Red Wings send Flyers to franchise record-extending 9th straight loss to start season

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Hogg, D. (2026, October 16). Red Wings send Flyers to franchise record-extending 9th straight loss to start season. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/red-wings-send-flyers-to-franchise-record-extending-9th-straight-loss-to-start-season/article_5ef961d2-dad2-5800-8bcb-b8bd02e67336.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-16 · by Dave Hogg

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Detroit Red Wings defeated the Philadelphia Flyers with a score of 2-1, extending the Flyers' franchise record to nine consecutive losses at the start of the season. Andrew Copp scored the winning goal for Detroit late in the game, while Anton Johansson tied it earlier with his first NHL goal. The Flyers’ losing streak is tied for ninth-longest in NHL history to open a season.
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The Detroit Red Wings beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Thursday night, extending the Flyers' losing streak to start the season to a franchise record nine games. The Flyers now have a record of 0-6-3, tying their skid with San Jose's ninth-longest opening-season losing streak since 2024-25. Andrew Copp scored the winning goal for Detroit with 4:38 left in the game. Dylan Larkin assisted on Anton Johansson’s first NHL goal, who is the third Scandinavian rookie to score this season for the Red Wings, joining William Wallinder and Michael Brandsegg-Nygard.

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Dave Hogg
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🔮 Johannson is the third Scandanavian rookie to score his first career goal this season for Detroit, joining fellow Swede William Wallinder and Norwegian Michael Brandsegg-Nygard.
🔮 There might be people who we need to push into different spots or it might be about making different calls.”
🔮 Jahmyr Gibbs is a constant threat as a runner and receiver, and Jared Goff has plenty of other weapons in Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams and Sam LaPorta.
🔮 The 39-year-old right-hander allowed two hits over 1 2/3 innings in what he said might be his final game.
🔮 Ryan is expected to start again in the season finale Sunday — the day after Justin Verlander is scheduled to make his final major league start.
🔮 “With a short week, we know we can’t really make all the adjustments that we need right now,” Campbell said after his team survived two Saints plays that would have won the game.
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DETROIT Flyers NHL San Jose the Detroit Red Wings

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Flyers ORG · 4× DETROIT GPE · 3× NHL ORG · 2× San Jose ORG · 2× Andrew Copp PERSON · 1× Copp PERSON · 1× Oliver Bonk PERSON · 1× the Detroit Red Wings ORG · 1× the New York Rangers ORG · 1× the Philadelphia Flyers ORG · 1×

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DETROIT (AP) — Andrew Copp broke a tie with 4:38 left and the Detroit Red Wings sent the Philadelphia Flyers to their franchise record-extending ninth straight loss to start the season, winning 2-1 on Thursday night. The Flyers dropped to 0-6-3.
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🔮 Johannson is the third Scandanavian rookie to score his first career goal this season for Detroit, joining fellow Swede William Wallinder and Norwegian Michael Brandsegg-Nygard.

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DETROIT (AP) — Andrew Copp broke a tie with 4:38 left and the Detroit Red Wings sent the Philadelphia Flyers to their franchise record-extending ninth straight loss to start the season, winning 2-1 on Thursday night. The Flyers dropped to 0-6-3. asserted
Flyers → break → 0
The skid is tied for the ninth-longest in the NHL to open a season, and worst since San Jose started 0-7-2 in 2024-25. asserted
Jose → tie → 2024
Three teams have gone winless in their first 10 games, and the record is held by the New York Rangers, who opened the 1943-44 season with 14 losses and a tie. asserted
who → go → losses
After Copp put Detroit ahead with a point-blank shot, the Flyers had one more chance but Oliver Bonk shot wide from 10 feet with eight seconds left. asserted
Bonk → put → seconds
The Flyers scored first when Matvei Michkov’s baseball swing put a bouncing puck past Daniil Tarasov with 2:28 left in the first period. asserted
swing → score → period
Dylan Larkin set up the tying goal, passing across the slot on a 2-on-1 to set up Anton Johansson’s first NHL goal at 4:31 of the second period. asserted
Larkin → set → period
Johannson is the third Scandanavian rookie to score his first career goal this season for Detroit, joining fellow Swede William Wallinder and Norwegian Michael Brandsegg-Nygard. asserted
Johannson → score → Wallinder
Tarasov stopped 17 shots. asserted
Tarasov → stop → shots
Joseph Woll made 24 saves for Philadelphia. asserted
Woll → make → Philadelphia
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