it’s not all about trying to make an offensive play. It’s about making a simple play. I think he did a pretty good job of that tonight.
“We talked about just kind of a business-like effort, and I think we kind of had that and we dictated and played the way we wanted to play,” Cates said. “When we do that, we’re pretty dangerous. Some shifts where they had guys out there for a minute, minute and a half, you know, we can turn shifts over and hem them in. We can do that consistently, we’re playing well, and we’re playing our style of hockey.
Drysdale was also back in for his second straight game after missing time with an upper-body injury and showed off the skating he is well known for. The blueliner skated 18 minutes and 28 seconds, including time on the power play, and notably the penalty kill. Drysdale tallied one assist, blocked four shots, and alongside Seeler was a team-best plus-three for the game.