Daily News | In a disappointing Flyers’ season, Scott Laughton seizes opportunity and emerges as a leader
As the Flyers approached the halfway mark of Thursday night’s game against the Washington Capitals down by a goal, defenseman Dmitry Orlov shoved captain Claude Giroux from behind into the end boards. Giroux tumbled to the ice, hoisted himself up slowly, and gingerly skated to the bench as the Wells Fargo Center crowd cried for a penalty.
Defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk wasn’t pleased with Laughton, and the two dropped the gloves to the tune of stick taps along the boards from both benches. Since he entered the league during the 2012-13 season, Laughton has bounced around the lineup, spending time primarily on the third and fourth lines. Last season, Laughton wasand stood out with his consistent play. In 21 games last season, roughly half of the schedule abbreviated by COVID-19, Laughton had 15 points and a team-high plus-9 rating.
Additionally, Laughton is having the second most productive season of his career in the midst of a disastrous year for the 15-25-9 Flyers. This season, Laughton is averaging .50 points per game , which is second behind his 2019-20 season, when he averaged .55 points per game . Yeo pointed to Laughton’s speed for a second time on his rebound goal against the Detroit Red Wings last Saturday. Off the rush, Konecny fired a wrist shot on goal from above the right face-off circle. The puck squirted past goalie Thomas Greiss and hit the post. Laughton drove to the net, knocking in the rebound to cut the Flyers’ deficit to one goal.
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