Overview
- The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Monday night as Pontus Holmberg and Ilya Mikheyev each recorded a goal and an assist.
- Coach Rick Tocchet reinstated Dan Vladar to start and Vladar responded with a stronger outing, stopping 32 of 35 shots after allowing seven goals in the season opener.
- Philadelphia remains winless at 0-2-2 and has failed to score on the power play through four games, going 0-for-11 overall.
- The Flyers have been heavily outshot through four games, producing a minus-82 shot differential that ranks among the worst four-game starts in NHL history.
- Andrei Vasilevskiy logged his 372nd career win in the game, Denver Barkey made his season debut for Philadelphia, and the Flyers head to Ottawa on Thursday with urgent questions about defense, special teams, and Tocchet's lineup decisions.