Most of Sunday was a good day to be a Philadelphia sports fan. The Eagles authored arguably their most convincing win of the season over the Cincinnati Bengals. Then, the 76ers notched their first win in an overtime thriller over the Indiana Pacers.
The possibility of a Philadelphia victory three-peat was very much on the table. But the Montreal Canadiens wiped it right off in a battle between the two Eastern Conference teams who entered Sunday at the bottom of their division. The Canadiens, who beat the St.
Louis Blues on Saturday up in Montreal, traveled to Philadelphia and didn’t skip a beat for most of Sunday night’s contest. The Flyers also played on Saturday but didn’t have to travel after winning a 7-5 track meet against the Minnesota Wild. Yet the Canadiens still got the better of them on Sunday, handing Philadelphia its seventh loss (and sixth in regulation) in nine games to start the season by a 4-3 final score.
Uneven NHL Debut for Aleksei Kolosov The game’s main storyline became evident a few hours after Saturday’s contest concluded. The Flyers not only recalled Emil Andrae with Cam York going on injured reserve but promoted 22-year-old Aleksei Kolosov to make his NHL debut between the pipes. Kolosov’s numbers through three games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms were hardly spectacular (.
875 save percentage). But with Ivan Fedotov struggling mightily and Kolosov’s potential remaining high, the Flyers gave him a chance to play with the big club. Koloso.