The Flyers don’t have much time to enjoy snapping their six-game losing streak. They can’t sit back and enjoy the success of their second win of the season. And they can’t bask in the glow of their first W on home ice.

The Flyers return to action on Sunday against the Montreal Canadiens (7 p.m., NBCSP). So with that, here are four lessons the Flyers learned in a gutsy 7-5 win against the Minnesota Wild that they can take into Sunday.

Couturier has found his sweet spot

You could see it on Wednesday night: Sean Couturier was involved. The center was driving to the net wreaking havoc up front. He may not have scored a point against the Washington Capitals in the 6-3 loss — he had one assist in the first seven games — but he was a critical component for the team climbing out of a 4-0 hole.

On Saturday, he kept up, slamming the net and gnawing the crease. The difference on this day was the Flyers captain was rewarded with five points, a new career high. The first goal was his 500th NHL point, the second gave him his first multi-goal game since March 2021, and the caper gave him his first hat trick since January 2019. The second assist gave them Flyers win.

“Definitely for confidence, it’s huge and it feels good,” he said. “But I always kind of believed in my offensive instincts, my offensive skills. I am the type of player where I have to be responsible in all areas of the game; I can’t start cheating on offense, otherwise it kind of exploits me in other areas. I just have to stick to what I’m doing and the offense comes when it comes; when I get chances, I just have to take them.”

And his colleagues always believed in him.

“He’s a (hell) leader,” said Rasmus Ristolainen, who scored the game-winner off a shot from Couturier. “He is our leader. We listen to him, we follow him and he came out great tonight.”

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Chemistry of Konecny ​​​​and Michkov

It’s the season of salvations and wings Travis Konecny and Matvei Michkov they found their match.

While both are technically right-handed, there’s no denying the insane chemistry they have on the ice, and after Michkov experimented on the left, it’s now Konecny’s turn. But the sheet doesn’t have an imaginary force field that keeps them on their designated side, and that ability to weave and see the ice from all angles is what helps them click.

Konecny ​​also added that the right vs. the left is really about confrontations and responsibilities outside of the draw. “It’s not crazy, no,” he said. “But it’s a little different when you set up in a (defensive) draw zone and then you play the other side with the backhand. So something you get used to.”

The play of both helped lift everyone around them. Michkov clicked on the power play. Konecny ​​- on the right wall – found Nick Seeler up the middle with a delicious pass to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead.

And with the addition of Couturier in the middle, coach John Tortorella he believed the veteran pivot brought stability to the pair. According to Natural Stat Trickskating together for nearly 12 minutes at five-on-five, the Flyers had 18 shot attempts to 13 for the Wild (58.06%). Seven of those shot attempts were from high-danger spots and four of the total shot attempts found the back of the net, including two of Couturier’s goals and one by Michkov.

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Ignore the fact that the Flyers scored six goals when a goaltender was in net. Forget that they had 16 hits in the third inning. Circle with a large red pen the three shots that hit the net in each of the first two periods. Six shots on a total of 23 shot attempts, according to Natural Stat Trick.

Yes.

“At one point I looked up, I had like four shots and I don’t know if I was halfway through the game,” Konecny ​​said.

All of that came after putting up just 18 shots on goal against the Capitals on Wednesday. Something had to change and it did as the final 20 minutes began.

“Obviously, we needed more shots,” Seeler said. “I thought we were doing some good things, but we just weren’t generating enough shots. And I thought in the third (period) we started to get the pucks to the point and give them some good tips as well. And obviously a second effort by Coots there, which I thought was great.”

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Stay outside the box

Entering Saturday, the Flyers led the NHL in penalty minutes per game with a whopping 15 minutes. Tied for third in penalties taken (41), they also led the league in short ice time per game at 7 minutes, 42 seconds. Although they also have the third best kill (89.7%).

On Saturday, they didn’t help their cause by giving the Wild — who shot 31.8 percent through their first seven games — four power-play chances. Minnesota’s Joel Eriksson Ek tied the game at 3-3 with four seconds left in the second period after Philly was called for too many people. The goal came 100 seconds after Michkov gave the Flyers the lead on a late call.

“Hopefully he can get some guys going,” Tortorella said of the team’s ability to keep pushing in the game before going to penalties. “We took too many penalties. I mean, the penalties we take are ridiculous. We’re leading the league in scoring down to the minutes down the stretch, but we end up finding a way to win a crazy game.”

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